Tropicals, Woody > Cerbera > Cerbera odollam > Cerbera odollam
Cerbera odollam
Pong Pong, Suicide Tree, Sea Pong Pong, Yellow-eyed Cerbera, Buta Buta
Origin: Native to Singapore.
| Family |
| Apocynaceae |
| Genus |
| Cerbera |
| Species |
| odollam |
| Category |
| Tropicals, Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (evergreen), Shrub (evergreen) |
| Synonyms |
| Cerbera forsteri, Cerbera lactaria, Cerbera dilatata, Odollamia malabarica, Tanghinia odollam |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 10a - 11 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cold season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H3 - H1c |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -1.1 - above 4.5 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 30 - 40 |
| Height |
| 12 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| A medium-sized tree, up to 12 m tall, with a rounded, bushy crown. |
| Landscape |
| Plant as a street or specimen tree. |
| Cultivation |
| Full sun and partial-shade. Well-drained and dry to medium soil. Prefers deep, sandy soil. |
| Shape |
| A rounded, bushy crown. |
| Habitat |
| It grows preferentially in coastal salt swamps and in marshy areas. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Knobbly and buttressed, with rough greyish bark. |
| Leaf Description |
| Glossy green, narrowly obovate to elliptic, with a short drip-tip. Dying leaves often turn orange before falling off the tree. |
| Flower Description |
| Prominent white flowers with five petals, typical of Apocynaceae family. Flowers have a yellow "eye" in the centre, and are fragrant. |
| Fruit Description |
| Smooth, round, apple-like, containing a single large poisonous seeds, surrounded by thick fibrous husk and a papery outer pulp. Ripen from green to reddish purple to brownish-black, before dropping ofrom the tree. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Royal Park Rajapruek, Mae Hia, Thailand. |
| Propagation |
| By seed. |
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