One of the world’s ‘most dangerous plants’ has arrived in the UK, with a sting so strong it’s been known to cause suicidal thoughts.
The Gympie-Gympie is so potent that it’s been likened to being ‘electrocuted’ and being on fire at the same time.
Whilst the painful plant is usually kept in botanical gardens, one adventurous Brit even decided to grow it in his own home.
However, we would not recommend this, and the venomous Gympie-Gympie has now found a new home at Alnwick Garden’s Poison Garden – where it’s being kept under lock and key.
Usually found in Australia and Indonesia’s rainforests, the plant is part of the nettle family Urticaceae.
When it was first discovered in 1866, a road surveyor’s horse was reportedly stung with the animal going mad before dying ‘within two hours.’
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