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Toxic Plants of the Middle Realm
Lore By Hutch & Pinkie

This is a guide to the toxic/poisonous plants used by herbalists, doctors, poison makers, and toxicologists. This list is specific so as to be able to build a foundation for a more advanced understanding of toxins and poisons in our setting. This list is not all inclusive of plants that can be toxic in real life, but rather a cheat sheet for us to use for RP. Some of these plants or their uses are completely fictional. Perms are required before exposing a character to these plants, be sure the player is aware beforehand the effect and ramifications before exposing characters to toxic plants or poison. If you would like to have a plant added, go ahead and use the template provided, and post a reply. We try to avoid redundancy when possible as listing every plant that can upset a stomach or cause hallucinations is far from possible or useful. There are some plants that may be rejected due to concerns about abuse or perms for RP purposes, please keep in mind staff has a lot to take into account when considering new poisons and plants. Until a plant has been approved for use by staff it is not to be administered ICly.

Herbalist -
Depending on skill the herbalist can identify which plants are poisonous and which are beneficial. They may even have a basic understanding of how some of them are prepared for use. Though wouldn’t be able to use it themselves.

Physicians, Surgeons, & Healers -
Will also understand which plants do what, they may also know specifically which part of the plants have what affect and may know how to treat some toxic plants and possibly make antidotes where applicable if skilled enough or with specific training. Please see the Alchemy Lore for the complete listing of antidotes and how they’re made.

Alchemist, Toxicologist, Assassins, etc. -
People with specific training around poison and toxic plants may know not only what plants effects are but also how to refine them into their most potent forms and how to make antidotes. Please see the Alchemy Lore for the full extent of this understanding.

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Treatment

Removing the toxic or poisonous substance is always the first step to treatment.

Ingestion -
If acted on immediately, the patient should remove all traces from their mouth and wash thoroughly to avoid spread by any residue. Self-induced vomiting is not advised, as this can do more harm then good. Antidotes and further treatment can be found in the Alchemy Lore.

Inhalation -
Remove patient to well ventilated area. Seek further treatment, see Alchemy Lore or Herbalism Lore for more.

Skin Contact -
If absorbed through skin contact area much be well cleansed of the substance and clothing around the area removed. Followed by soaking of the affected area with warm water for 20 minutes while gently brushing with a towel.

Eye Contact -
If patient suffers from eye irritation they should be encouraged to blink often while avoiding touching or rubbing the eyes.

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Spoiler

• Common Name
  IG Item | Biome(s) it’s found in
  Uses:
  uses
  of
  plant
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  How does it hurt you?
  Effect:
  What does it do to you?
  Description:
  what the plant looks like.
  

• Belladonna
  Oak Sapling | Plains, Forest
  Uses:
  Belladonna’s Kiss
  Oren's Madness
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  All parts of the plants are poisonous. However, the berries pose the greatest immediate danger. The roots are the most toxic.
  Effect:
  As well as causing such symptoms as severe headaches, slurred speech and delirium, the poison effects involuntary bodily functions such as sweating, breathing and heart rate. Unusually, the poison can also cause urinary retention, effectively removing the victim’s ability to urinate. This can cause significant complications in the long run.
  Description:
  Small shrub resembling young tree seedlings. The stalks are hearty and green with broad leathery leaves. The upturned bell-shaped flowers are purple with green tinges and have a faintly sweet scent. The fruits are berries, which are green, ripening to a shiny-black.
  

 

• Black Henbane
  Bone | Taiga, Mesa, Forest
  Uses:
  Look of Dusk
  Sometimes used as a ritualistic or recreational hallucinogenic
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  Aroma of the flower can cause intense dizziness.
  Only the flower and seeds are poisonous. Burning of the whole plant can produce a hallucinogenic, choking gas.
  Effect:
  Ingestion of the flower causes dry mouth, thirst, difficulty in swallowing and speaking, warm flushed skin, dilated pupils, blurred vision and photophobia, which all start to manifest after 3 hours. In severe cases/prolonged exposure, can cause convulsions and hypertension.
  Description:
  The plant grows on long stems with broad irregular shaped leaves. The whole plant is hairy and grows yellow flowers with deep red centers and dark veining throughout the five petal groupings. When the flowers die off the plant pales to a dull yellow-cream color with small upturned bell shaped seed pods that resembles an animal jawbone.
  

 

• Calla Lily
  Orange Tulip | Plains, Savanna, Mesa
  Uses:
  Sulena's Touch
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  All parts of the plant are poisonous if ingested, and the pollen can cause some mild symptoms.
  Effect:
  Handling of the plant can cause localised irritation to the skin. Ingestion can cause a powerful burning sensation in the mouth and numbing of the tongue.
  Description:
  Upturned bell shaped flower with a single broad petal, usually white, yellow or pink. Thick green stem with few small branches with between three and five broad leaves each. Fruit grows in clusters in the heart of the flower ranging from five to ten berries each. Berries ripen from green to a bright red.
  

