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Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 19-Mar-2022 10:17:47 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

> [The fruit of the hura tree] are pumpkin-shaped capsules, 3-5 cm in length and 5-8 cm in diameter. There are 16 carpels arranged radially around the central axis of the fruit. [ . . . ] In the moment of explosion, they make a loud noise and split into segments and fling shrapnel of big, hard seeds at 240 km/h( 150 mph). Thus, it can cause serious injuries! This is why the tree is commonly known as “The Dynamite Tree”.

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Hura crepitans: Where Nature Produces “Explosives”

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- M. Grégoire (mpjgregoire@mamot.fr)'s status on Saturday, 19-Mar-2022 15:06:16 UTC M. Grégoire
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  @clacke Charming. I wonder who had the bright idea of introducing it to Tanzania — probably some crazy English gardener wanting something special.
  I've seen the manchineel tree, growing near beaches in #Tobago . Touching it can give your skin burns. https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/techandscience/this-tree-of-death-is-so-toxic-you-can-t-even-stand-under-it-when-it-rains/ar-AAQwqA2
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  1. This 'Tree of Death' Is So Toxic, You Can't Even Stand Under It When It Rains
    
    In 1999, radiologist Nicola Strickland went on a holiday to the Caribbean island of Tobago, a tropical paradise complete with idyllic, deserted beaches. On her first morning there, she went foraging for shells and corals in the white sand, but the holiday quickly took a turn for the worse. Scattered amongst the coconuts and mangoes on the beach, Strickland and her friend found some sweet-smelling green fruit that looked much like small...
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