This Plant Is So Toxic It Makes People Who Touch It Suicidal

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✍️ The Alnwick Garden in Northumberland, England, has a 'poison garden' featuring the world's most poisonous plant, Gympie-Gympie, which can cause severe pain and even suicidal thoughts.
👉 The Alnwick Garden has a 'poison garden' featuring the world's most poisonous plant, Gympie-Gympie.
👉 The Gympie-Gympie plant is highly toxic and can cause severe pain and even suicidal thoughts.
👉 The plant's tiny green needles contain a powerful, long-lasting poison.
👉 Visitors to the garden are warned not to touch the plant.
👉 The plant has been known to cause harm in the past, including a World War II soldier and a man who accidentally used the plant as toilet paper.

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The Alnwick Garden in Northumberland, England, is home to a “poison garden,” a fascinating assortment of deadly plants. There, visitors can see foxglove, hemlock, and belladonna, as well as many other toxic species. Included in the collection is a lesser-known plant called Gympie-Gympie. The plant—scientific name Dendrocnide moroides—is said to be the most poisonous in […] The post This Plant Is So Toxic It Makes People Who Touch It Suicidal appeared first on VICE.
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