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Synopsis This book is intended for students, researchers, farmers or any layperson interest in poisonous plants. Starting from first chapter, which gives an introduction of poisonous plants, it covers different types of plat toxins, classification, types, poisonous garden plants, poisonous cultivated plants, parts of common plants which are poisonous, poisonous wild plants, poisonous algae, fungi, lichens and ferns also. A separate chapter on poisonous mushrooms has also been included. Prevention and common first aid is also covered. For each plant, signs and problems and causes are discussed followed by general information on the plant, keys to identification of that plant, Illustrations and locations. This well-illustrated book is a complete study in poisonous plants. Each chapter is well written and illustrated with figures.