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Daphne is a complicated material to manipulate. All its parts are very poisonous. Edgeworthia is a little safer, it seems.

• kragen 3y ago
  you're probably confusing it with the similar-looking oleander, i put daphne (laurel or bay leaves) in my soup. all parts of daphne are supposed to be poisonous but it's not in the same league as oleander oleander is an unrelated plant, being a rosid rather than an asterid, but in some languages people use the same word for both because they both have thick and leathery dark green glossy lanceolate leaves, usually glabrous, with minute reticulate venation edit: no, laurel or bay leaves are not daphne, they're laurus or one of several other genera. laurus is also unrelated to daphne, being a magnoliid. i don't know anything about how toxic daphne is. i regret the error, which was due to Δάφνη being the greek word for laurus nobilis, the laurel from which we get bay leaves for seasoning food
  • pvaldes 3y ago
    > you're probably confusing it with the similar-looking oleander Not. Both are very different species. Daphne is definitely in the same league as Nerium in terms of poison. Very innocent looking, very fragrant, very toxic. I would have it otherwise. What you use in your kitchen is Laurus. But beware the internet. What you --should not-- use in your kitchen is --this-- "Laurus". http://www.paghat.com/laurel.html http://www.paghat.com/laurel.html That is in fact a toxic Prunus
    • oniony 3y ago
      I have this laurel in my garden. It's very hardy. It grows very fast and makes another fine mess of my garden.