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Saturday - April 07, 2007
From: Lampasas, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Poisonous Plants
Title: Toxicity of seeds of Texas Mountain Laurel for dog
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
I have a Tx Mountain Laurel that is in 1 end of a dog pen. I just heard the seeds are poisonous. Is this true & should we pull the seeds off so the dog can't reach them to eat? Thanks for your assistance.ANSWER:
Sophora secundiflora (mescal bean) is indeed listed in the Toxic Plant Database for Texas. It is also listed in the Poisonous Plants of South Carolina, where its toxicity is listed as low. Even though the toxicity factor is low and the beans are not something a dog is very likely to eat, it probably isn't a bad idea to remove as many of the seed pods as possible from the tree so that they don't fall into the dog's pen.
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