Cerbera
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Description
Shrubs or small trees.
Leaves spirally arranged, with colleters in the axils;
Inflorescence of terminal panicles;
Sepals without colleters inside.
Stamens completely included in corolla tube; ± sessile;
Fruit a drupe;
Seeds flattened, ellipsoid.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, from Madagascar and the Seychelles to Pitcairn Island present, from the Ryukus to Queensland present
A genus of 6 species from Madagascar and the Seychelles to Pitcairn Island and from the Ryukus to Queensland; in Malesia 5 species.
Taxonomy
Care must be exercised when interpreting the previous literature on Cerbera as species have often been confused with each other, especially C. manghas and C. odollam.
Citation
Argent et al. 1997 – In: Man. non-Dipterocarp Trees C. Kalimantan. p 81
P.S. Ashton 1988 – In: Man. non-Dipt. Trees Sarawak. p 26
Coode et al. 1996: Checklist Pl. Brunei. p 26
D.J. Middleton 2004 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak. p 23
L. 1998 – In: PROSEA. p 154
Kessler & Sidiy. 1994: Trees Balikpapan-Samarinda. p 53
Benth. & Hook.f. 1876 – In: Gen. Pl. p 699
Corner 1988 – In: Wayside Trees Malaya, ed. 3. p 153
K. Schum. 1895 – In: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4. p 158
King & Gamble 1907 – In: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. p 426
D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Fl. Thailand. p 65
J.A.R. Anderson 1980: Checklist Trees Sarawak. p 148
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins. p 338
Leeuwenb. 1999 – In: Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. p 5
L. 2001 – In: PROSEA. p 151
Pichon 1948 – In: Notul. Syst. (Paris). p 221
P.I. Forst. 1992 – In: Austrobaileya. p 570
Lippold 1980 – In: Feddes Repert. p 51
Pit. 1933 – In: Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3. p 1137
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java. p 232
H. Huber 1973 – In: Abeyw. (ed.), Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 1. p 17
Whitmore 1973 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya. p 12
A.DC. 1844 – In: Prodr. p 352