{"id":22497,"date":"2022-11-15T14:55:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T13:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/?p=5610"},"modified":"2022-11-15T15:24:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T14:24:31","slug":"whats-the-worlds-most-poisonous-tree","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/whats-the-worlds-most-poisonous-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the world\u2019s most poisonous tree?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Sarah McPherson\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 15 November 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>This dubious honour of the world\u2019s most poisonous tree must go to the manchineel tree <em>Hippomane mancinella<\/em>, found in brackish habitats in northern South America, the Caribbean and Florida.<\/p>\n<p>It bears an apple-like fruit, which, along with its sap, contains an eye-poppingly strong poison that can cause severe blisters if it makes contact with human skin.<\/p>\n<p>Such toxicity in its fruits means that the tree can\u2019t rely on mammals\u2019 digestive systems to disperse its seeds, depending instead on the tides and currents of its coastal home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/23\/2018\/09\/Manchineel20Tree20Brett20Charlton20main-f44dcab.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=282%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> <em>A warning sign on a manchineel tree. \u00a9 Brett Charlton\/Getty<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<section class=\"&quot;highlight\"><div class=\"&quot;highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> <ul><li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/plant-facts\/worlds-most-poisonous-plants\/&quot;\">10 of the world\u2019s most poisonous plants<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/birds\/poisonous-birds\/&quot;\">Are there any poisonous birds?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/most-poisonous-animals\/&quot;\">10 most poisonous animals<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/venomous-vs-poisonous\/&quot;\">Venomous vs poisonous: what\u2019s the difference?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p> <\/p><\/div> <\/section><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a wildlife question you\u2019d like answered? Email your question to <a href=\"&quot;mailto:wildquestions@immediate.co.uk&quot;\">wildquestions@immediate.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0or post it to Q&amp;A, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Immediate Media Company, Eagle House, Bristol, BS1 4ST.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main image: Machineel tree in the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands. \u00a9 Getty<\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sarah McPherson Published: Tuesday, 15 November 2022 at 12:00 am This dubious honour of the world\u2019s most poisonous tree must go to the manchineel tree Hippomane mancinella, found in brackish habitats in northern South America, the Caribbean and Florida. 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