1902 photo shows creeper plant that devoured an entire tree

Creeper vine (Public Domain)

A 1902 photograph from The Strand Magazine reveals the fate of a poor tree that was straight-up strangled by its supposed BFF — a jungle creeper with apparently zero concept of boundaries.

This botanical murderer coiled itself around its host tree like a manosphere infliuencer, slowly tightening its grip until — poof! — no mor…