The pong pong tree—also known as the “suicide tree”—may be a plot point in the season finale of the HBO series. But the plant ...

"The White Lotus" on HBO has brought attention to Cerbera odollam, a highly toxic tree native to Southeast Asia known as the "suicide tree." Its seeds contain cerberin, a potent cardiac toxin.

Though the plot of the The White Lotus and the finale may be fictional, the consequences of eating fruit from the pong pong tree are very real and just as deadly as Mike White’s show makes it ...