''Cerbera dilatata'' (
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* Chamorro people, the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific
* Chamorro language, an Austronesian language indigenous to The Marianas
* Chamorro Time Zone, the time zone of Guam and the Northern Mar ...
: chi'ute) is a species of tree in the family
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of ...
endemic to the
Mariana Islands.
Description
This species has dark foliage and hairy flowers that are white and pinkish in the center. Its leaves are crowded near the ends of its branches. It has ovular fruit that are often coupled and speckled green.
Gallery
File:Cerbera dilatata bark.jpg, Bark
File:Cerbera odollam fruits.jpg, Fruit
File:Cerbera odollam roots.jpg, Roots
References
dilatata
Flora of the Mariana Islands
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