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A present-day Spanish name is manzanilla de la muerte, 'little apple of death'. This refers to the fact that manchineel is one of the most toxic trees in the world: it has milky-white sap that contains numerous toxins and can cause blistering. The sap is present in every part of the tree—bark, leaves, and fruit. [5] [6]
The name 'durian' is derived from the Malay word duri ('thorn'), a reference to the numerous prickly thorns on its rind, combined with the noun-building suffix -an. [5] [6] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the alternate spelling durion was first used in a 1588 translation of The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof by the Spanish explorer Juan ...
Amorphophallus (from Ancient Greek amorphos, "without form, misshapen" + phallos, "penis", referring to the shape of the prominent spadix) is a large genus of some 200 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants from the Arum family (), native to Asia, Africa, Australia and various oceanic islands.
3. Asparagus Makes Your Urine Smell Funky. Asparagus is basically the poster child of healthy eating, but along with all those health benefits, it comes with a weird side effect: it gives your pee ...
When a specimen at the Princess of Wales Conservatory, Kew Gardens, was repotted after its dormant period, the weight was recorded as 91 kg (201 lb). [ 5 ] In 2006, a tuber in the Botanical Garden of Bonn , Germany, was recorded at 117 kg (258 lb), [ 6 ] and an A. titanum grown in Gilford, New Hampshire by Dr. Louis Ricciardiello in 2010 ...
Smell is a huge component of taste. For instance, the scent of a warm chocolate chip cookie can make your mouth water before even taking a bite. Now, new research suggests that smell could even ...
Alicia Silverstone is alive and well after taking a bite of a poisonous fruit she picked from a stranger’s garden in London.. The Clueless actress shared a health update on social media after ...
Strychnos nux-vomica, the strychnine tree, [2] also known as nux vomica, poison fruit, semen strychnos, and quaker buttons, is a deciduous tree native to India and to southeast Asia. It is a medium-sized tree in the family Loganiaceae that grows in open habitats. Its leaves are ovate and 5–9 centimetres (2–3.5 in) in size. [3]