The suicide tree (lat. Cerbera odollam) is a high-poisonous tree from the family of the dog poison plants. It becomes meters high up to 15 and grows in India and other parts of south Asia. It prefers damp underground and Mar. The income of the fruit leads after three to six hours to death by heart failure.

The poison of the suicide tree is the Cerberin, an Glykosid alkaloid, which is related to the Digoxin in the thimble. The Cerberin blocks the calcium ion channels of the heart muscle, so that the heart impact suspends. The poison is difficult with a Autopsie to determine, can however by chromatography and mass Spektometrie be proven.

The suicide tree is considered as world-wide most frequently the plant used to the Suizid. According to a study from 2004 in the period of 1989 to 1999 alone in the Indian Federal State Kerala of 537 deaths arose by Cerberinvergiftung.

See also: Clip tree

Related links

• Article with the ORF
• "“Cardiotoxic effects OF '' Cerbera odollam ''"” (PubMed)

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