Cerbera manghas
Cerbera manghas
Sea Mango
Photo: Harold L. Lyon Arboretum, University of Hawai`i-Manoa, 3860 Manoa Road, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Because of its deadly poisonous seeds, the genus name is coming from Cerberus, the hell dog from the Greek mythology, hence indicating the toxicity of the seeds.
In Madagascar, the seeds were used in sentence rituals to poison kings and queens.
National Tropical Botanical Garden. http://www.ntbg.org/plants/plant_details.php?rid=2585&plantid=2601
(Tomlison, P.B. 1995. The Botany of Mangroves)
http://www.ntbg.org/plants/plant_details.php?plantid=2601
