Talk:Notobubon galbanum
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A fact from Notobubon galbanum appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 January 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Toxicity
- I know this plant well. My experience, over decades, was that the toxin was active only at certain times of the year. In some seasons one could touch the plant without effect. Captainbeefart
At present, this article is labelled with a category saying that this plant is poisonous. I believe a plant is called poisonous when people get unwell after eating it. I can't find any evidence for that in this case (it is listed as not edible, but that doesn't mean it is poisonous). Can anyone point me to a reference that tells us whether eating this plant has any adverse effects? Rp (talk) 21:40, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
- I spoke with a botanist about this plant a few years back who said that the plant, or at least its roots, is in fact edible. The problem is that all the written references I have so far found state that it is poisonous. So unless a reliable reference can be found stating otherwise I think it is best to 'be safe' and keep the poisonous reference in there.--Discott (talk) 08:46, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
Name change
BTW, this plant was renamed Notobubon Galbanum in 2008. The entire page needs reworking to reflect this, which is beyond my wiki technical abilities. see http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantnop/notobubongalb.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vynbos (talk • contribs) 15:58, 9 April 2012 (UTC)