Sadly, the fruit has been responsible for a lot of deaths A 2018 paper found that in a ten-year period (1988-89), 537 people were recorded as dying from consumption of the fruit’s seeds.

Eating this plant's poison fruit affects the heart, can have deadly consequences. The pong-pong tree isn't just fiction. The poison plant from the season finale of "The White Lotus" is real.

White capote has the potential to reach 50 feet in height and tolerate wetter soil than most fruit trees and will yield a ...

The poison fruit from ‘The White Lotus’ is real—and it attacks the heart. The pong pong tree—also known as the “suicide tree”—may be a plot point in the season finale of the HBO series.

It boasts beautiful glossy green leaves and white flowers. It bears a fruit that looks like a green mango, which gets darker and redder over time. The fruit contains a fibrous shell that houses an ...

Fruit from the pong-pong tree on 'The White Lotus' nearly killed several people. And, unfortunately, it's real.

The White Lotus 'suicide tree' fruit. ... The strange produce featured in the season finale contains what are sometimes called “Chekhov’s fruit”, or poisonous seeds. Advertisement.

In The White Lotus' season 3 premiere, health mentor Pam (Morgana O'Reilly) warns the Ratliff family away from the fruit growing on the "mighty pong pong trees" outside their villa. "The seeds of ...