Cerbera

Cerbera odollam

Cerbera odollam bears a close resemblance to oleander, another highly toxic plant from the same family. Its branchlets are whorled about the trunk, and its leaves are terminally crowded, with tapering bases, acuminate apices, and entire margins. The plant as a whole yields a milky, white latex. It bears a fruit known as othalanga that yields a potent poison that has been used for suicide and murder.

Other Details

• Family :
  Apocynaceae
• Common Name :
  Suicide tree, pong-pong, mintolla, othalam, and chi'ute (CHamorro)
• Origin :
  Southeast Asia