 

• Cocklebur
  Tall Grass | Planes, Savanna
  Uses:
  The juices of the plant can be used to make a yellow dye.
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  Only the seed pods are poisonous if ingested.
  Effect:
  Within a few hours of consumption, the poison causes loss of balance, hysterical blindness, twisting of neck muscles, erratic pulse, difficulty breathing and, if untreated, death within two days.
  Description:
  The leaves are spirally arranged on green shoots, with deeply toothed almost spiny edges. The plant is very thorny with long slender spines at the leaf bases. The seeds are hard, spiney single seeded burs. It’s covered with stiff, hooked spines that stick to fur and clothing and can be difficult to remove.
  

 

• Crab’s Eye
  Redstone Dust | Plains, Savanna
  Uses:
  Ipecac Syrup
  The berries are used as beads in some cultures.
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  Only the seeds of the plant are poisonous and symptoms can result from ingestion or through skin contact with juices. Inhaled dust can also be dangerous.
  Effect:
  Contact with the poison causes liver failure and death over a course of several days. Berries treated in boiling milk and dried, denatures the poisonous substances inside, and makes them harmless.
  Description:
  Stems are long and vine line with long stems that grow out from the base with dozens of small, long, oval shaped leaves. The flowers grow on stalks from the base with a simple upturned four petal design, in a pale pink color. The berries of the plant are oval in shape and grow in pods in groups of three that are generally dark green to brown and wilt away when ripe. The berries are red with the black heads. The climbing vine plant winds around the trunks of trees, shrubs and hedges.
  

 

• Daphne
  Lilac | Forest, Jungle Edge, Mesa
  Uses:
  Sulena's Touch
  Coat of Needles
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  Only the fruit of the plant is poisonous if ingested. Handling twigs of the plant can cause skin irritation.
  Effect:
  Non-fatal doses of the berries cause a burning sensation in the mouth. Larger doses add to these shivering, dilation of the pupils, convulsions and damage to the oral passages and the intestine. Handling the fresh twigs can cause rashes in sensitive individuals.
  Description:
  The flowers don’t have petals instead they have something closer to petal shaped leaves called sepals, tubular at the base and spread into star like shapes of four to five ‘petals’. the flowers grow in clusters at the end of stems along with broad, oval shaped, smooth leaves. The flowers come predominantly in green or yellow-green color. Fruits are fleshy single seeded berries.
  

 

• Foxglove
  Jungle Leaves | Plains, Forest
  Uses:
  Cleanse
  Small amounts aid weight loss due to appetite loss.
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  All parts of the plant are toxic if ingested.
  Effect:
  Foxglove poisoning causes yellowed vision and the appearance of blurred outlines (halos), drooling, abnormal heart rate, weakness, collapse, dilated pupils, tremors, seizures, hallucinations and even death.
  Description:
  the foxglove grows on long stems that have broad elongated oval leaves with a slight ridging and can be hairy to the touch. The flowers are bell shaped and come in a variety of colors between cream to purple.
  

 

• Graveyard Tree
  Birch | Forest, Hills
  Uses:
  ---
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  All parts of the Graveyard Tree are toxic, save for the red outer skin around it’s seed.
  The foliage remains toxic, even when wilted. It increases in toxicity when dried.
  Effect:
  While not causing digestive upset as most ingested poisons do, the poison is very fast acting, causing tremors, difficulty breathing, seizures and death within several hours of consumption.
  Description:
  It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree. The bark is thin, scaly brown, coming off in small flakes aligned with the stem. The leaves are flat, arrowhead shaped and dark green. The seeds are small, brown and ovular and grow at the tips of branches, surrounded by a red outer skin until mature.
  

 

• Hemlock
  Azure Bluet | Plains, Forest, Swamp
  Uses:
  Socara’s Drought
  Oren’s Madness
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  All parts of the plant are toxic if ingested.
  Effect:
  The onset of symptoms following ingestion may be as soon as 15 minutes post ingestion, characterized by generalized seizures, tremors, weakness, dizziness, and drowsiness.
  Complications of ongoing seizures include increased body temperature, swelling in the brain, extensive muscle death and kidney failure. Additional neurological symptoms may include hallucinations, delirium, tingling, pricking, or numbness of a person's skin, dilated pupils. Poisoned people who recover usually regain consciousness in one to two days, though seizures may persist for up to four days.
  Description:
  Very tall plant, up to 256 cm (8.4 feet). Clusters of small elongated leaves on narrow stems at the base with long stalks topped with distinctive small green or white flower clusters arranged in an umbrella shape.
  

 

• Larkspur
  Pink Tulip | Taiga, Mesa, Hills
  Uses:
  Coat of Needles
  The juice of the flower can be used to make blue ink
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  All parts of the plant are toxic, especially younger parts/plants if ingested. Toxicity reduces in late summer, however it is still not recommended one put it in their mouth.
  Effect:
  Causes severe digestive discomfort if ingested, and skin irritation through sap contact with skin. Death is through damage of heart muscle and paralytic effects which can occur within a few hours of ingestion.
  Description:
  Plant goes on long stalks with drooping groups of tiny, long, narrow leaf clusters. The stalks are often topped with brightly colored purple to pale pink flowers with five broad petals and a large pale pistils in the middle.
  

