Hedera helix
This is an extremely popular house and garden plant. The leaves and, when present, the clusters of small blue-black berries are poisonous, producing difficult breathing and coma. The saponin content of the plant may produce severe stomach pains, diarrhea, laboured breathing, and eventually coma if eaten in quantity. Serious cases have proven fatal.
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