Hydnocarpus venenata Gaertn.

A tree. The leaves are sword shaped and taper to the base. There are teeth along the edge. The male flowers are brownish-white. They occur singly or in pairs. The female flowers are small and crowded. They are in panicles in the axils of leaves. The fruit is a round berry with a coating. It has a blunt beak.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet lowland rainforest. It grows near rivers.

Plants can be grown from seeds.