Mayapple: Mandrake is toxic regardless of whether it is from Europe or America. The European version damages the heart whereas the American version damages the intestines. Amerindians once used the young shoots for suicide. (Illustrated in the Disney movie: "The Light in the Forest")

http://holisticbird.org/modalities/dangerousherbs.htm

Severity
HIGHLY TOXIC, MAY BE FATAL IF EATEN!

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/c...on/Podoppe.htm