what kind of tree was the forbidden tree
Forbidden fruit The word fruit appears in Hebrew as פֶּ֫רִי (pərî ). As to which fruit may have been the fabled forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden, possibilities include grape, pomegranate,[3] fig,[4] carob,[3] etrog or citron,[3] pear, mushrooms, and quince. The pseudepigraphic Book of Enoch describes the tree of knowledge: "It was like a species of the Tamarind tree, bearing fruit which resembled grapes extremely fine; and its fragrance extended to a considerable distance. I exclaimed, How beautiful is this tree, and how delightful is its appearance!" (1 Enoch 31:4).
Fruit of the poisonous tree Such evidence is not generally admissible in court.[5] For example, if a police officer conducted an unconstitutional (Fourth Amendment) search of a home and obtained a key to a train station locker, and evidence of a crime came from the locker, that evidence would most likely be excluded under the fruit of the poisonous tree legal doctrine. The testimony of a witness who is discovered through illegal means would not necessarily be excluded, however, due to the "attenuation doctrine"[citation needed], which allows certain evidence or testimony to be admitted in court if the link between the illegal police conduct and the resulting evidence or testimony is sufficiently attenuated.[citation needed] It is believed[by whom?] that a witness who freely and voluntarily testifies is enough of an independent intervening factor to sufficiently "attenuate" the connection between the government's illegal discovery of the witness and the witness's voluntary testimony itself.[citation needed] (United States v. Ceccolini, 435 U.S. 268 (1978))