Cathartics may also be used to help eliminate the plant rapidly from the digestive system. Fruits are red berries with numerous seeds.ĭepending on how long it has been since the plant was eaten, induction of vomiting, gastric lavage, or administration of activated charcoal is indicated. Some cultivars have, pale pink flowers, and variegated leaves The flowers are strongly perfumed. Inflorescences are terminal one-sided racemes, with 5-18 white flowers, each with 6 fused, recurved petals. Leaves are basal, broadly elliptic to oblong, sheathing, glabrous, and dull green. It grows in dense colonies from a slender underground rhizome. The cardenolides have a digitalis-like activity, causing cardiac conduction disturbances.Ĭonvallaria majalis is a popular perennial garden plant originating from Europe, and North America. The attractive red berries are the commonest source of poisoning in children. All parts of the plant are poisonous, with the greatest concentration of cardenolides being in the roots. At least 38 cardenolides have been isolated from Convallaria majalis.
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