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Moraceae

Upas tree

Antiaris toxicaria (J.F.Gmel.) Lesch.

Family
Moraceae
Genus
Antiaris

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Upas tree: Photographed in West Bengal.
Photo: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (19)
Arabic
أنتيار سام, أنتيار, أوباس, اوباس, شجرة الأوباس, شجرة الايبوه, شجرة اليوباس, يوباس
arz
انتيار سام
Bambara
Kalabana
Burmese
မြားဆိပ်ပင်
Cantonese
箭毒木
Chinese
見血封喉樹, 见血封喉树, 剪刀树, 加布, 峨参, 箭毒木, 见血封喉
English
Upas tree
French
Upas
Georgian
Ანჩარი
German
Upasbaum
Indonesian
Ipuh, Ancar, Ipoh, Upas
Irish
Úpas
Kazakh
Анчар
Malay
Pokok Ipoh
Malayalam
അരയാഞ്ഞിലി, Upas Tree
Marathi
चांदकुडा
Russian
Анчар
shn
တူၼ်ႈၵွင်ႉ, တူၼ်ႈငူၼ်ႉ
Spanish
Ficus challa, Toxicaria macassariensis, Upas

Synonyms

  • Antiaris dubia Span. ex Hook.
  • Antiaris innoxia Blume
  • Antiaris rufa Miq.
  • Antiaris saccidora Dalzell
  • Antiaris toxicaria subsp. toxicaria
  • Antiaris zeylanica Seem.
  • Cestrum toxicarium J.F.Gmel.
  • Ipo rufa Kuntze
  • Ipo saccidora (Dalzell) A.Lyons
  • Ipo toxicaria Pers.
  • Lepurandra saccidora Nimmo

Photos

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.