Native to Asia and Australia, the rosary pea is often known as the jequirity bean and while its flowers look jolly, if even one of its seeds is ingested, both adults and children are at risk of death.
Considered highly invasive, it is usually found in warm temperate and tropical areas and has been introduced by humans because it is popular as an ornamental plant and spread by birds.
The seeds are often made into jewellery because of their bright colour, although Kew Gardens suggests avoiding wearing the seeds altogether would be best.
The main toxin in the seeds is abrin, which is a poison similar to ricin, except more deadly. Symptoms of poisoning include nausea, vomiting, convulsions, liver failure and death after a few days of suffering.
- It weighs up to a whopping 30kg, has a diameter of 50cm and is the biggest seed on the planet
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- "These lethal 20cm thorns cause severe puncture wounds & painful infections." The tree that's still armed against monsters last seen 12,000 years ago
