The Most Dangerous Tree in the World
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189880)
Boise, Idaho
July 19, 2022 3:57pm CST
It is said to have been what killed the famous explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. It can poison you with its sap, choke you with its fruit, and even blind you with its smoke. Don't even smell the air around this tree. It has gone down in the book of Guinness World Records as the world's most dangerous tree.
The Manchineel tree is native to Central America, the Caribbean and Florida.
Have you ever seen or been close to one?
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. And I'll bet in this climate change, this tree is doing particularly well.@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Jul 22
Yes. I am glad it isn't growing around here.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
20 Jul 22
@much2say That was very funny.
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@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Jul 22
Yes, it doesn't look very unique, just like a normal tree.
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@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Jul 22
@RubyHawk .......I tried to find a better picture of the fruit and how it grows like a bush too.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
20 Jul 22
@celticeagle It does look like a regular tree. I doubt that we have those trees in Georgia. Do they even grow in the US?
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@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
19 Jul 22
I've never seen one in person but have read quite a bit about them and watched a SciShow video about them not too long ago. They don't sound friendly, at all.
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@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Jul 22
Yeah, everything about them reaks of poison.
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@Deepizzaguy (122195)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Jul 22
I have never seen or heard of the Manchineel tree before in my lifetime. Thank you for the warning about the dangerous tree.
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@Deepizzaguy (122195)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
20 Jul 22
@celticeagle I corrected the answer right now since I did not about the Manchineel tree before. I did it again by not double checking my answers.
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@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Jul 22
@Deepizzaguy ........I get in a hurry sometimes and do some silly things.
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@FourWalls (86757)
• United States
20 Jul 22
Wow. I’m still alive, so I’m guessing I have NOT been close to one.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
20 Jul 22
I haven't ever heard about such a tree, leave alone seeing or going close to it.
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@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Jul 22
@aninditasen .........And so do I.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
23 Jul 22
@celticeagle Hope I never see it in my life.
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@LindaOHio (222534)
• United States
20 Jul 22
Oh, no! Something else that is deadly in Florida. I've never seen one that I know of when we've been in Florida. I wonder if this is an invasive species?
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@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Jul 22
Hope not and hope also that they are marked.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
20 Jul 22
I haven't heard of this before. I didn't know that sap could be carry poison.
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