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[โ€“] Etterra@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Human: I outsmarted every plant with this MO; no toxic plant can defeat me.

Manchineel Tree: Challenge accepted.

[โ€“] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 7 months ago

"Challenge accepted"
-Unknown person

When ingested, the fruit is reportedly "pleasantly sweet" at first, with a subsequent "strange peppery feeling ... gradually progress[ing] to a burning, tearing sensation and tightness of the throat." Symptoms continue to worsen until the patient can "barely swallow solid food because of the excruciating pain and the feeling of a huge obstructing pharyngeal lump."