| Cerbera manghs Linn.
Small tree, 4 - 6 m tall, stem soft, glabrous with milky juice Leaves alternate, closely set or whorled at the apices of branchlets, 10 -15 x 3 - 5 cm, ovate-oblong or oblaceolate, acuminate at apex, rounded at base Flowers large, bracteate, 3 - 4 cm long, arranged in terminal paniculate cyme, funnel shaped, white with yellow throat, turning purple or red on ageing Fruit large, 7 - 9 X 4 - 6 cm, globose, ovoid or ellipsoid, drupaceous with fibrous pericarp Seeds 1 -2 , each 2 - 2.5 cm across, broad, compressed, fibrous. |
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