 

• Nightshade
  Allium | Plains, Forest, Swamp, Jungle
  Uses:
  Belladonna’s Kiss
  Look of Dusk
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  All parts of the plant are poisonous, however the fruit pose the most immediate and obvious threat.
  Effect:
  Poisoning from nightshade includes various degrees of symptoms such as dilated pupils, sensitivity to light, blurred vision, headache, rash, severely dry mouth and throat, slurred speech, constipation, confusion, hallucinations, delirium, and convulsions and death after just under three days. The consumption of as few as two berries will bring about symptoms in as little as two hours.
  Description:
  Nightshade is among the most toxic plants of the Middle Realm, both for the severity of symptoms and the speed in which they escalate. Night shade grows in a small groupings of stalks from a tuberous root, the stems are green with elongated oval leaves and purple to burgundy flowers. The flowers droop down from the top of the stem in a distinct trumpet shape that flares at the bottom. The fruit is the tuberous root of the plant.
  

 

• Oleander
  Pink Tulip | Plains, Savanna, Desert, Mesa
  Uses:
  Socara's Drought
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  All parts of the plant are poisonous.
  Effect:
  Symptoms can take days, up to a week, to appear. When they do, they are usually characterised by a slowing of the heartbeat, irregular pulse, drowsiness, weakness, trembling, paleness of the skin and being cold to the touch.
  Description:
  Oleander grows with erect stems that splay outward as they mature; first-year stems are blue-green in color, while mature stems have a grayish bark. The leaves are in pairs or groups of three, thick and leathery, dark-green. The flowers grow in clusters at the end of each branch; they are white, pink to red, with five slightly fringed petals.
  

 

• Pokeweed
  Dead Shrub | Planes, Savanna
  Uses:
  Look of Dusk
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  The roots and berries of the plant are toxic if ingested.
  Effect:
  Commonly causes a burning sensation of the mouth, salivation and painful stomach cramps. Depending on the amount consumed, symptoms such as anaemia, convulsions and death from altered heart and breathing rates can occur.
  Description:
  The plant has a large white taproot with a deep red stems. The leaves are large, simple, and broad and grow mostly at the top of the stem which can grow to hip-height. Tiny white five to six petaled flowers grow along the top of stems and are followed by purple to almost black berries.
  

 

• Spindle
  Red Dye | Forest
  Uses:
  Cleanse
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  Only the fruit of the plant is poisonous. 30 pods can be a fatal dose for an adult.
  Effect:
  Symptoms are nausea, dizziness, strong stomach pains, vomiting and diarrhea. Severe cases can include unconsciousness and kidney failure. Initial symptoms appear 12-18 hours after ingestion, and if not treated, end in circulatory failure and, naturally, death.
  Description:
  Grows to 3–6 m (10–20 ft) tall, with a thick stem. The leaves are are in pairs on opposite sides of branches, they are oval in shape and comes to a point with finely serrated edges. Leaves are dark green.
  

 

• Spoonwood
  Peony | Forest
  Uses:
  Harliquin's Kiss
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  All parts of the plant are toxic if ingested.
  Effect:
  Within six hours of ingestion, the poison will cause repeated swallowing, excessive salivation, watering of the eyes, running nose, irregular heartbeat and weakness. If left untreated after two-four days, symptoms will worsen, causing paralysis, seizures, bleeding in the stomach and death.
  Description:
  It is an evergreen shrub with long smooth leaves that can grow as tall as a person. Its flowers are round and are shaped like upturned umbrellas, ranging from light pink to white, and occur in clusters. Roots are fibrous and matted.
  

 

• Stinging Nettle
  Oak Leaves | Forest
  Uses:
  Coat of Needles
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  The leaves are covered in hair-like, outward facing needles which inject poison into the body through penetration of the skin, or organs if ingested without proper preparation.
  Effect:
  Immediate effects an unpleasant stab of pain around the affected area, followed by gradual, painful swelling and burning over the next 2-3 hours. Normally harmless, this swelling can cause no shortage of problems if areas such as the inside of the throat are exposed.
  Description:
  Resembling a tall, green shoot surrounded erratically by wiry, tapering leaves with deep ridges toward the centre. They occasionally grow light-brownish or greenish flowers toward the central shoot on the leaf stems.
  

 

• Ipecac Root
  Dead Shrub | Forest, jungle
  Uses:
  Ipecac Syrup
  Toxicology:
  Exposure:
  Ipecac is only effective if parts of the root are ingested.
  Effect:
  In its undiluted form, the ingested matter will cause bouts of vomiting after only ten minutes until the content of the stomach is emptied, which is usually quite quickly.
  Description:
  The ipecac plant is quite small, only resembling a small shoot with five or six large, tapering leaves and a single flowering head. The shoot itself is semi-segmented and with small bulbs at intervals. The root itself is divided into a few branches, bending, and is composed of rings of various size, somewhat fleshy when fresh, and appearing as if closely strung on a central cord.