But nothing prepared me for the onslaught of texts I got after the season three finale of "The White Lotus." Friends, family, and colleagues were all asking some version of the same question: "Did you see 'The White Lotus' finale?

The "suicide fruit" of the pong-pong tree played a critical role in The White Lotus season 3's finale. Life & Style breaks down the plant and its fatal properties, and how it was included in the Max series.

Indigenous to parts of South and Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific islands, the fruit contains a toxin in its seeds that attacks the heart.