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osprey | 16:49 Mon 25th Sep 2006 | Home & Garden
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Are they poisonous to humans?
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Hi Osprey,
Yes they are, the trees and foliage are poisonous, the fleshy red berries are not but the seeds inside them have the most poison, which contain a powerful alkaloid called taxine.
I would not recommend eating a whole one.

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