Apocynaceae
Pink-eyed cerbera
Cerbera manghas
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Cerbera
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Common names
By language (16)
- arz
- سيربيرا مانجاس
- ban
- Bungkak
- Cantonese
- 海芒果
- Chinese
- 海杧果, 海檬果, 海芒果, 山杭果, 山样子, 牛心荔, 牛金茄, 猴欢喜
- English
- Pink-eyed cerbera, Beach milkwood, Grey milkwood, Sea-mango, Sea mango, Tangena
- Filipino
- Baraibai
- French
- Faux manguier, Tanguin
- German
- Beach milkwood, Gottesurteilsbohne, Grey milkwood, Pink-eyed cerbera, Sea mango, Tangena, Tanguin, Zerberusbaum
- Indonesian
- Bintaro, Kecundang
- Japanese
- ミフクラギ, オキナワキョウチクトウ
- Javanese
- Bintaro
- Malagasy
- Tangena
- Malay
- Bentan, Pongpong, Popong
- Russian
- Цербера мангас
- Sundanese
- Bintaro
- Thai
- ตีนเป็ดทราย
Synonyms
- Cerbera lactaria Buch.-Ham. ex D.Dietrich
- Cerbera linnaei Montrouz.
- Cerbera manghas f. luteola Boiteau
- Cerbera manghas var. acutisperma Boiteau
- Cerbera manghas var. mugfordii (F.M.Bailey) Domin
- Cerbera manghas var. samoensis Hochr.
- Cerbera odollam var. mugfordii F.M.Bailey
- Cerbera tanghin Hook.
- Cerbera venenifera (Poir.) Steud.
- Elcana seminuda Blanco
- Odollamia manghas (L.) Raf.
- Odollamia moluca Raf.
- Tabernaemontana obtusifolia Poir.
- Tanghinia manghas (L.) G.Don
- Tanghinia veneneflua Bojer
- Tanghinia venenifera Poir.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 316 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Neal Kelso, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Scott Edmunds, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: WingkLEE, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: WingkLEE, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.