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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

Picrodendron baccatum (L.) Krug & Urb. ex Urb.

Euphorbiaceae

SE North America (Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Swan Island)

M[L]

xer calc

dr (entire plant for purgative and sudorific properties and venereal disease)

Juglans baccata L. Picrodendron baccatum var. bahamense Krug & Urb. Picrodendron juglans Griseb. Picrodendron macrocarpum (A.Rich.) Britton Picrodendron medium Small Schmidelia macrocarpa A.Rich.

Jamaica bittertree; bitter wood (Bahamas); black ironwood, black wood, black-wood, cherry; Jamaican walnut (Jamaica); wild plum

picrodendron de la Jamaïque

aceituna (Cuba); ahoga becerro, algodón becerro (Dominican Republic); guao negro, mangle negro (Cuba); manzanilla, manzanillo, mata beccero (Dominican Republic); roblecillo (Cuba); simarouba (Dominican Republic); yana prieta, yanilla, yanilla prieta (Cuba)

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Latin name	Picrodendron baccatum (L.) Krug & Urb. ex Urb.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Swan Island)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	D
Ecology	xer calc
Use	dr (entire plant for purgative and sudorific properties and venereal disease)
Synonym	Juglans baccata L. Picrodendron baccatum var. bahamense Krug & Urb. Picrodendron juglans Griseb. Picrodendron macrocarpum (A.Rich.) Britton Picrodendron medium Small Schmidelia macrocarpa A.Rich.
English name	Jamaica bittertree; bitter wood (Bahamas); black ironwood, black wood, black-wood, cherry; Jamaican walnut (Jamaica); wild plum
French name	picrodendron de la Jamaïque
Spanish name	aceituna (Cuba); ahoga becerro, algodón becerro (Dominican Republic); guao negro, mangle negro (Cuba); manzanilla, manzanillo, mata beccero (Dominican Republic); roblecillo (Cuba); simarouba (Dominican Republic); yana prieta, yanilla, yanilla prieta (Cuba)
Other name
Trade name