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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]
Passiflora foetida (common names: stinking passionflower, wild maracuja, bush passion fruit, wild water lemon, [1] stoneflower, [1] love-in-a-mist, or running pop [1]) is a species of passion flower that is native to the southwestern United States (southern Texas and Arizona), Mexico, [2] the Caribbean, Central America, and much of South America.
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 ...
"If it smells like death, well, you probably have some rotten roots in there." Similarly, your soil will feel moist if overwatering is an issue, so, as always, keep an eye on how that feels, too ...
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.
Fruit Roll-Ups eventually stole their spotlight, and Fruit Wrinkles quietly disappeared. But true fans still remember those colorful packets and the satisfying chew of each little wrinkle. Amazon
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Atropa bella-donna flower. Atropa bella-donna is a branching herbaceous perennial rhizomatous hemicryptophyte, often growing as a subshrub from a fleshy rootstock. Plants can reach a height of 2 m (7 ft) (more commonly 1.5 m (5 ft)), and have ovate leaves up to 18 cm (7 in) long.