![TIL of the Gympie Gympie plant, aka “Suicide Tree”: with a sting that feels like “being burned by acid and electrocuted” one man reportedly shot himself after using a leaf to wipe TIL of the Gympie Gympie plant, aka “Suicide Tree”: with a sting that feels like “being burned by acid and electrocuted” one man reportedly shot himself after using a leaf to wipe](https://external-preview.redd.it/GzqeLYh6qvyiNV40wXngPvDSR55j_DQFqzJH_RTN7N4.jpg?auto=webp&s=30a547bcad74f755ddeae7e8067a95915dbadbeb)
TIL of the Gympie Gympie plant, aka “Suicide Tree”: with a sting that feels like “being burned by acid and electrocuted” one man reportedly shot himself after using a leaf to wipe
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What is gympie-gympie: the poisonous plant whose painful sting can last for years and drive people to suicide
Harmless-looking plant is named the "Suicide Plant" because its sting is comparable to electrocution and hot acid | Anita Durairaj | NewsBreak Original
![The Australian Gympie-Gympie stinging tree: So painful an "officer [shot] himself after using a stinging-tree leaf for “toilet purposes”." It's official: Everything in Australia wants to kill you. : r/WTF The Australian Gympie-Gympie stinging tree: So painful an "officer [shot] himself after using a stinging-tree leaf for “toilet purposes”." It's official: Everything in Australia wants to kill you. : r/WTF](https://external-preview.redd.it/bdLKPokGsj_DK9NUaZtBKvC7-Nobg25z7btPBgdt7mY.jpg?auto=webp&s=c9c900902d7212d8c129f5766ba81caa4f14ba20)