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Taxon:
Piscidia piscipula
(L.) Sarg.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Piscidia
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Millettieae
Nomen number:
28636
Place of publication:
Gard. & Forest 4:436. 1891
Verified:
03/18/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Erythrina piscipula
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Ichthyomethia piscipula
(L.) Hitchc. ex Sarg.
Piscidia erythrina
L.
No images
Reference(s)
Adams, C.
Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll.
Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
Delgado-Montoya, J. L. & E. Parado-Tejada.
1989. Potential multipurpose agroforestry crops identified for the Mexican tropics. In: G. E. Wickens et al., New crops for food and industry. New crops for food and industry. 1989 166-173.
Duke, J. A. et al.
CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Encke, F. et al.
Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Note:
American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
Rudd, V. E.
1969. A synopsis of the genus
Piscidia
(Leguminosae). Phytologia 18:486.
http://www.phytologia.org/
Uphof, J. C. T.
Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
European garden flora. 1986-
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Common names
English
fish-poison-tree –
Reference(s)
Jamaica-dogwood –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Mexico
s.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
s.
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
West Indies
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Belize
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Guatemala
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
(s.)
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida (s.)]
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
MESOAMERICA:
Belize
,
Guatemala
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Fuels
charcoal (fide Dict Econ Pl) –
Reference(s)
Medicines
folklore (fide Ency CNatIn; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Reference(s)
Vertebrate poisons
fish (active compound "piscidin" fide Dict Econ Pl) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses