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Friday - September 26, 2008
From: Melbourne, FL
Region: Southeast
Topic: Trees
Title: Is the orchid tree (Bauhinia lunarioides) poisonous to dogs?
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
is the orchid tree (bauhinia) poisonous to dogs?ANSWER:
Bauhinia lunarioides (Anacacho orchid plant) does not occur on any of the following toxic plant databases:Poisonous Plants of North America
Cornell University Plants Poisonous to Livestock
Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System
Nor does it appear on any of the "plants poisonous to dogs/pets" pages, such as:
Humane Society of the United States
Unfortunately, these 'pet' pages don't list the plants by their botanical names and thus, since common names for plants are quite variable, they are a little more difficult to search.
Since the orchid tree doesn't appear on any of these databases, it is unlikely that any parts of it are toxic to your dog—at least it wouldn't appear that it is fataly toxic. However, to be on the safe side, it probably would be a good idea to keep the seed pods off the ground and out of reach of your dog.
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