• Question from:Bill Bingham

I have medium knowledge on plants but have come up really stuck with this question.My daughter  has a homework question which I have tired to find the answer for via the web alas with out success.

Find an unusual plant which has the following qualities, Insectivorous, medicinal, invasive and poisonous?

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards

Bill Bingham

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  • University of Bristol
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Having looked at a list of common insectivorous plants I can't see any that are used for medicinal purposes. Are you sure the wording of the question meant one plant that fulfilled all 4 criteria, as opposed to one example of each?

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  • University of Nottingham, UK
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Yep, I'm stuck for anything that would fulfil all four criteria. Insectivorous plants aren't usually invasive because they're usually adapted for very low-nutrient environments and don't have the powers of rapid growth and reproduction that usually favour invasive species.