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PLEASE NOTE:
"Poisonous" does not mean deadly. Some manifestations of toxicity are subtle. The dose, as always, determines if a plant is safe source of nutrients or a toxic hazard.

Angiosperm Families Containing Beta-Carbolines

Apocynaceae

  1. Amsonia tabernaemontana
  2. Apocynum cannabinum
  3. Apidosperma exalatum
  4. A. polyneuron
  5. Ochrosia nakainana
  6. Pleicarpa mutica

Bignoniaceae

  1. Newbouldia laevis

Calycanthaceae

  1. Calycanthus occidentalis

Chenopodiaceae

  1. Hammada leptoclada
  2. Kochia scoparia

Combretaceae

  1. Guiera senegalensis

Cyperaceae

  1. Carex brevicollis
  2. C. parva

Elaeagnaceae

  1. Elaegnus angustifolia
  2. E. commutata
  3. E. hortensis
  4. E. orientalis
  5. E. spinosa
  6. Hippophae rhamnoides
  7. Shepherdia argentea
  8. S. canadensis

Fabaceae

  1. Acacia baileyana
  2. A. complanata
  3. A. simplicifolia
  4. Anadenanthera peregrim
  5. Burkea africana
  6. Desmodium gangeticum
  7. D. gyrans
  8. S. pulchellum
  9. Mucuna pruriens
  10. Petalostylis labicheoides
  11. Prosopis nigra

Gramineae

  1. Arundo donax
  2. Festuca arundinacea
  3. Lolium perenne
  4. Phalaris aquatica
  5. P. arundinacea

Lauraceae

  1. Nectandra megapotamica

Loganiaceae

  1. Strychnos melinoniana
  2. S. usambarensis

Malpighiaceae

  1. Banisteriopsis argentea
  2. B. caapi
  3. B. inebrians
  4. B. lutea
  5. B. rusbyana
  6. Cabi pratensis

Myristicaceae

  1. Gymnacranthera paniculata
  2. Virola cuspidata
  3. V. rufula
  4. V. theidora

Ochnaceae

  1. Testulea gabonensis

Palmae

  1. Plectocomiopsis geminiflorus

Papaveraceae

  1. Meconopsis horridula
  2. M. napaulensis
  3. M. robusta
  4. M. rudis
  5. M. panuculata
  6. Papaver rhoeas

Passifloraceae

  1. Passiflora actinea
  2. P. alata
  3. P. alba
  4. P. bryonioides
  5. P. capsularis
  6. P. caerulea
  7. P. decaisneana
  8. P. edulis
  9. P. eichleriana
  10. P. foetida
  11. P. incarnata
  12. P. quadrangularis
  13. P. ruberosa
  14. P. subpeltata
  15. P. warmingii

Polygonaceae

  1. Calligonum minimum

Rubiaceae

  1. Borreria verticillata
  2. Leptactinia densiflora
  3. Nauclea diderrichii
  4. Ophiorrhiza japonica
  5. Pauridiantha callicarpoides
  6. P. dewevrei
  7. P. lyalli
  8. P. viridiflora
  9. Pavetta lanceolata
  10. Psychotria carthaginesis
  11. P. viridis
  12. Simira klugii
  13. S. rubra
  14. Uncaria attenuata
  15. U. canescens
  16. U. orientalis

Rutaceae

  1. Araliopsis tabouensis
  2. Findersia laevicarpa
  3. Xanthoxylum rhetsa

Sapotaceae

  1. Chrysophyllum lacourtianum

Simaroubaceae

  1. Ailanthus malabarica
  2. Perriera madagascariensis
  3. Picrasma ailanthoides
  4. P. crenata
  5. P. excelsa
  6. P. javanica

Solanaceae

  1. Vestia lycioides

Symplocaceae

  1. Symplocos racemosa

Tiliaceae

  1. Grewia mollis

Zygophyllaceae

  1. Fagonia cretica
  2. Nitraria schoberi
  3. Perganum harmala
  4. Tribulus terrestris
  5. Zygophyllum fabago

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