Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:208. 1753
Verified:
09/17/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
beach milkwood – dogbane – dogbone – grey milkwood – Madagascar ordeal-bean – pink-eyed cerbera – rubbertree – sea-mango – Japanese Rōmaji
mifukuragi – Malay
bentan – bintaru – Swedish
klippmangrove – Transcribed Chinese
hai mang guo –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | Pemba | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | s. |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | s. |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Singapore | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Solomon Islands | | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Marshall Islands | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Palau | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | Cook Islands | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | Pitcairn | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Samoa | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Tonga | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Vanuatu | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Wallis and Futuna Islands | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania [Pemba]
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangdong Sheng (s.), Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (s.), Hainan Sheng]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland, Northern Territory]
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Marshall Islands, Palau
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Cook Islands, Pitcairn, French Polynesia
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, New Caledonia, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Samoa
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Fuels | charcoal | | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
| Vertebrate poisons | fish | | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=102193.
Accessed 12 May 2025.