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.

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 ...

The fruit of the pong pong tree — a real, poisonous plant — is a major plot point in the Season 3 finale of HBO’s The White Lotus. Ingesting even one seed from the pong pong fruit can be fatal.

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

The “suicide fruit” of the pong-pong tree played a critical role in The White Lotus season 3’s finale. Life & Style breaks down the plant and its fatal properties, and how it was included in ...