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Ten Safe Plants For Your Home
Parenting Tips

By Vincent Iannelli, M.D., About.com

Updated December 13, 2004

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These 10 plants are not poisonous. But plants may cause different reactions in different people. So make sure your child does not try to eat them. Teach her to pet the leaves instead.
  • African violet
  • Boston fern
  • Corn plant
  • Peperomia
  • Spider plant
  • Begonia
  • Coleus
  • Jade plant
  • Rubber plant
  • Swedish ivy
These tips were reproduced from the U.S. Department of Education.

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