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Poison Hemlock
Conium maculatum
Poison Hemlock · Hemlock · Spotted Hemlock · Fool's Parsley · Carrot Fern · Spotted Parsley · Almindelig skarntyde · Astaperrexil handi · Baldıran · Carrot-fern · Cecys · Cecyt · Cegid · Cegid Tir Sych · Cegiden · Cegiden Gyffredin · Cegiden cegid · Ceginen Cyffredin · Cegyr · Chighu · Cicuta maggiore · Cigue tachee
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, Spain, US, Indochina, Belgium, Uk(Wales), Iraq, Dominican Republic
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Antispasmodic, Aphrodisiac, Asthma, Cancer
Science studied: ARABINO-4-O-METHYLGLUCURONOXYLAN, ARABINOSE, CAFFEIC-ACID, GAMMA-CONICEINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Apiaceae
Scientific name: Conium maculatum
Common names: Poison Hemlock, Hemlock, Spotted Hemlock, Fool's Parsley, Carrot Fern, Spotted Parsley, Almindelig skarntyde, Astaperrexil handi, Baldıran, Carrot-fern, Cecys, Cecyt, Cegid, Cegid Tir Sych, Cegiden, Cegiden Gyffredin, Cegiden cegid, Ceginen Cyffredin, Cegyr, Chighu, Cicuta maggiore, Cigue tachee
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Turkey, Spain, US, Indochina, Belgium, Uk(Wales), Iraq and 9 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Antispasmodic
- Aphrodisiac
- Asthma
- Cancer
- Cancer(Breast)
- Chorea
- CNS sedative
- Delirium
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- Fatality
- Nervine
- Paralysis
- Poison
- Sclerosis(Glands)
- Spasm
- Tumor
- Tumor(Breast)
- Tumor(Scrotum)
- Wen
- Anodyne
- Sedative
- Tetanus
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- Turkey
- Spain
- US
- Indochina
- Belgium
- Uk(Wales)
- Iraq
- Dominican Republic
- Haiti
- UK
- Venezuela
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- Argentina
- Hungary
- Europe
- France
- Finland
Documented cultural uses
- Antispasmodic
- Aphrodisiac
- Asthma
- Cancer
- Cancer(Breast)
- Chorea
- CNS sedative
- Delirium
- Fatality
- Nervine
- Paralysis
- Poison
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- Sclerosis(Glands)
- Spasm
- Tumor
- Tumor(Breast)
- Tumor(Scrotum)
- Wen
- Anodyne
- Sedative
- Tetanus
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Evaluation of the rodenticidal effect of Conium maculatum plant extract under laboratory conditions · 2026 source ↗
- Conium Maculatum, one plant, four presentations: A case series. · 2026 source ↗
- Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the chloroplast genome of <i>Conium maculatum</i> L. 1753 (Apiaceae). · 2025 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ARABINO-4-O-METHYLGLUCURONOXYLAN
- ARABINOSE
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- GAMMA-CONICEINE
- CONHYDRINE
- CONIINE
- DIOSMIN
- FALCARINOL-ONE
- FALCARINONE
- LIGNIN
- N-METHYL-(+)-CONIINE
- PSEUDOCONHYDRINE
- URONIC-ACIDS
- N-ACETYL-(-)-CONIINE
- PROTEIN
- N-ACETYL-(+)-CONIINE
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- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- ALPHA-CONHYRDINE
- ETHYL-PIPERIDINE
- FAT
- N-METHYL-(-)-CONIINE
- EO
- PENTOSANS
- XYLOSE
- METHYL-CONIINE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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