Discussion Lycorine poisoning?

[Upon a hanging Body]

I'm just curious if anyone has had lycorine poisoning on here and how it felt?

 

[traingirl]

I'm just curious if anyone has had lycorine poisoning on here and how it felt?

Where would you even get this

 

[Upon a hanging Body]

Where would you even get this

It's a poison in flowers such as the spider lily.

 

[Dumbass]

I'm assuming you've already searched stuff up about it given that you're asking abt it (as I've not seen people talk about it before), but it seems like a really unpleasant way to go given the nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, etc.

 

[Upon a hanging Body]

I'm assuming you've already searched stuff up about it given that you're asking abt it (as I've not seen people talk about it before), but it seems like a really unpleasant way to go given the nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, etc.

I have some spider lillies and was just wondering if anyone actually ate them in a attempt
Just wanted more knowledge on the subject

 

[traingirl]

It's a poison in flowers such as the spider lily.

Do you just eat the flowers? I looked and it said there are no documented fatalities. Seems like you would have to consume a lot to even experience symptoms. :/

 

[Upon a hanging Body]

Do you just eat the flowers? I looked and it said there are no documented fatalities. Seems like you would have to consume a lot to even experience symptoms. :/

Yeah supposedly you chew on the main part of the flower and it makes you extremely sick.

 

[Dumbass]

I have some spider lillies and was just wondering if anyone actually ate them in a attempt
Just wanted more knowledge on the subject

That's fair! I'd say avoid it then, would most likely not kill you + would be extremely uncomfortable/painful. The wiki page for lycorine talks about the side effects mentioned, but for an example of people who have had lycorine poisoning here's one where a family accidentally ate daffodil bulbs instead of onions: "In humans, daffodil ingestion causes rapid onset of gastrointestinal symptoms including vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, and acute abdominal pain that may endure for several hours." (daffodils have lycorine as well). I think even if you ate enough where you'd somehow die pretty quickly, those last few moments would feel terrible (+ there's no easy way to figure out how many bulbs would lead to a quick death)

 

[Upon a hanging Body]

That's fair! I'd say avoid it then, would most likely not kill you + would be extremely uncomfortable/painful. The wiki page for lycorine talks about the side effects mentioned, but for an example of people who have had lycorine poisoning here's one where a family accidentally ate daffodil bulbs instead of onions: "In humans, daffodil ingestion causes rapid onset of gastrointestinal symptoms including vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, and acute abdominal pain that may endure for several hours." (daffodils have lycorine as well). I think even if you ate enough where you'd somehow die pretty quickly, those last few moments would feel terrible (+ there's no easy way to figure out how many bulbs would lead to a quick death)

Such a beautiful flower tho