Imported Heavenly Bamboo gets planted in every strip mall parking lot ever
Lovely ornamental shrub, glorious fall colors.
And every part of it absolutely loaded with lethal amounts of cyanide.
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How charming.
Heavenly Bamboo is not really a problem, unlike MURDER HORNETS.
All parts of the bamboo plant are poisonous. The plant contains cyanogenic glycosides that produce cyanide when they are broken down in the digestive tract.
The leaves and green fruits are strongly cyanogenic, while the ripe fruits are less so.
Interestingly, human poisonings have not been reported, possibly due to the small glycoside content in ripe berries, small amounts ingested, or the cultivated varieties of this plant.