Cerbera manghas




Family Apocynaceae
Scientific name Cerbera manghas L.
Synonyms Cerbera forsteri Seemann; Cerbera lactaria Buchanan-Hamilton ex Sprengel; Cerbera linnaei Montrouzier; Cerbera tanghin Hooker; Cerbera venenifera (Poiret) Steudel; Elcana seminuda Blanco; Tabernaemontana obtusifolia Poiret; Tanghinia manghas (L.) G. Don; Tanghinia venenifera Poiret
Common name (Japanese common name) mi-fukura-gi [eyes poison tree]
(English common name) Madagascar ordeal bean
Distribution (Japan) Kyushu (south of Amami Islans), Okinawa
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles
Chromosomal number 2n=40
Description Plants 5-6m tall. Leaves 12-25cm long. Flowers white corollas 5cm, inflorescences ca. 15-20cm, flowering in all seasons. Fruits green. Evergreen. Subarbor trees.
Reference Cerbera manghas L.
Cerbera manghas Linnaeus
Cardenolide Monoglycosides from the Leaves of Cerbera odollam and Cerbera manghas(Cerbera. III)(Organic,Chemical)
Systems and methods for determining carbon credits (US Patent 20080131974)
Agent for hair growth (European Patent EP1915997/2008)
Systems and methods for determining carbon credits (WIPO Patent WO/2006/024070)



July 2008
at Okinawa
July 2008
at Okinawa
July 2008
at Okinawa



July 2008
at Okinawa