Dan’s cabbage, noun phrase

Origin:
Etymology unknown.
Any of several species of plant of the genus Senecio (family Asteraceae), especially S. isatideus, suspected of causing (or known to cause) poisoning in livestock. See also Molteno disease plant (Molteno sense b).
Note:
The disease associated with this poisoning is called dunsiekte (sense 1 b) or Molteno disease (see Molteno sense a).
1912 S. Afr. Agric. Jrnl July 3 (Pettman)The plant commonly known as the ragwort (or, in Natal, as Dan’s cabbage) Senecio latifolia.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 197Dan’s cabbage, Senecio isatideus...The species has been found to be toxic to stock and is thought to figure in the disease dunsiekte in horses. The name is sometimes, though erroneously, applied to S. othonnaeflorus.
1976 Mönnig & Veldman Handbk on Stock Diseases 213Many species of Senecio occur in the Republic...These plants are known in different regions as ragwort, groundsel, Dan’s cabbage and Molteno disease plant.
1981 J. Vahrmeijer Poisonous Plants of Sn Afr. 158Other Senecio species which..have frequently been suspected of causing poisoning, are S. isatideus (known as Dan’s cabbage, or Inkanga) and S. burchellii (geelgifbossie or Molteno disease plant).
Any of several species of plant of the genus Senecio (family Asteraceae), especially S. isatideus, suspected of causing (or known to cause) poisoning in livestock.
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