Florida's manchineel tree (with the tiny apples) is the OG wood you don't burn because it blinds you.
replyOr oleander [1], which people occasionally poison themselves with by burning its wood.
reply1: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbio...
Fascinating. So it seems to have been used for parasitic and fungal skin treatments, angina, and to induce miscarriage. With no doubt a very narrow band of error.
replyBut you also don't touch it, eat it, or stand under it when it rains, so the opportunity to burn it by mistake is limited.
replyYou remind me of Episode 2 of the Apothecary Diaries: several Chinese troops were poisoned after eating local food. The food was fine, the wood used for fire and eating utensils was the source. I wonder if something like that ever actually happened?
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