text: The Ruins, story by Scott Smith, directed by Carter Smith, is a 2008 movie about a vine plant that kills and consumes humans.
  The Woman Eater (1958) is a British horror film based on the popular legend described above of a tribe that sacrifices women to a carnivorous tree, which is acquired by a mad scientist who must keep it fed while trying to find out its secrets.
  Hothouse is a 1962 science fiction novel by Brian Aldiss. It describes a far future Earth dominated by plant life, with many plant species omnivorous.
  In the episode "Tree People" (season 6, episode 9) of the TV series Grimm, a Kinoshimobe, or servant of a tree, appears. Kinoshimobes, who have a symbiotic relationship with Jubokko trees, are humanoid elementals made of plant materials with chlorophyll for blood. They ensnare their victims with vines before using one of their vines to stab them to death. They can make vines shoot out from their hands as well as from their feet. They are slow-moving, but strong creatures, able to lift a fully grown man.
  Jubokko – Yōkai tree in Japanese folklore said to live on human blood
  Puya chilensis'' – Bromeliad rumored to be capable of killing birds and sheep