The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

Unlike some Western legal systems, such as the U.S. “fruit of the poisonous tree” doctrine, illegally obtained data in Israel is not automatically excluded. Judges have discretion, meaning that even ...

Recently, after writing about mangoes, I received the following email from Steve Huffman: “It might be worth mentioning that mango sap can cause skin irritation similar to poison ivy. When I was ...

If there's one tree that is dangerous in its entirety, from the leaves to the fruit, it's the Manchineel tree. Native to the Caribbean coasts, Central and South America, the tree's milky sap and ...

Eating this plant's poison fruit affects the heart, can have deadly consequences The pong-pong tree isn't just fiction. The poison plant from the season finale of "The White Lotus" is real.

If, like so many of us, you've watched The White Lotus season 3 finale, you may have a lot of questions about the so-called "suicide tree" that's prominently featured in the episode. (And if you ...

The fruit of the pong pong tree — a real, poisonous plant — is a major plot point in the Season 3 finale of HBO’s The White Lotus. Ingesting even one seed from the pong pong fruit can be fatal.

"The seeds of the fruit are toxic," she says. "It's very poisonous." Fast-forward eight episodes to the season 3 finale and Timothy (Jason Isaacs) is again asking Pam about the fruit. "The locals ...

It’s perfectly reasonable to think these trees would be growing on the White Lotus property, despite their danger. “People have certainly known for hundreds if not thousands of years that this is ...

And yes, it’s completely real; the fruit comes from the cerbera odollam, pong-pong, or “suicide” tree. It has claimed “thousands” of lives before, National Geographic explains.

To make this point, Townes used broad language that has caused mischief ever since: that “the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine … is inapplicable to civil §1983 actions.” ...