Editing Azalea (section)

==Toxicity==

In addition to being renowned for its beauty, the azalea is also highly toxic—it contains [[andromedotoxin]]s in both its leaves and nectar, including honey from the nectar.<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Pennsylvania's Poisonous Plants Home Page |url=http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/poison/plants/ppazale.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317115843/http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/poison/plants/ppazale.htm |archive-date=2012-03-17 }}</ref> Bees are deliberately fed on Azalea/[[Rhododendron]] nectar in some parts of Turkey, producing a mind-altering, potentially medicinal, and occasionally lethal honey known as "[[mad honey]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://modernfarmer.com/2014/09/strange-history-hallucinogenic-mad-honey/|title=The Strange History of 'Mad Honey' - Modern Farmer|date=4 September 2014|website=modernfarmer.com|access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref>
Azalea is dangerous to pets, as, if consumed, the toxins within the plant tissue can cause [[central nervous system depression]], which in turn can lead to multi-organ failure. Symptoms may include vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, laryngeal edema and heart rhythm disturbances, which can lead to complete cardiac arrest and therefore death. Acute kidney failure may also occur.{{cn|date=August 2024}}