After its role in the finale, fans are curious about whether this fruit (and the tree it grows on) is real — and if its reputation is as deadly as we're told. Read on to learn a

Even if you aren’t yet caught up with Season 3 of The White Lotus (seriously, what are you waiting for?), you’ve probably seen the Internet craze over the poisonous seeds that became a major storyline in the April 6 finale.

The pong pong tree—also known as the “suicide tree”—may be a plot point in the season finale of the HBO series. But the plant was known to cause thousands of deaths a year in the past.