It's interesting how many of our major food crops are related to plants bearing some of the most terrifying and dangerous toxins known to us.
Feb 1, 2026 09:56In the same family as datura and deadly nightshade, we have potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, tomatillo, tamarillo, goldenberry, goji berry, and... That's all I can remember.
in the family tree of poison hemlock, and even more terrifying, water hemlock: parsnips, carrots, celery, parsley, angelica, fennel, dill, coriander, caraway... A whole heap of aromatics tbh.
And keeping company with rosary peas, laburnum, and other lethal legumes, an entire rogues' gallery of edible beans and peas, as well as peanuts.
