Is poinsettia toxic? the effect of poinsettia on household environment

Poinsettia is one of our favorite foliage plants. The top red leaves set off other green leaves. They are very beautiful. Is poinsettia poisonous? What are the effects of poinsettia on the home environment?

Is poinsettia toxic?

The whole plant of poinsettia is poisonous. Once its white milk comes into contact with the skin, it will cause allergic symptoms such as redness and swelling, accidentally eating stems and leaves, gastrointestinal reactions and nervous disorders in light cases, and the risk of poisoning and death in severe cases. But as long as you don't eat and don't have close contact, it won't cause damage to the human body. So poinsettia had better not put in the bedroom, do not put in the place that the child can touch.

In fact, flowers can purify the air and regulate temperature. Most plants are harmless to the human body, such as white orchids and white chrysanthemums have the function of clearing lung heat, while roses and sweet-scented osmanthus can refresh the mind.

The effect of poinsettia on household environment

With the development of urban high-rise buildings, people spend most of their time indoors. In addition to the beautiful furniture and furnishings in the family room, if the potted flowers, bonsai and flower arrangement can be used as interior decoration, it will have a unique flavor, which can not only bring a strong flavor of life to the room, but also make people feel pleasing to the eye and feel at ease.

There is no doubt that poinsettia is beautiful, but what pleases you is not its flowers, but its bracts. Poinsettia is an evergreen shrub with green twigs and dark brown old branches. The leaf near the tidbits at the top is bract-like, and the plant is red when it blossoms, which is the main ornamental part. So what we usually appreciate is its wrapped piece, but looking at the real flowers at the top is helpful to judge the quality of poinsettia. If most of the small yellow flowers at the top are already in bloom, and there are more florets on the lateral buds, this is "overblooming". Most of these poinsettias have a short florescence, and it is difficult to prolong the display time when they are bought home. The ideal poinsettia should be that the branches and leaves are relatively strong, giving people a feeling of vigorous progress.

Put a pot of poinsettia at home, quietly accompany his growth, he initially gave you a piece of green, but in the most depressed, cold season, return to you a hot ball. In the festive Christmas, New Year's Day shares that happy and happy moment with you. This is undoubtedly a very wonderful thing.

Poinsettia likes warmth, moisture and sunshine, while taking good care of the special, it will also make you pay attention to the temperature, humidity and other environmental conditions in the room, and virtually urge you to adjust the environment of the room to the best condition. is that you feel happy and relaxed in it.

Using plants to decorate our lives is not just to improve the indoor environment, I think it is more to create an atmosphere, just as we can live with bread and water, but we pursue much more than that. The beauty of life needs you to discover. I think a beautiful environment also needs our creation.

That's all for today's question about whether poinsettia is toxic. Do you have an answer?