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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jlblonde, post: 1456966, member: 32000&quot;]The Gambia coin has a Sago palm. Kinda looks like a giant pineapple.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know, I have to plant the bloody things all the time. Ouch! </p><p><br /></p><p>A needle stuck me in the vein once and wow did my arm swell up.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Post by Tony Spencer:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The plant is called a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycas_revoluta" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycas_revoluta" rel="nofollow">Sago Palm</a> and its highly poisonous to both pets and humans. A chemical in the plant called cycasin is toxic and often causes permanent liver damage as well as neurological damage if enough of the poison is absorbed by the body. The seeds are the most poisonous part of the plant and the <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=a7-f66fRfzQC&amp;pg=PA111&amp;lpg=PA111&amp;dq=sago+palm+toxicity&amp;source=web&amp;ots=FZq0rj9JYB&amp;sig=pt9MsNYcTIypQDRjh8VQz_XvxnY#PPA112,M1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=a7-f66fRfzQC&amp;pg=PA111&amp;lpg=PA111&amp;dq=sago+palm+toxicity&amp;source=web&amp;ots=FZq0rj9JYB&amp;sig=pt9MsNYcTIypQDRjh8VQz_XvxnY#PPA112,M1" rel="nofollow">effects on humans</a> are seizures, coma and death.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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