Laburnum....The Deadly Tree.

Very pretty to look at but all parts  of the  laburnum are poisonous. The bark, roots, leaves and especially the seed pods. These can cause nausea, vomiting, mouth frothing, convulsions and even death through paralysis !  As a child I was very ill after eating the seeds in a pod which I thought were like the peas I used to help my mum shell and also eating some.  Luckily, had a full stomach and vomited so all was well although it was years later that I found out what made me so ill. This tree is at our Health Centre, but the  laburnum in the nursery school garden was removed   I have written about this some time ago in a previous entry.