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Cerbera manghas

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Apocynaceae Genus: Cerbera

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Description

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean

Vegetative Reproduction

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Notes

  • Most parts of the plant contains a toxin that hinders the electrical impulses throughout the body, that can lead to death after consumption

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 208 (1753)

Other References

Poisonous Plants of Paradise (Scott and Thomas) p.37

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cerbera manghas University of Hawaii campus, Honolulu Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Krajina, V.J. 620604001 Oahu BISH 1962-06-04
2 Cerbera manghas Kaneohe: Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden Edge of lake below Indet. area. Preserved_Specimen Tree 15-18' tall, with plumeria-like habit; milky white sap present; lvs crowded near branch ends; flws salverform, 5-lobed, sweetly fragrant, white w/red center. Staples, G.W. 830 Oahu BISH 1992-05-21
3 Cerbera manghas Kaneohe; Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden. Kahua Kuou area, along path to Pa Launa area, in lawn near hillside, just below HBG 76.0961 (Staples 1047) Preserved_Specimen Vigorous tree w/domed crown sweeping low to ground; old lvs turn reddish before dropping, sap copious, milky; flws nearly pure white, bracts large, white; only 1 frt seen on tree despite huge number of flws; flws slightly fragrant at mid-morning; frt pale green, heavily dotted w/whitish specks. Staples, G.W. 1048 Oahu BISH 1996-05-28
4 Cerbera manghas Kaneohe; Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden. Kahua Kuou area, along path to Pa Launa area Preserved_Specimen Tree ca. 18' tall; w/Plumeria-like habit; almost finished flowering; only infl seen was collected. Flws whiet w/salmon throat, pink blush on exposed back of cor lobes; faint sweet-spicy fragrance at mid-morning. Frts immature, medium green, glossy, dotted w/paler lenticels. Sap copious, milky, from all parts. Staples, G.W. 1046 Oahu BISH 1996-05-28
5 Cerbera manghas Kaneohe; Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden. One of two on hillside along path between Kahua Kuou and Pa Launa area, just across from 3 Adenanthera trees Preserved_Specimen Tree ca. 14-16' tall; flws spicily fragrant (mid-morning), firmer textured than other Cebera collected today; cor white, orange at tube mouth, lobes flushed pink on outside; frts green, glossy, dotted w/paler lenticels. Sap copious, milky. Staples, G.W. 1049 Oahu BISH 1996-05-28
6 Cerbera manghas Kau Distr.; Manuka State Park, along Hwy 11 near SW tip of the island Preserved_Specimen Sprawling shrub to 8' tall and twice as wide; sap milky and profuse; lvs clustered at bran ends; flws sweetly fragrant; buds pink outside; corolla lobes pure white inside. Herbst, D.R. 9323 Hawaii BISH 1991-01-13
7 Cerbera manghas Kaneohe; Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden. Kahua Lehua parking area down hill into Micronesian gulch; one opf 3 trees planted across path, this one the farthest mauka, crowded by pandan on hillside Preserved_Specimen Spindly tree ca. 16-18' tall, few flws remaining, sap copious, milky, flws faintly fragrant at midday, cor pure white w/star in throat, lobes broad, not tailed; frts few, dull grn, dark olive w/paler speckling; grn on tree; several seedlings on ground beneath. Staples, G.W. 1051 Oahu BISH 1996-05-28
8 Cerbera manghas Kaneohe, Hoomaluhia Botanical Gardens, Kahua Kuou, path to Pa Launa Preserved_Specimen ~18' tree; flower white, salmon throat, pink blush on back of corolla lobes; faint sweet spicy fragrance, mid morning; fruit immature, medium green, glossy, dotted, paler lenticels; sap copious, milky Staples, G.W. 1046 Oahu BISH 1996-05-28
9 Cerbera manghas Kaneohe; Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden. Kahua Kuou area, along path to Pa Launa area, in lawn near hillside, just below HBG 76.0961 (Staples 1047) Preserved_Specimen Vigorous tree w/domed crown sweeping low to ground; old lvs turn reddish before dropping, sap copious, milky; flws nearly pure white, bracts large, white; only 1 frt seen on tree despite huge number of flws; flws slightly fragrant at mid-morning; frt pale green, heavily dotted w/whitish specks. Staples, G.W. 1048 Oahu BISH 1996-05-28
10 Cerbera manghas University of Hawaii campus, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Forbes, A. 49 Oahu BISH 1929-09-13
