''Cerbera dilatata'' (

Chamorro Chamorro may refer to: * 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 the ...

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 {{Apocynaceae-stub