#manchineel

[whitestreamrct2]

Manchineel of the LeafWings, for @mosses-on-mushrooms ^^

[the-queen-of-geese]

[jadewolf-writes]

One thing I was not expecting in the Galápagos was to find manchineel there.

We have this in South Florida and it is EXTREMELY toxic. All parts of it are poisonous and just standing under it in the rain can blister your skin. Eating the fruit can be even more dangerous. Even just touching it--any of it!--can cause bad reactions.

It's common in the Caribbean, but I was surprised to find it on San Cristóbal. It struck me as noteworthy, since isolated islands like this without browsing mammals sometimes don't have poisonous plants like this (for example, in Hawaiʻi the mints have no mint flavor and the raspberries have no thorns). It must have been carried from the mainland of South America on birds or natural rafts.

Just another interesting tidbit from the trip.

[m00nb04rd5]

My oc Manchineel from Heroic six? :3

Manchineel @shadowytheshadow

[kingofwierd07]

Headcannons for Meltdown and Manchineel!

Are they headcanons? They’re my ocs. Canons?

Both join the z-team post-shroud battle. I think after that the phoenix program gets a lot of interest and a lot of new hires

Meltdown first!

• Meltdown would have been brought on with the others, but he was still 17 at that point, so he couldnt be for legal reasons.

• Meltdown would get a long well with Prism over their shared interest in music (but would definitely argue pop vs punk). Surprisingly, he gets along pretty well with Waterboy for the same reason. No one is sure who is more surprised they have such similar music tastes.

• Meltdown would definitely have a synergy with Prism, but I think it could also be cool to have one with Phenomaman, where he gives the alien a UV supercharge.

• I think he and Golem would also be friends. Meltdown doesn’t show it, but he worries a lot about accidentally hurting people with his powers. Radiation doesn’t exactly have a non-lethal setting. With Golem, he doesn’t have to worry about that!

• He definitely has tattoos. Most of them are obviously prison tattoos, and he covers them with his costume (which is really just a leather jacket with some personalization) but he does have two that mean a lot to him. One is his parent’s favorite flowers, and the other is the logo of the hospital he grew up in and birthdates of the doctors and nurses who mostly raised him.

• following from the last one, he and prism convince the Z-team to get matching phoenix tattoos (yes even Robert, who is literally dragged along by punch up).

Golem is sad he can’t get a tattoo with the others, and Flambae and Robert make a sort of metal relief that he can incorporate into his body and will look like a tattoo. If clay could cry, he would be

• Meltdown wasn’t there for the infamous coffee order mission but if he was his response would be “you know it takes a lot more irradiated food than you think to meet the lethal level. Just sayin.”

Manchineel

• Gets along best with Golem, bonding over being constructs (he’s also one of the only people Manny can touch without hurting them)

• There are only a few people on the team that can safely touch Manchineel. Golem, obviously, punch up (if he can survive beating the crap out of Toxic he can handle some blistering. Just make sure he washes his hands), maybe Phenomaman and Mal (we don’t know enough about their biology to know how toxins would affect them)

• mildly afraid of Flambae. I mean he is a tree.

• He does still go through seasons. He flowers in the spring and has fruits in the summer (do NOT eat). Unfortunately his body still follows southern hemisphere seasons, so he can get “sick” in colder weather like a plant that budded too early.

• He doesn’t have any need of a house or anything. At night he goes to a nearby park and roots himself in the ground. He then goes into a dormant state until morning. During breaks, he hangs out on the balcony and photosynthesizes

• he can and sometimes does eat actual food. This freaks everyone out, since that normally means raw meat or bones. He does not understand why this unsettles everyone

• He also doesn’t understand why people get uncomfortable while eating salad around him. He’s not lettuce, why are you looking at him like that? Do humans feel weird about eating meat too?

• He would have a synergy with Waterboy, since water that runs off manchineel plants collect the toxin. He also has one with Flambae, since burning manchineel wood creates toxic smoke that can cause ocular damage

• manchineel trees are often marked with a spray painted red X to indicate the danger. Manchineel has one of these on his left thigh from when he was a normal tree. It’s faded now, but still visible.

[kooku-alt]

Kooku's plant facts #2 : Manchineel

Happh halloween ! 🎃

And so, here I am, casually making a post about one of the scariest plants we could find on Earth. Not a popular toxic one like belladonna or hemlock, not a carnivorous plant, but simply the Manchineel tree. Aka the world's deadliest plant ☠️

It's not THAT unknown, since I've heard about it a couple of times on the net, but I'd be very glad to talk about it a bit :3.

Where is it found ? The Caribbean, central to Southern America

1. The Manchineel's plant family

The Manchineel is this little guy :

Yes, the fruit literally looks like a fig 😭.

