Here’s one more way in which the manchineel tree can hurt you that we didn’t have room to mention in the article: If you try to burn a manchineel tree, the smoke will choke and blind you. Just another reason to avoid these dangerous trees!
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This Is the Most Dangerous Tree on Earth
Don’t touch it. Don’t eat its fruit. Don’t even stand under it!
From the October / November 2017 Issue
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Fitting Name
Spanish-speaking people have a different name for the manchineel’s fruit: “manzanilla de la muerte,” which means “little apple of death.”
Vocabulary Extention Activity
For a vocab-boosting extension activity, have your students write their own paragraph about what they would do if they saw a manchineel tree. Encourage them to use the synonyms they found in our article!
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