Cerbera floribunda K.Schum.

Tree to 40 m tall, mostly much smaller, to 60 cm dbh, mostly much less. Bark grey to brown. Leaves: petiole 2-5 cm long; blade obovate, 7-34 by 1.5-7.9 cm, 3-6 times as long as wide, apex shortly acuminate or apiculate, base attenuate, 8-25 pairs of secondary veins, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal, lax, 8-25 cm long, glabrous; peduncle 2-12 cm long; pedicels 5.5-40 mm long. Sepals ovate to obovate, 4-14 by 2-8 mm, 1.5-3.5 times as long as wide, apex rounded to acuminate, spreading, mostly deciduous at corolla anthesis. Corolla white, sometimes with some pink or red; tube 8-20 mm long, widening around the middle, 3-4 mm wide around stamens, 1-2.5 times as long as calyx, 0.7-1.3 times as long as lobes, glabrous outside and inside; lobes obovate to elliptic, 8-17 by 4-10 mm, 1.5-2.5 times as long as wide, apex rounded to acuminate, glabrous outside and inside. Stamens inserted at 5-10 mm from corolla base which is 0.4-0.6 of tube length; anthers 2-2.5 by 1-1.5 mm. Ovaries 1-1.5 mm high; style head 3-3.5 mm long. Fruit blue or purplish blue, each ellipsoid, 7.5-10.5 by 5-6.5 by 3-4 cm.

Grows in notophyll and mesophyll vine forests in swampy soils nearwater.

UsesThe seeds contain an oil used externally for the treatment of skin ailments. The wood can be used for household items and packaging.