Deadly Plants

5. Formerly a common gift for teachers, one of these injected with cyanide was what killed famed code-breaker and computer scientist Alan Turing
7. This is the plant that killed Abraham Lincoln’s Mom, additional hint: color, reptile, part of plant
9. The suicide rate in Kerala, India is three times higher than India’s national average, with about one hundred residents attempting suicide daily, due to the high population of this plant
11. This plant was allegedly used to create the poison that the KGB used to kill BBC journalist Georgi Markov with a needle hidden in an umbrella
13. Young shoots of this common vegetable can be deadly to humans and are delicious when cooked properly and served with Hollandaise

1. Also known as Lenten Rose, a 'medicinal' dose of this deadly plant is allegedly what killed Alexander the Great; it was also used in the first instance of chemical warfare in recorded history in 585 BCE
2. Atropine is derived from this plant, which was diluted and dropped into women’s eyes in the 1920’s to dilate their pupils
3. The extract from the bark of the cinchona tree is used to make this medication that saved the world from malaria and from having to drink straight gin
4. Frequently used for hedge mazes, this plant was frequently used as a method of suicide in Caesar’s Gallic Wars and is also known as the graveyard tree
6. It is possible to develop a tolerance to this poison, a favorite of serial killers and derived from a tree
8. Socrates was the most famous victim of this deadly plant that is frequently mistaken for parsley
10. A common food crop in Latin America that is also used as a gluten free flour alternative, this root can produce deadly cyanide in the body if not prepared properly prior to preparation
12. This plant was what killed Juliet in the William Shakespeare play and supposedly shrieks so loudly when it is pulled from the ground that it will kill anyone who hears it; also lets you put a white chip back in your bag when playing Quacks of Quedlinburg