Cerbera inflata

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Cerbera

At a glance

Occurrence records174

Data sources5

Biological traits30

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Cerbera inflata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility174 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources30 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS3 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF174 records

01Narrative

Cerbera inflata, commonly known as the cassowary plum, grey milkwood, Joojooga, or rubber tree, is a plant in the family Apocynaceae endemic to north east Queensland, specifically the Atherton Tablelands and adjacent areas.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology11

Fruit length65 mm

Fruit width31 mm

Leaf length210 mm

Leaf width45 mm

Petiole length2.85 cm

Plant height30 m

Seed length52.5 mm

Seed mass13 000 mg

Seed mass max13 000 mg

Seed mass min13 000 mg

Seed width27.5 mm

Life cycle & reproduction6

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering timeyyyyyyyynnnn

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Fruit typedrupe

Growth formtree

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical lanceolate obtriangular

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Wood density422 mg/cm³

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition3 compounds

Compounds documented for Cerbera inflata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Cardenolides3

Documented compounds3 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-5-hydroxy-2-[[(1S,2S,4R,5S,6R,9S,10R,13R,15S,18R)-9-hydroxy-5,18-dimethyl-6-(5-oxo-2H-furan-3-yl)-3-oxapentacyclo[8.8.0.02,4.05,9.013,18]octadecan-15-yl]oxy]-4-methoxy-6-methyloxan-3-yl] acetate	present	LOTUS
Acetyltanghinin	present	LOTUS
Cerbertin	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type174 records

Wild obs. + sensor26

Museum / vouchered125

Cultivated / captive1

Other22

Origin

Native2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO296 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy87% within 1 km

≤100 m 18≤1 km 2≤10 km 2>10 km 1

23 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor26

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy34% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 12≤10 km 29>10 km 13

64 georeferenced · 61 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence125

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living1

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions8 of 10 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Canberra, AU	31
Brisbane, AU	30
Smithfield, AU	29
Honolulu, US	5
BISHlocation not on record	3
Mount Annan, AU	2
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	1
Kew, GB	1
Saint Louis, US	1
Palmerston, AU	1

10 institutions · 104 of 125 vouchered records shown · 21 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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