The Gympie Gympie is an Australian plant with spindly stems and heart-shaped light green leaves. Brushing your hand against it can make you throw up from the pain. Using it as toilet paper has made ...

Don’t put your thumb on this green. Many gardeners might not be aware of the lethal plant thought to be the most toxic in the world called the Gympie-Gympie. The ghoulish greenery sports tiny ...

The Gympie-Gympie tree, found in Australian rainforests, appears harmless but is incredibly dangerous. Its leaves are covered in trichomes that inject a potent neurotoxin, causing excruciating pain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Daniel Emlyn-Jones decided to grow the gympie-gympie in his home and keep it inside a cage. (SWNS) A British gardener has set up a ...

The painful toxins wielded by a giant Australian stinging tree are surprisingly similar to the venom found in spiders and cone snails, University of Queensland researchers have found. The ...

In a move that has horrified Australian botanical enthusiasts, an American is selling seeds to a Queensland plant with a sting that has been compared to being electrocuted and doused in acid. In an ...

Researchers studying a stinging tree from Australia discovered that it uses a neurotoxin similar to that of spiders. The tree produces a painful sting that can last for days or even weeks. Further ...

In an online post, the woman is offering seeds harvested from her gympie-gympie plants to potential customers in the United States. “Not for households with children,” she is advertising online. “Not ...