Trees of Lalbagh, Bangalore - Cerbera odollam - Suicide Tree

[raman]

Suicide tree is a tree native to India and other parts of S. Asia. It grows preferentially in coastal salt swamps and in marshy areas. It grows wild along the coast in many parts of Western Ghats and has been grown as a hedge between home compounds. It yields a potent poison, often used for suicide or murder. Flower are white, showy, star-shaped, 5-7 cm, with a small yellow center. Leaves are 12-30 cm long, oval, dark green and glossy, held in dense spirals at the tips of the twigs. The fruit, when still green, looks like a small mango, with a green fibrous shell enclosing an ovoid kernel measuring approximately 2 cm × 1.5 cm and consisting of two cross-matching white fleshy halves. On exposure to air, the white kernel turns violet, then dark grey, and ultimately brown, or black. The plant as a whole yields a milky, white latex. Cerbera odollam bears a close resemblance to the Oleander bush, another highly toxic plant from the same family.

Raman

[Gurcharan Singh]

Thanks for nice photographs and useful information Raman ji

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[raman]

https://ramanarunachalam.github.io/Flora-and-Fauna/Flora/Cerbera%20-%20Suicide%20Tree/Suicide%20Tree.html

I finally found the fruit of this tree supposed to be very poisonous in Sri Lanka

Raman

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks a lot, Raman ji

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[Tapas Chakrabarty]

This is a common coastal tree in the Andamans and the kids play football with the dried fruits. The fruits are capable of floating and travelling far away for dispersal.

Regards.

Tapas.

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:28 AM, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks a lot, Raman ji

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Tapas ji,  for the interested information.

On 15 May 2017 5:23 p.m., "Tapas Chakrabarty" <tcha...@gmail.com> wrote:

This is a common coastal tree in the Andamans and the kids play football with the dried fruits. The fruits are capable of floating and travelling far away for dispersal.

Regards.

Tapas.

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:28 AM, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks a lot, Raman ji