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
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