Mike Vlasic: We've been watching the Black Cake series, & the fruit of the manchineel was used to commit murder. Also called the manzanilla de la muerte, little apple of death. Tastes sweet, then spicy hot, then your mouth blisters. Touching the leaves gives blisters. science.howstuffworks.com/life/botany/...

We've been watching the Black Cake series, & the fruit of the manchineel was used to commit murder. Also called the manzanilla de la muerte, little apple of death. Tastes sweet, then spicy hot, then your mouth blisters. Touching the leaves gives blisters. science.howstuffworks.com/life/botany/...

The Manchineel, or 'Death Apple,' Is the World's Most Dangerous Treescience.howstuffworks.com Found along beaches and in the mangrove swamps of tropical climates, the fruit of the manchineel tree was called the 'little apple of death' by Spanish conquistadors.

Here is a first-hand narrative from a physician who ate a bite of manchineel fruit and suffered the consequences. It was not pleasant.

My most unfortunate experience: Eating a manchineel “beach apple”www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

The characters on the show initially confused it with nutmeg.

Ooooh! This could come in handy.

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Wow, even if you get a drop of rain from the tree, you'll blister. Amazing.

Ponce de Leon died from an arrow poisoned with manchineel. Seems that the striped iguana can eat it without dying. I wonder if that's the very specific method of dispersing seeds since it kills most other animals. www.treehugger.com/why-manchine...

Why Manchineel Might Be Earth's Most Dangerous Treewww.treehugger.com The manchineel tree may be endangered, but so is anyone who messes with it. It ranges from South Florida to northern South America.

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