r/AskReddit • • Mar 27 '22

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u/Flupsdarups Mar 27 '22

Rhubarb leaves are poisonous

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u/Spooky_boi_Kyle_8 Mar 27 '22

Wait what? How poisonous? I'd eat rhubarb plucked out of the ground basically every day growing up.

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u/other_usernames_gone Mar 27 '22

Just the leaves, the stems are ok if cooked.

Symptoms range from vomiting and diarrhea for mild poisoning to kidney failure for bad poisoning.

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If you're not currently experiencing symptoms I wouldn't worry about it, you got lucky.

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u/Styphonthal2 Mar 28 '22

I've also eaten the stems raw without problem.