Cerbera manghas

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Description

Tree or shrub to 20 m tall, to 60 cm dbh. Branchlets with very visible leaf scars, glabrous. Leaves: Inflorescence few- to many-flowered, lax, robust, 5-31 cm long; Flowers fragrant. Sepals linear, narrowly ovate or narrowly obovate, 8-21 by 2-9 mm, 2-5.6 times as long as wide, glabrous. Stamens inserted near top of tube with anther apices just beneath corolla throat; Ovaries 1.2-2 mm long; Fruit oblong or ellipsoid;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, From the Seychelles through eastern Asia and Malesia to the Pacific Islands and northern Australia present

From the Seychelles through eastern Asia and Malesia to the Pacific Islands and northern Australia; in Malesia: throughout.

Taxonomy

Cerbera manghas and C. odollam have been very frequently confused in much of the earlier literature.

Uses

The wood can be used for household items and packaging and makes a good charcoal. It can be used externally against sores and internally as a purgative. The seeds can be made into a fish poison. The seeds also yield an oil that can be used to make candles. Also grown as an ornamental.

Citation

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