11 Cerbera manghas Honolulu, Queen's Hospital Preserved_Specimen Small tree 20+- ft high; fallen leaves turn red-brown; flws white, wilting dark brown, almond odor, center red-orange; fruit blunt egg-shaped and -sized. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1953-10-05
12 Cerbera manghas Honolulu, Foster Botanic Garden Preserved_Specimen Leaves only. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1952-02-02
13 Cerbera manghas Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Tree, sap very milky; flws cream-yellow, not fragrant. Woolford, H.A. Oahu BISH 1949-06-27
14 Cerbera manghas Manoa Valley, near head, arboretum of H.S.P.A Preserved_Specimen Caum, E.L. Oahu BISH 1930-12-11
15 Cerbera manghas Honolulu, Queen's Hospital Preserved_Specimen Small, spreading tree; flowers white with orange-rosy eye. Mitchell, D.D. Oahu BISH 1954-04-30
16 Cerbera manghas 1035 Spencer St., Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Flower fragrant, corolla white but buds pink. Kirch, P.V. Oahu BISH 1978-02-22
17 Cerbera manghas Honolulu, Foster Botanic Garden Preserved_Specimen Jensen, S.R. 385 Oahu BISH 1985-02-21
18 Cerbera manghas Queen's Hospital, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Oahu BISH 1936-05-25
19 Cerbera manghas Kaneohe; Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden. Kahua Kuou area, along path to Pa Launa area Preserved_Specimen Tree ca. 18' tall; w/Plumeria-like habit; almost finished flowering; only infl seen was collected. Flws whiet w/salmon throat, pink blush on exposed back of cor lobes; faint sweet-spicy fragrance at mid-morning. Frts immature, medium green, glossy, dotted w/paler lenticels. Sap copious, milky, from all parts. Staples, G.W. 1046 Oahu BISH 1996-05-28
20 Cerbera manghas Honolulu: Queen's Hospital Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1941-05-22
21 Cerbera manghas Honolulu, Bd. of Forestry grounds Preserved_Specimen Thompson, J.W. Oahu BISH 1911-10-05
22 Cerbera manghas Board of Agric. & Forestry Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Oahu BISH
23 Cerbera manghas Manoa Arboretum Preserved_Specimen 32 Oahu BISH 1936-05-25
24 Cerbera manghas Manoa Valley Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7547 Oahu BISH 1934-10-29
25 Cerbera manghas Honolulu, Halekulani Hotel Near beach. Preserved_Specimen Tree 15' tall, sap milky, flowers white with red-orange eye. Cooke Jr., C.M. Oahu BISH 1947-09-24
26 Cerbera manghas H.S.P.A. Plantation, Manoa District Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen 5' shrub. Grant, M.L. 7543 Oahu BISH 1934-10-29
27 Cerbera manghas Kaneohe; Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden. Kahua Lehua parking area down hill into Micronesian gulch; one opf 3 trees planted across path, this one the farthest mauka, crowded by pandan on hillside crowded by pandan on hillside Preserved_Specimen Spindly tree ca. 16-18' tall, few flws remaining, sap copious, milky, flws faintly fragrant at midday, cor pure white w/star in throat, lobes broad, not tailed; frts few, dull grn, dark olive w/paler speckling; grn on tree; several seedlings on ground beneath. Staples, G.W. 1051 Oahu BISH 1996-05-28
28 Cerbera manghas Lihue District. Timbers Kauai Ocean Club and Residences at Hokuala, large triangle area bordered by Ninini Point Road and then runways beyond. Area has Timbers nursery and green waste in opposite corners with a dirt r Disturbed Lowland Shrubland with Lantana, Koa Haole, Megathyrus maximus, Cocos nucifera. Three trees about 30 feet off the dirt road between the ursery and green waste. Preserved_Specimen Tree 12 feet tall, probably planted but not tended. Two outer corolla and a sweet fragrant flower, white sap, leaves dark glossy green folded upwards. Tangalin, N. 5157 Kauai BISH 2021-03-31
29 Cerbera manghas University of Hawaii campus, Honolulu; Andrews Amphitheater In full sun. Preserved_Specimen Tree 4 m tall; corolla white with canary yellow in throat and some carmine on undersides of corolla limbs. Flower has spicy fragrance (afternoon). Lau, J. 1188 Oahu BISH 1985-07-07
30 Cerbera manghas Bd. of Agric. & For., Honolulu Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 414 Oahu BISH 1927-01-13
31 Cerbera manghas Honolulu, HSPA Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 410 Oahu BISH 1927-01-12
32 Cerbera manghas Kaneohe, Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden, between Kahua Kuou and Pa Launa hillside along path Preserved_Specimen 14-16' tree; flower spice fragrant; corolla white, orange at tube mouth, lobes flushed pink outside; fruit green, glossy, dotted, paler lenticels; sap copious, milky Staples, G.W. 1049 Oahu BISH 1996-05-28
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