Bane_(plant)
Bane (plant)
Index of plants with the same common name
The term bane (from Old English: bana, meaning "thing causing death, poison"),[1] in botany, is an archaic element in the common names of plants known to be toxic or poisonous.
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In the Middle Ages, several poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum were thought to have prophylactic qualities, repelling and protecting against that which they were banes to (e.g. henbane, wolfsbane).