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Deffenbachia is a very common ornamental plant often used to augment well tended (boring as all h*ll) gardens. It grows like wildfire and readily propagates by cuttings. If a stalk is unable to keep it upright it lies down on the ground and you will soom have a half dozen.
It is dangerous to animals and is sometimes known as 'Cattle Killer'. It doesn't contain a noxious poison but a crytalline substance that consumed in large quantities pretty much destroys a ruminants stomach and upper intestines.
The problem comes in when yards are trimmed and the cuttings are often dumped alongside the roads. One rainy season later and up they pop. A tasty treat for the free ranged cattle common throughout S.E. Asia. The one pictured is obviously a cultivated variegated hybrid.
It is dangerous to animals and is sometimes known as 'Cattle Killer'. It doesn't contain a noxious poison but a crytalline substance that consumed in large quantities pretty much destroys a ruminants stomach and upper intestines.
The problem comes in when yards are trimmed and the cuttings are often dumped alongside the roads. One rainy season later and up they pop. A tasty treat for the free ranged cattle common throughout S.E. Asia. The one pictured is obviously a cultivated variegated hybrid.