Dieffenbachia Seguine Poisonous. When grown in optimal conditions it shows showy white flowers too somewhat like peace lilies. Drach and maloney 1 and dore 2 implied that toxicity was due to insoluble and or soluble oxalates or glycosidal principles.
Do not use it to treat or manage an actual poison exposure. Dieffenbachia seguine also known as dumbcane is a species of dieffenbachia native to the tropical americas from southern mexico through central america to northern south america and brazil. Dieffenbachia seguine is a species of dieffenbachia native to the tropical americas from southern mexico through central america to northern south america and brazil.
When grown in optimal conditions it shows showy white flowers too somewhat like peace lilies.
Seguine is often used as one of the parent plants of many dieffenbachia cultivars. The herbaceous perennial grows 3 to 10 feet in height and 2 to 3 feet in width. To the editor several articles and communications have appeared in the journal concerning poisoning by plants of the genus dieffenbachia and their probable toxic constituents. Do not use it to treat or manage an actual poison exposure.