If you were one of the millions of people who tuned in to the third season of HBO’s “The White Lotus” then you already know that the Pong Pong Tree and its poisonous fruit looms over the drama.

Image Credit: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0/Wiki Commons. First off, Chekhov's fruit — also known as Cerbera odollam — isn’t just a dramatic invention for TV. It’s a real, highly toxic plant that ...

Native to Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands and parts of Australia, Cerbera odollam – also known as the pong pong tree – belongs to the dogbane family, which also includes other poisonous ...

The pong pong tree (Cerbera odollam) is a toxic plant belonging to the dogbane family, which are flowering plants famous for producing poisons. It grows in Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands ...

The museum keeps the Cerbera odollam seeds stored in a locked cabinet full of poisonous plants as part of their botany collections. The Field Museums aid it will be showcasing these seeds at their ...

It sure is, he told them. The “suicide tree,” as it’s often called—also known as the pong pong tree or, more formally, Cerbera odollam—is widespread in places like India, Thailand ...

In "The White Lotus," Timothy, the patriarch of the Ratliff family, contemplates eating the fruit of the Cerbera odollam, also known as the "suicide tree" or "pong pong tree." But just how ...

Scientifically known as Cerbera odollam, it is often known as the "suicide tree." According to an article by New York Times dated April 7, 2025, this tree is indigenous to Southeast Asia ...

The plant, filled with toxic seeds, comes from cerbera odollam, a tree that’s commonly known as the suicide tree or pong-pong. The consequences of eating the fruit are severe. According to a ...

The 'pong pong tree', formerly known as the Cerbera Odollam, is a real poisonous tree native to southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands.(GETTY) In a gut-wrenching twist, Lachlan used the same ...