Amazing Trees

 Manchineel Tree

Scientific Classification

Scientific Name - Hippomane manchinella

Domain              - Eukaryota

Kingdom            - Plantae

Phylum              - Maggnoliophyta

Class                  - Magnoliopsida

Order                 - Malpighiales / Euphorbiales

Family               - Spurge / Euphorbiaceae

Genus                - Hippomane

Species              - H.manchinella

         The manchineel tree is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family. It's native range stretches from tropical southern north America to northern south America. Known as the Hippomane manchinella by scientists, the manchineel tree can hit nearly 50 feet tall when it reaches full maturity. Distinguished by it's red bark, green leaves, and green and yellow flowers, the tree grows well in any tropical climate. Manchineel is one of the largest, but despite it's dangerous reputation is not the most famous, that'd be the poinsettia, the mancheel's more festive cousin. The manchineel is so toxic that it's fruit as known as the " Apple of death " is spanish. Every part of it from the leaves it bears to the bark itself-is riddled with a poisonous sap that causes blisters, bleeding, shock and even death in it's unfortunate victims. Native people have used manchinnel as medicine, gum made from the bark can reportedly treat edema, and dried fruit have even been used as a diuretic. As well as the manchineel tree tend to grow in clusters, on tropical beach shores. Although manchinnel tree is a poisonous tree, but it' a part of nature.

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