The Deadly Manchineel Tree
Added 2023-11-17 11:15:01 +0000 UTCA manchineel might be one of the deadliest fruits on the planet… but we do still have some indications as to what it tastes like. Here’s one account I found where the person who took a bite compares it to a very sweet, perfectly-ripe green apple. In this case, luckily, they spat out the fruit, and suffered only a few hours of burning pain in their mouth and throat. They must be one of relatively few people to have tasted the manchineel fruit and lived to report on it.
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Good to know - and I have to say that a "spined iguana" sounds like one of the pointiest and least tasty creatures it'd be possible to take a bite out of!
Fascinating Horror
2023-11-27 16:51:43 +0000 UTCIt grows from tropical southern North America to northern South America.
Angela Schwartz
2023-11-19 21:01:06 +0000 UTCWhere do they grow? I’ve never heard of them but recall eating many a crabapples when I was a kid. 🤷🏻
2023-11-18 03:41:14 +0000 UTCAccording to Wikipedia, just about the only creature that gets any good out of the machineel is the black-spined iguana. Probably shouldn’t eat those either.
Elizabeth Finkler Hanasaki
2023-11-17 17:24:46 +0000 UTC
