It's used in herbal medicine - can decrease swelling and lots of other uses - I wouldn't recommend eating it as too much can cause problems, but my understanding is that it shouldn't cause a problem if a curious child nibbled a bit. We certainly used to play with it as children - using the big leaves as plates for our sandwiches - and as I said, dairy maids used the leaves to wrap butter in, and the human race has survived.
It's not anything to be frightened of, IMHO
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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It's used in herbal medicine - can decrease swelling and lots of other uses - I wouldn't recommend eating it as too much can cause problems, but my understanding is that it shouldn't cause a problem if a curious child nibbled a bit. We certainly used to play with it as children - using the big leaves as plates for our sandwiches - and as I said, dairy maids used the leaves to wrap butter in, and the human race has survived.
It's not anything to be frightened of, IMHO
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.