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Item #: SCP-5266
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be contained in a greenhouse (200 Sqm.) alongside several fruit-bearing specimens of the genus // Magnifera//. A team of groundskeepers is to be monitored during their entire shift as well as undergo a fullbody scan upon entering and exiting the premises. Particular attention should be paid to the following behavior:
- Removal of mask
- Disproportionate amount of time spent on taking care of SCP-5266
- Expressing desire to work longer hours within the greenhouse
- Expressing desire to eat and/or take home fruit from the greenhouse
Any of those is grounds for immediate suspension. Additionally, if the scans reveal any unauthorised items being taken to or from the greenhouse, they are to be pacified and submitted to medical examination to judge whether termination is necessary.
Other personnel is not allowed to enter the greenhouse unless such is necessary to pacify the groundskeepers.
Furthermore the greenhouse is to be surrounded by concrete on all sides but the ceiling as to make sure that only one entrance exists. Apart from that entrance there are to be two chutes that lead underground. One is marked waste and the other marked fruit but both come lead to the same underground pool of acid which is to be replaced every four months to prevent any floral matter from staying intact.
Description: SCP-5266 is a plant-like organism. Seemingly a remarkable example of convergent evolution for it shares its morphology and a great deal of characteristics with fruit-bearing trees. However DNA-testing seem to place it outside of the floral kingdom entirely.
Physically it grows up to heights of 2-2.5 meters in 10-14 months after which it will last 10-15 years.
It carries large green leaves resembling those of a palm tree that will fall off quickly if temperatures get lower. It stands atop a massive root network that, similar to fungi, can grow much more expansive than the rest of the specimen. Uniquely it is able to have roots develop from higher up in the stem allowing it to encapsulate objects on the ground which creates the effect of the plant standing atop a mound of roots. Similar to thornbrushes that have been left unattended for decades.
Starting the second year of its lifespan it will bear fruit every six months if circumstances allow so. The distinct pheromones carried by this fruit are produced all-year-round however by small but noticeable bulbs all over the stem of the plant. This fruit it bears is red, round and heavy. Weights of upwards of 0.5 kg are not uncommon, putting serious stress on the branches. Its taste has been described as very sweet, though infused with a metallic component and sometimes [DATA EXPUNGED]. It seems capable of mimicking the fruits of other plants in the area.
The danger lies in how people and animals are attracted to this plant by the pheromones it emanates. As soon as the fruit is digested however two things will happen. The first is not dissimilar to more ordinary cases of addiction as the victim will greatly desire to eat more of it. The second effect is that the digestive system will be changed (e.g. the gut bacteria will be replaced by different ones) leading to an inability to survive without eating greater quantities of this fruit. Even if they happen to be carnivores. When the fruit has been eaten the victim will take a desperate search for more of it, spreading seeds along the way. If it fails it will attempt to use its final strength to make it back to SCP-5266 after which it will die and be digested after being enveloped by roots.
History: SCP-5266 was first discovered on the mountainside of a valley on the island of Borneo. Biologists had been led there by locals' stories of a holy plant that was not to be eaten. They pointed towards flying foxes which had eaten from it and had died painfully thereafter.
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