Strange plant

The Strange plant was a RuneScape random event. It has since been discontinued, but the plant itself can still be found around Brimhaven, making its fruit still obtainable. This event made a plant grow next to the player. If the player did not pick the plant within a minute or two, then the plant would attack, and possibly poison. The plant, when picked, gave the player a strange fruit, which can be consumed to recover 30% run energy and cures poison if the player's character is poisoned. It was possible to attack and kill this monster, although it is very difficult due it its extremely high Defence. The max the player could hit against a strange plant is 3. It drops strange fruit or nothing.

Fighting strategy
A player, if they chose to, can fight the plant random event. The player was given about 5-8 minutes to kill it before it leaves. Due to its high defence level, a few Rings of recoil would help greatly while fighting. Some food and a high-level antipoison potion may also have helped. Upon killing the random, players wouldn't receive anything other than a strange fruit; however, as few players have been known to kill it, it may have been considered an impressive feat.

However, all players needed to kill efficiently is patience and level 9+ Magic. Players could use approximately 250 earth strikes to kill it from behind a table, fence, or other structure which they can shoot over.

Trivia
The strange plant is supposed to be related to the Jade vine according to the Back to my Roots quest.

When fighting the strange plant with Guthan's armour, the player could heal higher than the damage that is dealt.

The spell Wind Strike, which normally has a maximum hit of 2, could inflict 3 points of damage on the strange plant.