The poison tree or Upas of Java - From F. A. Pouchet, THE UNIVERSE (1890). The Upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria), an evergreen plant in the mulberry family, grows prediminantly in Southeast Asia, mainly India and Sri Lanka. It is known to produce a poisonous latex, known in Java as "Upas", from the Javanese word for "poison". ©TopFoto / Fortean.

The poison tree or Upas of Java - From F. A. Pouchet, THE UNIVERSE (1890). The Upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria), an evergreen plant in the mulberry family, grows prediminantly in Southeast Asia, mainly India and Sri Lanka. It is known to produce a poisonous latex, known in Java as "Upas", from the Javanese word for "poison". ©TopFoto / Fortean

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