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Thursday - May 09, 2013
From: Plano, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Seeds and Seeding, Poisonous Plants, Shrubs
Title: Are Eve's Necklace seeds poisonous to dogs from Plano TX
Answered by: Barbara Medford
QUESTION:
Are the seed pods on eve's necklace poisionous to dogs?ANSWER:
From our webpage on Styphnolobium affine (Eve's necklace):
"The flowers and seeds are poisonous."
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