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Metopium brownei (Jacq.) Urb.

Anacardiaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Greater Antilles) NW South America (Colombia)

SC SE

hel hyg->xer calc

dr (leaves, flower, bark and roots decoctions for syphilis, hepatitis, kidney and bladder infections, plant tea for uterine hemorrhage and fibroma, sudorific and sedative properties for inflammatory rheumatism, measles, smallpox and erysipelas) fw ma ti tx (sap)

Cotinus metopium (L.) M.Gómez Metopium brownii Urb. Metopium linnaei Engl. p.p. Rhus metopium L. Terebinthus brownei Jacq. Terebinthus brownii Jacq.

Brown poisontree; black poison (USA); black poison wood (Belize); burn wood (Jamaica); chachin, chechen, chichin; hog doctor (Belize, Colombia); Honduras walnut (Belize); Jamaica sumac (Jamaica)

metopium mulâtre; bois mulâtre, mancenillia, mancenillier, mulâtre (Haiti)

cedro prieto; chechem (Central America); chechem negro (Mexico); cochinilla, cochinillo, cotinilla, guao (Dominican Republic); guao de costa (Cuba); palo de rosa (Mexico)

bwa milat (creole, Haiti); bastard willow (Belize); boyjob (Belize); chechem, che-chen (maya, Belize); milat (creole, Haiti); boxcheché, kabal'chechem (maya)

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Latin name	Metopium brownei (Jacq.) Urb.
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Greater Antilles) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg->xer calc
Use	dr (leaves, flower, bark and roots decoctions for syphilis, hepatitis, kidney and bladder infections, plant tea for uterine hemorrhage and fibroma, sudorific and sedative properties for inflammatory rheumatism, measles, smallpox and erysipelas) fw ma ti tx (sap)
Synonym	Cotinus metopium (L.) M.Gómez Metopium brownii Urb. Metopium linnaei Engl. p.p. Rhus metopium L. Terebinthus brownei Jacq. Terebinthus brownii Jacq.
English name	Brown poisontree; black poison (USA); black poison wood (Belize); burn wood (Jamaica); chachin, chechen, chichin; hog doctor (Belize, Colombia); Honduras walnut (Belize); Jamaica sumac (Jamaica)
French name	metopium mulâtre; bois mulâtre, mancenillia, mancenillier, mulâtre (Haiti)
Spanish name	cedro prieto; chechem (Central America); chechem negro (Mexico); cochinilla, cochinillo, cotinilla, guao (Dominican Republic); guao de costa (Cuba); palo de rosa (Mexico)
Other name	bwa milat (creole, Haiti); bastard willow (Belize); boyjob (Belize); chechem, che-chen (maya, Belize); milat (creole, Haiti); boxcheché, kabal'chechem (maya)
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