"The man-eating tree was first described to English-speaking audiences by James William Buel." Kookscience.com

Is there any truth to stories of carnivorous plants whose voracity is not limited to insects but also extends to even making humans its prey?


In 1887, James W. Buel (1849-1920) published "Sea and Land," which included a 25-page chapter on "Curiosities of the Vegetable World," which includes multiple rare reports on various species of carnivorous "man-eating" trees.


Contents:
• A Floral Clock
• People Who Live in Palm Trees
• The Bread-Fruit Tree
• The Weeping Tree
• A Wine-Producing Tree
• The Manna Tree and Wax-Palm
• Trees that Yield Sweet and Refreshing Milk and Butter
• Strange Superstitions Concerning Corn
• History of the Quinine Plant
• The Soap and Camphor Trees
• The Deadly Upas Tree
• Serpents of the Vegetable Kingdom
• Ancient Superstitions About Plants
• The Bewitching Mandrake
• Carnivorous Plants
• A Man-Eating Bush
• Giants of the Forest
• Historical Trees of the World
• Chestnut Tree of the Hundred Horses
• Contemporaries of the Deluge Still Living
• Immortality of Trees
• The Dragon's-Blood Tree of Teneriffe

About the author:
James William Buel (1849-1920) was an American journalist and author, world traveller, noted in his day for many books on Africa and the Americas.