So, the Manchineel tree belongs to the Hippomane genus and the spurge family (Euphorbiacae), a succulent plant group.

Btw it belongs to the same family as ricinus (on the left) or just simple euphorbias (on the right). So they basically vary between a very poisonous plant and some plant one can casually bring at home. It's always so fun to see how different two plants of the same family can be.

To explain how the toxicity of Euphorbiacae or plants in general can vary, I found this Reddit comment :

(btw I found it on r/Euphorbiacae. Yes, this subreddit exists)

Though our Manchineel is clearly closer to the second part of the sentence

2. Why so toxic ?

The culprit ? The milky sap flowing inside the plant. Like for many plants of the Euphorbiacae family, the sap is very toxic.

The sap contains phorbol esters, which can cause cellular damage, irritation or can even act as promotors (basically starting signals) for tumors. So it has a limited but still interesting carcinogenic effect.

But the "cellular damage" part is the more problematic one : it can irritate the skin, cause blisters, pain, swelling and if it enters the blood stream though, idk, a paper cut of whatnot, it's even worse.

And I only mentioned what happens id it touches the skin. If it's eaten, if it touches the eye or even if it's inhaled... the toxic effects are even more severe. We're talking toxic shock, internal bleeding, or offer lethally severe consequences.

3. Why does the Manchineel stand out ?

So, since only the sap is toxic, we would assume that as long as we don't touch the liquid itself, the lanchineel isn't THAT dangerous, right ? That we could maaaybee eat the fruit or at least just stand near it ? Well, I have some bad news for you 😅.

Don't even try to eat the fruit, as the sap flows inside it. Yes, it is said to be sweet... but I don't think that your throat swelling and the toxic shock are worth the try.

Don't touch the leaves, the branches, or any part of the Manchineel tree either. If you do it with gloves, you'd have to get rid of them because they were contaminated.

As for merely standing under the Manchineel tree, ESPECIALLY on a rainy day ? It could cause the sap to mix up with the rain and ultimately fall on your skin.

Even burning the tree is a bad idea since the phorbol esters in the sap will be carried through the smoke.

When I'm telling you that this tree is a menace, I'm not joking.

It is so dangerous, to the point that there are even signs with actual warnings in front of them :

4. More infos on the Manchineel

To be less negative : the Manchineel tree still brings some benefits to the local ecosystems, as it provides habitat for wildlife species (that, I assume, are immune to the sap) and prevents too much erosion through its stable roots

Its poison has been used by some cultures on their darts. This tree was even used as a torture device by letting people stand beneath it exposed.

It's also used for some medical purposes (the dried fruits as diuretics) or to build furniture.

Sources

https://www.sabapark.org/downloads/SCF Manchineel Advisory.pdf

https://datasheets.scbt.com/sc-253267.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FR370

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-world-39-s-most-dangerous-tree-botanical-research-institute-of-texas-library/ZQUR5vjwXlPgfA?hl=en

[absurdum-the]

«Летальный белый» / “Lethal white”

Очень долго мучалась над этой работой. Вдохновлено моей анонимной музой. Полуденный ужас американских пригородов 50х. / Struggled a lot with this piece. Inspired by my anonymous muse. Midday horror of 50s American suburbia.

[wsjyuyuyuau]

Cooler (Dragon Ball)

Name: Cooler

Series: Dragon Ball

Gender: Male

Status: Alive

Family: Frieza (Brother), King Cold (Dad)

Flower Motif: Manchineel Blossom (Hippomane mancinella)

Flower Meaning: Caution

Weapon of Choice: Grenade Launcher

Associated With: Interdimensional Hero Club

Stationed At Which Cafe: Karachi, Pakistan

Hero Form Appearance: A combination of a military commander’s outfit and YuYuYu’s Hero Form outfits. The undersuit of the outfit is a solid black color so the main outfit can stand out, and the main outfit is indeed a lilac purple- but as you make your way towards the lower half of the pants, the lower half of the sleeves, and the tailcoat, it becomes a creamy ivory color that symbolizes danger. Accent colors include black, white, gray; silver, gold, dark purple, red, and dark blue. The boots, wristbands, and the belt all have patterns of manchineel blossoms, and the only other accessory is a manchineel blossom shaped brooch on his left breast. The flower’s petal shape can be seen in the tailcoat and collar.

Full Bloom Gauge Location: Left Elbow

Guardian: Koschei (Based on the Lich from Russian folklore)

Favorite Food: Anything Expensive

Parallel To: None

Bio: Frieza's older brother. After hearing of the demise of his brother, Cooler went to Earth to kill the Saiyan responsible for it - not out of family love, but honor, as he always considered himself superior to his little brother. And to show it, he developed his transformation to surpass Frieza. Even with his new transformation, he would still be vanquished by the very same Saiyan who defeated his younger brother.