Cerbera odollam Gaertn.

SER-ber-uh -- from the Greek cerberus, a three-headed dog in Greek mythology ... Dave's Botanary
oh-DAHL-uhm -- from the Malayalam othallam (ഒതളം), name for the plant

commonly known as: dog-bane, grey milkwood, jungle mango, sea mango, suicide tree, yellow-eyed cerbera • Bengali: ডাবুর dabur • Kannada: ಚಂಡೇ chande, ಹೊಂಡೇ honde, ಮೊಂಡೇ ಮರ monde mara • Konkani: ಹೊಂಡ್ಯಾ ರೂಕು hondya ruku, खारो उरो kharo uro, सुकाणु sukanu • Malayalam: ഉതളം othallam • Marathi: सुकाणु sukanu • Odia: ପାଣି ଆମ୍ବ pani amba • Sanskrit: औद्दालक auddalaka, श्वानमार svanamara • Tamil: காட்டலரி kattalari, காட்டுமா kattuma, உதளை utalai • Telugu: అడవి అరళి adavi arali • Tulu: ಚೆಂಡೆ ಮರ chende mara, ತೆಂಡೆ ಮರ tende mara


botanical names: Cerbera odollam Gaertn. ... synonyms: Cerbera dilatata Markgr. • Cerbera forsteri Seem. • Cerbera lactaria Buch.-Ham. ex Spreng. • Odollamia malabarica Raf. • Tanghinia lactaria (Buch.-Ham. ex Spreng.) G.Don • Tanghinia odollam (Gaertn.) G.Don • Excoecaria ovatifolia Noronha ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

dog-bane, grey milkwood

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

jungle mango

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

sea mango, suicide tree

• Gaillard, Yvan & Krishnamoorthy, Ananthasankaran & Bevalot, Fabien. (2005). Cerbera odollam: A 'suicide tree' and cause of death in the state of Kerala, India. Journal of ethnopharmacology. 95. 123-6. 10.1016/j.jep.2004.08.004.

yellow-eyed cerbera

• so named due to the distinct yellow colour seen in the flower throat of this species

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

ডাবুর dabur

• Flora - Mehedi Voice ... also: ডাগুর dagur, ডাকুর dakur, ডাহোর dahor, ডাহুর dahur

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಚಂಡೇ chande, ಹೊಂಡೇ honde, ಮೊಂಡೇ ಮರ monde mara

• Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

ಹೊಂಡ್ಯಾ ರೂಕು hondya ruku

• Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

खारो उरो kharo uro, सुकाणु sukanu

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

ഒതളം othallam

• Wikipedia
• or ഉതളം utalam ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

सुकाणु sukanu

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
• The Gazetteer Department ... औषधी वनस्पती
• also found written as सुकाणू sukanu ... Wikipedia

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

ପାଣି ଆମ୍ବ pani amba

• Utilisation of mangrove forests in Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary, Orissa - Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Vol. 7(4), October 2008, pp. 598-603

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

औद्दालक auddalaka, श्वानमार svanamara

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• Ayurwiki

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

காட்டலரி kattalari, உதளை utalai

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

காட்டுமா kattuma

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• for jungle mango ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

అడవి అరళి adavi arali

• Common Poisonous plants around us ( in India) by A. Lalithamba
• Indian Medicinal Plants, Volume 2, by S. Raghunatha Iyer

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ಚೆಂಡೆ ಮರ chende mara

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

ತೆಂಡೆ ಮರ tende mara

• Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu
• Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

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