Eve's Apple or Forbidden Fruit is small or mid size tree growing up to 5–10 m tall. The leaves are evergreen and fruits are orange in color. The levees and stems has milky sap so sometime called Milk Wood Tree. The flowers are white with yellow center and has five petals. The plant is native to Sri Lanka and India.
Eve's Apple is one of the top 10 most poisonous plant naturally found in Sri Lanka that Ingestion of even a one seed may be fatal to the human.
Fruits of Tabernaemontana dichotoma - Forbidden Fruit, Eve's Apple - Divi kaduru
| Common Classification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Names | Forbidden Fruit, Eve's Apple, Milk Wood Tree | ||
| Scientific Name | Tabernaemontana dichotoma | ||
| Sinhalese Name | Kaduru, Divi Kaduru | ||
| Scientific Classification | |||
| Family | Apocynaceae | ||
| Genus | Tabernaemontana. | ||
| Species | T.dichotoma | ||
| Synonym | Pagiantha dichotoma, Tabernaemontana laurifolia, Cerbera dichotoma | ||
| Ecology | |||
| Category | Herb -Wild | ||
| Growth Habit | Small Tree | Status - Native | Endemic |
| Duration | Perennial | Status (Controlling) | Natural |
| Propriety | |||
| Culinary / Edible | No | Other use | n/a |
| Use as Herb | Yes | Poisoned / Toxin | Yes |
| Identification | |||
 Flower-Eva's Apple- Divi Kaduru |  Leaves of Divi Kaduru - Eva's Apple | ||
 Tree of Eva's Apple- Divi Kaduru | |||
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