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  2. Manchineel - Wikipedia

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    The manchineel tree (Hippomane mancinella) is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). Its native range stretches from tropical southern North America to northern South America .

  3. Phorbol - Wikipedia

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    Phorbol is a natural product found in many plants, especially those of the Euphorbiaceae and Thymelaeaceae families. [10] [11] Phorbol is the active constituent of the highly toxic New World tropical manchineel or beach apple, Hippomane mancinella. [12]

  4. Have you ever seen a poisonous 'little apple of death' tree?

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    This is one tree you want to avoid -- unless there's something about the nickname "Little Apple of Death" that appeals to you. At first glance, the Manchineel tree is quite beautiful, with lush ...

  5. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    Poisoning by katkar oil causes epidemic dropsy, with symptoms including extreme swelling, particularly of the legs. [53] Arnica montana: mountain arnica, mountain tobacco, wolf's bane, leopard's bane Asteraceae: It contains the toxin helenalin, which can be poisonous if large amounts of the plant are eaten or small amounts of concentrated ...

  6. Physostigmine - Wikipedia

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    Physostigmine, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, can be used to treat glaucoma and delayed gastric emptying.Because it enhances the transmission of acetylcholine signals in the brain and can cross the blood–brain barrier, physostigmine salicylate is used to treat anticholinergic poisoning (that is, poisoning by substances that interfere with the transmission of acetylcholine signaling, such ...

  7. Manzanilla - Wikipedia

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    Manzanilla de la muerte (Spanish: "little apple of death"), manchineel in English (Hippomane mancinella), a tree with apple-like but poisonous fruit Manzanilla olive ( Olea europaea ), a common variety of Spanish olive cultivar

  8. Manzanilla Beach, Trinidad and Tobago - Wikipedia

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    The beach was so named by early Spanish settlers, who encountered what they thought were apple trees with small fruit. They were in fact the manchineel tree, bearing toxic fruit that closely resembles apples. [2] The name of the area was still maintained even after the arrival of the British in 1797.

  9. Women furious about Trump’s win start ‘MATGA’ movement ...

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    Women online have taken to filming ghoulish murder-fantasy videos in which they romanticize lacing men's beverages with deadly poison as a justifiable response to fears about abortion rights under ...