Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hippomane mancinella
manzanillo, árbol de la muerte, manchineel, poison apple
Tree to 10 m high with rounded crown; twigs and foliage glabrous; leaves ovate to elliptic, 3-7 cm long, 2-4.5 cm broad, short-acuminate, crenuate; petioles slender, 1.5-4cm long (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).The shiny green leaves have a thick cream midrib. The poisonous fruit look like small green apples.
Abundant around the shores of Academy Bay, Isla Santa Cruz, and seen along margins of lagoon at James Bay, Isla San Salvador. Rarely collected owing to the poisonous latex, which causes severe dermatitis (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Euphorbiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Hippomane
Species
mancinella
Taxon category: Accepted
Taxon origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Florida Keys to Caribbean, Mexico to N. Venezuela, Galápagos (POWO, 2023).
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