Which indoor plants can be dangerous: popular and beautiful
Houseplants do not always filter or clean the air from harmful impurities. Often, real pests are hidden behind beautiful and popular plants.
Many indoor flowers and ornamental plants pose a threat to human health. It is enough to smell them, and an allergy will begin.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, told us which plants you need to be careful with.
There are ornamental plants whose juice is dangerous for the mucous membrane or is fraught with other consequences.
But for this to happen, it needs to be on the skin or in other contact.
There are much more popular flowers that are often recommended for the bedroom or nursery. They are not friendly to allergy sufferers.
Among the first to be noted are geranium, dieffenbachia, cyclamen and crassula.
Alocasia, philodendron and fern pose no less of a threat.
As for geranium, it releases essential oils, which can cause headaches or skin irritation.
In rare cases, the flower can cause allergy sufferers to suffocate.
Harmless ferns can cause breathing problems and a severe cough.
The juice of dieffenbachia is poisonous, and it is not recommended to keep the plant in a child's room.
It is also worth remembering that many indoor plants are dangerous for pets.
