Apocynaceae
Othalanga
Cerbera odollam
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Cerbera
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- سربرة هندية
- arz
- سيربيرا اودولام
- Bangla
- ডাবুর
- Burmese
- ကလွှာပင်
- Chinese
- 白花海杧果
- Croatian
- Samoubilačko drvo
- English
- Othalanga, Pong-pong, Suicide tree
- German
- Zerberusbaum
- Malay
- Pompong, Pongpong
- Malayalam
- ഒതളം, സെർബെറാ ഒഡോളം
- Portuguese
- Pong-pong, Árvore do suicídio
- Thai
- ตีนเป็ดน้ำ
- Tongan
- Toto
Synonyms
- Cerbera dilatata Markgr.
- Cerbera forsteri Seem.
- Cerbera lactaria Buch.-Ham. ex Spreng.
- Excoecaria ovatifolia Noronha
- Odollamia malabarica Raf.
- Tanghinia lactaria (Buch.-Ham. ex Spreng.) G.Don
- Tanghinia odollam G.Don
Flowers
- In flower
- July to April (from 55 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gabriel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vijay Barve, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Simon Scotland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ENGRIPS, 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). About our plant data.