Trees & Plants

Dog-bane

Boadhumburi

Cerbera odollam Gaertn.

Fairly common in some of the islands All parts of the plant, especially fruits, are poisonous. The bark, leaves fruits of and latex are used as a remedy for rabies, skin disases and ringworm. The fruits are used for manufacturing bioinsecticides and deodorants. 5, 2,

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uses: All parts of the plant, especially fruits, are poisonous. The bark, leaves fruits of and latex are used as a remedy for rabies, skin disases and ringworm. The fruits are used for manufacturing bioinsecticides and deodorants. 5, 2,
family: Apocynaceae
synonym: Odollamia malabarica Raf., Cerbera dilatata Markgr., Cerbera forsteri Seem.
description: Small evergreen trees; bark greenish-brown, latex milky. Leaves simple, alternate, crowned at the apex of × branches, 10-25 2.5-6.5 cm, lanceolate or oblanceolate; base cuneate or attenuate; apex acuminate or acute; margin entire, bright green and shiny; lateral nerves many, close; petiole 8-35 mm long, slender, glabrous. Flowers bisexual, 5 cm across, white, in pseudoterminal cymes. Calyx lobes 5, linear, recurved. Corolla lobes 5, tube funnel-shaped above the throat with 5 villous scales. Stamens 5, small, included, anthers lanceolate, apiculate. Carpels 2, free, ovules 4 in each cell on both sides of thick placenta. Fruit a drupe, globose or ellipsoid, pericarp green turning rose; seeds 1 or 2, compressed.
native range: Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Malaysia and the Pacific
distribution: Paleotropics
english names: Dog-bane · Sea mango · Pong pong tree
flowering fruiting: July- November
occurrence maldives: Fairly common in some of the islands