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Latin name Family Distribution North America distribution zone Height Foliage Ecology Use Synonym English name French name Spanish name Other name Trade name
Metopium toxiferum (L.) Krug & Urb. Anacardiaceae SE North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, Greater Antilles) SE S[M] E hyg xer dr (resin as purging, the antidote to skin irritation is the sap of the gum elemi) fd (honey) fr ma [pl] tx (bark, twigs when broken gives off a white poisonous sap) Amyris toxifera L. Metopium linnaei Engl. p.p. Metopium metopium Small Florida poisontree; hog-gum (USA, West Indies); poison tree (English Antilles, USA); poisonwood (Bahamas, Jamaica); West Indies poisontree (USA) metopium toxique; bois mulâtre, machandeuse, machandoise, machanoise; mancenillier (Haiti); manchenille, marchandeuse, maximier, métopium toxique; mulâtre (Haiti) almandron, almendrón, cedro prieto (Puerto Rico); guao (Dominican Republic); guao de costa (Cuba); manzanillo (Dominican Republic); papayo (Puerto Rico) bwa milat, machandèz, machanwaz, maksmiye, mancheni (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name Metopium toxiferum (L.) Krug & Urb.
Family Anacardiaceae
Distribution SE North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, Greater Antilles)
North America distribution zone SE
Height S[M]
Foliage E
Ecology hyg xer
Use dr (resin as purging, the antidote to skin irritation is the sap of the gum elemi) fd (honey) fr ma [pl] tx (bark, twigs when broken gives off a white poisonous sap)
Synonym Amyris toxifera L. Metopium linnaei Engl. p.p. Metopium metopium Small
English name Florida poisontree; hog-gum (USA, West Indies); poison tree (English Antilles, USA); poisonwood (Bahamas, Jamaica); West Indies poisontree (USA)
French name metopium toxique; bois mulâtre, machandeuse, machandoise, machanoise; mancenillier (Haiti); manchenille, marchandeuse, maximier, métopium toxique; mulâtre (Haiti)
Spanish name almandron, almendrón, cedro prieto (Puerto Rico); guao (Dominican Republic); guao de costa (Cuba); manzanillo (Dominican Republic); papayo (Puerto Rico)
Other name bwa milat, machandèz, machanwaz, maksmiye, mancheni (creole, Haiti)
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