Warning over 'deceptively ordinary' plant in #Aussie bush - 100 times more painful than America’s Poison Ivy https://au.news.yahoo.com/warning-over-deceptively-ordinary-plant-in-aussie-bush-excruciating-pain-for-months-020001981.html

Gympie Gympie, found in parts of Australia, is often called the “suicide plant” for a reason. Its tiny silica hairs inject a powerful neurotoxin that causes extreme, long-lasting pain. People describe it as burning, electric shock-like agony that can last weeks, months, or even recur years later.

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