On Tuesday, the public can get a close-up look at the now-infamous seeds during a special viewing at the museum. In addition, the Field is also spotlighting its exhibit on dire wolves, which also made ...

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 ...

You’ve seen it on "The White Lotus," but did you know the toxic Pong Pong tree’s seeds are real? And Chicago's Field Museum ...

The pong-pong tree isn't just fiction. The poison plant from the season finale of "The White Lotus" is real. Known as the ...

Kimberly Hansen, collections manager of flowering plants at the Field Museum, shows off deadly pong-pong seed specimens collected in 1911 in India. It’s not only real, but at the Field Museum ...

The season 3 finale of "The White Lotus" recently aired — with the episode featuring the "pong pong tree," a plant with fruit so poisonous that it is nicknamed "the suicide tree." While viewers ...

(Though White fudged at least one detail — see below.) The pong-pong tree (Cerbera odollam) grows predominantly in southern India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia and Madagascar, which ...

"The White Lotus" on HBO has brought attention to Cerbera odollam, a highly toxic tree native to Southeast Asia known as the ...