A Conversation for The Manchineel Tree
Bad linking
Geggs Started conversation Jul 6, 2004
The code for the link to BBC Gardening is showing, rather than the link itself.
Could someone correct it please?
Gary
Bad linking
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Jul 6, 2004
Traveller in Time
carrebian tree
flyingtwinkle Posted Jul 7, 2004
is there not any antidot for this type of poison? And can"t the poison of this manchneel tree be used medicinally? then how is the un wanted tree destroyed? please tell me someone!
caribbean tree
2 of 3 Posted Jul 7, 2004
I don't know if there is an antidote and as far as I know there is no medicinal use for it as yet.
As for destroying the unwanted tree, you don't.
You could cut it down using relevant personal protective equipment (gloves, face mask etc.). But its often recommended to just leave them. As with all beach vegetation they do a good job of preventing beach erosion . . . and as will all trees, they are important for the environment . . . and its a food source that crabs can eat without competition.
So in lots of countries they just leave them and warn people about them.
2/3
caribbean tree
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Jul 7, 2004
Traveller in Time 
trying to grow weeds
"How do they cope with the seline?
Hmm, 
the link is now a link but where can we find any information about this tree on the BBC ?"
caribbean tree
2 of 3 Posted Jul 7, 2004
seline?
you mean how the trees cope with the salty air?
very well . . . its the environment they grow in quite naturally . . .
2/3
caribbean tree
Not-so-bald-eagle Posted Jul 7, 2009
That first link is still bothersome. Can't it just be 'de-link-ized'?
Today it goes to "Shopping for green products and environmental gifts". This kind of tree is hardly a good 'gift'
Key: Complain about this post
Bad linking
- 1: Geggs (Jul 6, 2004)
- 2: Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired (Jul 6, 2004)
- 3: flyingtwinkle (Jul 7, 2004)
- 4: 2 of 3 (Jul 7, 2004)
- 5: Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired (Jul 7, 2004)
- 6: 2 of 3 (Jul 7, 2004)
- 7: Not-so-bald-eagle (Jul 7, 2009)
- 8: The H2G2 Editors (Jul 7, 2009)
More Conversations for The Manchineel Tree
Write an Entry
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."