Cerbera manghas 海杧果

Apocynaceae 夾竹桃科

Cerbera, Sea Mango1

猴歡喜、牛心荔、黃金茄、香軍樹2

POISONOUS PARTS

Whole plant, especially the fruits and seeds.3

TOXICITY

CLINICAL MANAGEMENT

Supportive treatment. Multiple-dose activated charcoal therapy has been used for gastrointestinal decontamination in cardiac glycoside poisoning, and digoxin-specific antibody has been used as an antidote.12,13

IDENTIFICATION FEATURES

Small evergreen trees, up to 8 m tall, with milky sap. Leaves thickly papery; leaf blades 6–37 × 2.3–7.8 cm, light green abaxially, lateral veins 20–30 on each side of midvein. Flowers 4–7 cm in diameter. Corolla white, with a pink eye; tubes 2.5–4 cm long, villous inside; lobes 1.5–2.5 cm long. Drupes about 5.8 × 4–6 cm, red when ripe, epicarp cellulosic or woody.14

LABORATORY ANALYSIS

Cerberin and thevetin can be detected by LC-MS/MS.15,16