2007-06-17 14:34:44 · 17 answers · asked by heartscared 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
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2007-06-17 14:36:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
Peach Pit Poisonous
2016-11-07 06:03:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Is it true that the nut inside a peach pit is poisonous?
2015-08-07 19:21:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes or so we are told. It contains cyanide, a deadly poison. However, I do not know how much of this poison can be found inside the pit. Maybe just enough to make you sick, depending on you age, size and weight.
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2007-06-17 14:42:55 · answer #4 · answered by Ol' Sasquatch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peach
Botanical: Prunus persica
Family: Rosaceae
Description: Deciduous tree, fleshy fruit with a large, rough pit.
Habitat: Landscape and orchards, cultivated fruit tree.
Range: The peach tree is originally from China. It is found in temperate regions around the world.
Toxicity: The poisonous parts of the peach tree are wilted leaves, twigs and peach pit. Can cause spasms, gasping, coma and respiratory failure.
Toxic Principle: Cyanogenic glycoside, amygdalin
2007-06-17 14:41:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
All parts of the peach, plum, and cherry are poisonous, with the stone kernels containing the highest concentration of cyanide, at 164 mg/100 grams. While no human deaths have been reported, hogs and cattle have succumbed to eating fallen peaches pit and all. Now you know why they are not for sale on the market.
2007-06-17 14:39:11 · answer #6 · answered by sat609 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
When you crack the nut (peach pit) there is a soft seed inside that smells strongly of cyanide and has a bitter taste. It has a small amount of a cyanide-containing compound -- amygdalin -- but the lethal dose is over 50 pits.
2007-06-17 14:56:51 · answer #7 · answered by Sandy G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
true nut peach pit poisonous
2016-01-27 05:29:53 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but you would have to eat more then your stomach could hold or beak your teeth before the cyanide would even make you sick. i love peaches and i have eaten them for ever and the pit not the nut has never heart me.
2007-06-17 15:40:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup. Don't eat more then 100 of them. They're not that poisonous though.
2007-06-17 14:37:13 · answer #10 · answered by John 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yes. It contains cyanide.
2007-06-17 14:37:32 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