15 Most Dangerous Trees You Should Never Touch

We tend to think of trees as beautiful, living things that can improve our health and quality of life. But while that is mostly true, it's not ENTIRELY true. Actually, some trees can pretty much end your life just by breathing near them, so… From a dangerous, unclimbable tree to a tree that humans cannot even go near, here are the 15 Most Dangerous Trees You Should Never Touch!

[kizzymoore]

narrator: touching or being anywhere near the tree, can kill you.
people in the video: oh i'm gonna touch these trees all over....

[NixyRose]

strychnine
/Strik-nīn/
Sounds like STRICK NINE!!!

Who else cringed at streetchneen?

[tylerleitzke]

Every example be like...
Narrator: Every part of this tree is dangerous, DO NOT touch it!
Video: Shows someone touching it

[lesleydevries]

The Gympie Gympie or Gympie Stinging Tree is so named because it grows in the vicinity of the town of Gympie in Queensland Australia.

[Sybildiscontent]

Hon... it’s pronounced “strict-nine” not “streech-neen”

[rafanifischer]

I have never heard of Castor oil used for cooking. I've only heard of it used as a laxative.

[randybennett]

#11 pronounced :
"strick"-- rhymes with trick
"nine" -- like the number

[WysteriaASMR]

Person:*sleeps under tree*

Coconut tree:you dare oppose me mortal.

[debbiehenri]

30 years ago I used to help grow Castor oil plants for park and garden summer bedding schemes. Back then, we weren't given gloves when handling these seeds/plants and had no idea just 'how' poisonous they are.
Yews are a popular hedge plant in Britain (if nowhere else) and an extract from the foliage is used in chemotherapy. Quite a bit is cut for the pharmaceutical industry each year.
Laburnum trees are extremely toxic, all parts of the tree. They were very popular in 70's Britain, but seem to be rather rare nowadays. Laurel bushes contain cyanide and you can smell the typical 'almond' smell of the poison when you prune it.
There are some poisonous toadstools that have horrific effects that might be a good idea to highlight (if you haven't already done so).

[bobjacobson]

I was aware of most of these, and have experience with some.

1) When i was planning a trip to New Caledonia, I read that one of the dangers there is being hit on the head by a coconut. I was rarely near the beach (the most interesting plants are in the hills away from the beach)

2) The Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) is famous for its heavy cones. I have seen it in its native area, the Bunya Mountains of Queensland (Australia). I've also seen it in botanical gardens there and in the US. There is a manager of a forest in Australia where these grow, and she closes her park when the cones are falling. I've gathered seeds and raised seedlings. There are people who cook the seeds as a delicacy. This tree is closely related to the Monkey Puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) native to Chile and western Argentina, and planted in other areas having cool, mild climates such as the coastal Pacific Northwest of the US and adjacent Canada, the UK and New Zealand. The Parana Pine (Araucaria angustifolia) of southern Brazil and adjacent areas, and the Klinki Pine (Araucaria hunsteinii) of New Guinea are other similar trees. I've had potted plants of several of these species.

3) The Manchineel tree (Hippomane mancinella) can be found in the Florida Keys and in the Everglades (and many Caribbean islands). It is rather scarce because people destroy it. There is a man in southern Florida who has one growing in his yard, and he provided me with samples of the foliage and fruit (the latter looking like a small unripe apple). He warned me not to have my face too close to the package when I opened it up. (I dry and preserve such plants between sheets of clear plastic, including poison ivy and its relatives).

4) I've wanted to find the Ongaonga (Maori name) AKA nettle tree (Urtica ferox) of New Zealand, but I didn't find any. However, I understand it can be found in the Coromandel Peninsula (E side of the North Island). I give lectures about various (allergenic) plants, and when talking about the common stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), I like to compare it with this species--I've read that contact with 3 or 4 of the stinging hairs of the nettle tree can kill a guinea pig.

Most of the others on this video I will probably avoid--some are simply too dangerous to work with. I was especially surprised to learn about the milky mangrove--the stilt roots make it look just like the unrelated red mangroves (Rhizophora) that occur in FL and many other areas of the world.

[mathewthomas]

First tree: No more monkeys climbing up my trunk

[jt]

I don't agree with this title, for coconut(tree number12) to be included. Here in the pacific, coconut tree is one of the most important tree. we use all parts of it, starting from it's roots to it's leaves.

[zemfiradavtyan]

Amazing !! Thank You for your wonderful work!!!

[MusicMaing]

"The most arid, humid climate" Sounds like a trippy place.

[andymohan]

When I was a kid back in Guyana, South America, the Rosary Pea Plant would grow in the empty lots next to our house. All the kids in the neighborhood would pick the seeds to play with. Did not know these things can kill you.

[raykehr]

I climbed this tree once to get over a fence. Green tree with Red polkadots all over it. I was tripping so hard at the time. After taking a closer look I noticed the red dots were thorns.

[affettatoprosciutto]

So.. are we not gonna talk about those little spiky plants that we used to step on as kids? I can literally recall the pain.

[Mydarkarts]

Wow i never thought trees can kill. I just learned something new about trees. I love learning.

[TravelGlobalVideos]

Great way to start my Sunday!! New Father this year and I wanted to wish Happy Fathers day to all the fathers out there!! Growing together at Travel Global!!😄😁😆

[aaronprice]

When the hell did trees start busting caps 😂