C. odollam Gaertner is common in
India where it has been involved in hundreds of fatalities
(by suicide or homicide), whilst the close species Cerbera
venenifera Steud killed thousands in Madagascar during
collective ordeals (it is still uncertain whether C. venenifera
Steud is actually a close species or the same species). It
features both gastro-intestinal symptoms and effects of
suppression of the impulse-producing and conducting
tissues of the heart, such as sinus bradycardia, wandering
pacemaker, second-degree atrio-ventricular block and