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Date: | Sat, 20 Dec 1997 14:49:50 -0600 |
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Both snow-on-the-prairie and snow-on-the-mountain are in the Euphorbiaceae family, not
true milkweeds (Aesclepiadacea) though their sap runs white.
Before anyone decides that all Euphorbiaceae honey should be avoided, you might note that the
Chinese Tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum) is also in this family. Also bull nettle and candelilla
(I know nothing of their honey value) - has anyone compiled a list of "bad honey plants?"
-Greg (Houston, TX)
> We have a plant here know as "snow on the mountain,"
> aka, milkweed (for it's milky sap), that is water white, no flavor, but
> burns the throat for up to thirty minutes with just a 1/2 teaspoon or so
> ingested.
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