Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.

Changes

Jump to: navigation, search

Cerbera odollam - Auddalaka

458 bytes removed, 3 years ago
Common names
[[File:Cerbera odollum - IMG 1463.jpg|thumb|right|''Auddalaka'', ''Cerbera odollam'']]
'''Auddalaka''', is a small tree found along coasts in tropical countries. All parts of the tree yield a potent poison, expecially especially the milky latex which copiously exudes from the stems. 
==Uses==
{{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Ringworm}}, {{Uses|Rabies}}
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=chandeChande, chende, chende Chende hoo|ml=otavalamOtavalam, othalamOthalam, chattankayaChattankaya|sa=auddalakahAuddalakah, svanamarahSvanamarah|ta=kadalmaKadalma, udalaiUdalai|te=|hi=daburDabur, pilikirbirPilikirbir, sukanuSukanu|en=Sea Mango}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternateAlternate, clustered at ends|petiole Petiole 8-35 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 10-25 x 2.5-6.5 cm, lanceolate or oblanceolate; base cuneate or attenuate; apex acuminate or acute; margin entire, glabrous, fleshy, bright green and shiny, membranous on drying; lateral nerves many, close, slender, parallel, looped near the margin forming intramarginal nerve; intercostae reticulate.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary Axillary spiciform racemes|Pseudoterminal cymes|White|5|5 cm across, white, in pseudoterminal cymes; calyx lobes 5, linear, recurved, eglandular; corolla lobes 5, tube funnel-shaped above the throat with 5 villous scales; stamens 5, small, included, anthers lanceolate, apiculate; disc absent; carpels 2, free, ovules 4 in each cell on both sides of thick placenta.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A drupe||globose Globose or ellipsoid, pericarp green turning rose; seeds 1 or 2 compressed.||}}
===Other features===
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
<ref name="Cultivation details">[http://www.culture-acre.com/surprising-tropical-plant-cerbera-odollam-suicide-tree/ "Cultivation details"]</ref>
 
</references>

Navigation menu