Guus Bosman

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Sore hands

On Monday night I took Nora and the boys for a walk. I wanted to go to the barber but it was too crowded so we walked around instead and met Sasha at the Clarendon Metro.

When we were going home Nora picked up berries from behind the church. A minute or two later she started complaining that her hands hurt. It was quite painful and at home we gave her some cream. 30 minutes later it had subsided.

Tuesday night we walked on the same path again and I took a picture of the plant. We still don't know if that's the culprit but Nora won't pick those berries anymore, that's for sure. There are other plants around the berries, one might be poison ivy perhaps.

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A friend figured it out: the culprit is Arum italicum, a beautiful but poisonous plant.

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De Italiaanse aronskelk (Arum italicum) is een giftige plant uit de aronskelkfamilie (Araceae). In de plant komen onder meer calciumoxalaatkristallen en oplosbare zouten van oxaalzuur voor.

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