海杧果 Cerbera manghas


  • Scientific Name: Cerbera manghas L.
  • Ref: Sp. Pl.: 208. 1753
  • Synonyms: Cerbera linnaei Montrouz.; C. odollam var. mugfordii F.M.Bailey; C. tanghin Hook.; C. venenifera (Poir.) Steud.; Elcana seminuda Blanco; Odollamia manghas (L.) Raf.; O. moluca Raf.; Tabernaemontana obtusifolia Poir.; Tanghinia manghas (L.) G.Don; T. veneneflua G.Don; T. venenifera Poir.
  • English Common Name: sea mango
  • Chinese Common Name: 海杧果/海芒果 hǎi∙mángguǒ
  • Japanese Common Name: ミフクラギ [目脹ら木] mifukuragi, オキナワキョウチクトウ [沖縄夾竹桃] okinawakyōchikutō
  • Family: Apocynaceae
  • Genus: Cerbera
  • Distribution: Seashore, tidal river banks. S Guangdong, S Guangxi, Hainan, S Taiwan [Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam; Australia, Pacific Islands]
  • Photo: 06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden, Guangdong
Trees to 8 m tall. Bark gray-brown; branches whorled, marked with leaf scars. Petiole 2.5-6 cm; leaf blade narrowly ovate, 6-37 X 2.3-7.8 cm, base cuneate, apex acuminate. Peduncle stout, 5-21 cm. Pedicel terete, 1-2 cm. Flowers 4-7 cm wide. Corolla white, pinkish in center; tube 2.5-4 cm, villous inside ; lobes ovate, falcate, 1.5-2.5 cm. Drupes 5-8 X 4-6 cm, smooth. Seeds usually single. Fl. Mar-Oct, fr. Jul-Dec. 2n = 40. (Flora of China)

06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden

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