Surprise with beautiful trees but capable of causing painful death

It is often used to make garlands in important events, but mountain laurel leaves contain toxic substances that can cause death despite exposure to small doses.

Moon mountain cinnamon , scientific name is Kalmia latifolia , has beautiful pink and white colors, blooming near the end of spring. This is a typical flower for beautiful beautiful flowers representing the American state of Conneticut. They also grow throughout the eastern United States.

Moon cinnamon mountain beautiful flower represents the US state of Conneticut.(Illustration).

Nguyet cinnamon mountain is from 3-9m high, often grows on the mountainside and in the forest. Mountain lilies often bloom in May and June, are round, sprouted in a variety of colors, from white, light pink, dark pink, red.

Pistils attract insects and butterfly bees to the bile. Vivid colors are often bred and bred later, and the natural color of flowers is usually bright.

Flowers are beautiful pink and white.

The laurel flowers are not suitable for commercial planting but are used to connect the wreaths, and wood of stems for furniture and household appliances.

Although it is gorgeous, mountain laurel flowers contain deadly toxins, Science Daily said. The two main types of poison in mountain lilies are andromedotoxin and arbutin . With high doses, andromedotoxin toxins cause a part of the heart to beat faster, and the rest slows to dangerous levels.

Moon cinnamon mountain is often used to garland in important events .

The heart of a healthy person has a natural gate to prevent half of the electrical impulses from affecting the heart. The poison will cause Wolff - Parkinson - White syndrome, causing the gate 's action to be disturbed. Then all the electrical impulses will run to the heart, causing the heart to stop beating and causing death.

When exposed to small doses of toxins Andromedotoxin, humans will vomit continuously, eyes, nose secretion of water and fluid. An hour later, respiratory activity will slow down, people lose their ability to move, then lethargy and die. The frightening thing is that honey can also contain all the characteristics of the poison Andromedotoxin if the bee once took the honey from the flowers of the mountain laurel tree . The Greeks called this type of honey a 'crazy secret' . They used it to defeat the Athenian Xenophon warrior in 400 BC.