Hippomane
(from Hippomanes, the old Greek name for a kind of spurge, used by Theophrastus, and meaning, literally, mad after horses; referring to its effect on mares). SYN. Mancinella. ORD. Euphorbiaceae. A monotypic genus, the species being a tall, milk-bearing, very poisonous tree. It thrives in a mixture of sandy loam and peat. Propagated by cuttings, inserted in sand, under a glass, in heat.
H. Mancinella (Manchineel). Manchineel-tree. fl. small, in conspicuous, and of separate sexes. May. fr. a roundish, fleshy, yellowish-green berry. l. stalked, shining-green, egg-shaped or elliptical, with the edges cut into saw-like teeth, having a single gland on the upper side, at the junction of the stalk and leaf. h. 40ft. to 50ft. West Indies, Central America, 1690. (R.G. 510.)