poisonous plants - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1982 - 25 Pfennig

Poisonous Plants With the illustrations of poisonous plants, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues six multicolored special postage stamps. Special cancellation from April 6 to June 5, 1982 Poisonous plants "All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; but the dose makes that a thing is not a poison. "Theophrastus Bombastus of Hohenheim, gen. Paracelsus (1493-1541) wrote this statement in the light of the gradual transition from spice and medicinal to poisonous plants and the beneficial effects of such a plant the hand of the doctor whose uncontrolled use or misuse may be fatal.Various poisonous plants are extremely beautiful, show bright colors in flowers and fruits, or are so rare that we need to protect them.Their number is legion and in the plant world Of our native flora we have about 135 more or less poisonous plants, not counting the ornamental plants.Not all are deadly poisonous, but each affects the health considerably 25-pfennig value: red-berried turnip From climbing-like thickened root rises the climbing, to 3 m long shoot axis of this Cucurbitaceae with ivy-like, soft and light green Leaves The small unisexual flowers are divided into leafy racemes and dioecious. The pea-sized, single-seeded, spherical berries are red, sometimes yellow in color. In the plant, most present in the root triterpene bitterness (cucurbitacine) lead to severe skin damage, affecting digestion (very strong laxative) and central nervous symptoms.