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Just how dangerous is the 'White Lotus' fruit?

Name: Just how dangerous is the 'White Lotus' fruit?
Uploaded: 2025-04-08T21:20:26.000Z
Duration: 54 s
Description: In "The White Lotus," Timothy, the patriarch of the Ratliff family, contemplates eating the fruit of the Cerbera odollam, also known as the "suicide tree" or "pong pong tree." But just how poisonous is the fruit? NBC News' Dr. Akshay Syal explains.

In "The White Lotus," Timothy, the patriarch of the Ratliff family, contemplates eating the fruit of the Cerbera odollam, also known as the "suicide tree" or "pong pong tree." But just how poisonous is the fruit? NBC News' Dr. Akshay Syal explains.