Euphorbiaceae
Manchineel
Hippomane mancinella
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Hippomane
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- منشينيل
- Armenian
- Մանցինելա
- arz
- منشينيل
- Cebuano
- Hippomane
- Chinese
- 毒疮树, 毒瘡樹, 死亡之树, 毒番石榴
- cv
- Манцинелла
- Dutch
- Manzanillaboom
- English
- Manchineel, Manchineel, manchioneel
- Estonian
- Õun-surmapuu
- Filipino
- Manchineel
- Finnish
- Tuonenomena
- frr
- Paradiisbuum
- German
- Manchinelbaum
- Hindi
- मैनचिनील
- Hungarian
- Manszanilyafa
- Indonesian
- Manchineel
- io
- Manzanilo
- Japanese
- マンチニール, ヒッポマーネ・マンチネッラ
- Kazakh
- Манцинелла
- Kurdish
- Manchineel
- Lithuanian
- Nuodingasis arkliasiūtis
- Malayalam
- മഞ്ചിനീൽ
- pap
- Manzaliña
- Persian
- مانیچیل
- Portuguese
- Hippomane
- Romanian
- Copacul morții
- Russian
- Манцинелловое дерево
- Spanish
- Arbol de lamuerte
- Swedish
- Manchineel, Dödsäppelträd
- Turkish
- Manşinel
Synonyms
- Hippomane dioica Rottb.
- Mancinella venenata Tussac
Flowers
- In flower
- January, March to May (from 27 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matteo Bellucci, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leonel Roget, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Don Johnston, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pancrat, 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.