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North America distribution zone

Height

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Ecology

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Piscidia piscipula (L.) Sarg.

Leguminosae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida, Bahamas, West Indies) NC South America (Venezuela, Trinidad)

SC SE

D E

xer calc

dr (bark and roots compress applied to tooth for toothache, leaves decoction wash for wound, leaves decoction massage for shoulder pain, plant contains narcotic properties) fw (charcoal) ti (boat building, furniture, heavy construction) tx (bark and leaves when pulped make a fish poison, roots: fish poison)

Erythrina piscipula L. Ichthyomethia communis S.F.Blake Ichthyomethia piscipula (L.) Hitchcock Ichthyomethia piscipula var. typica Stehlé & Quentin Piscidia communis (S.F.Blake) Harms non (S.F.Blake) I.M.Johnst. Piscidia erythrina L. Piscidia inebrians Medik. Piscidia piscipula (L.) Hitch. ex Sarg. Piscidia toxicaria Salisb. Robinia alata Mill.

Jamaica fishpoisontree; dogwood (Belize, Bahamas); fish fuddletree; fish poison (Bahamas); fish-poison, fish-poison tree, Florida fish poison tree, Florida fish-fuddletree, Florida fishpoison-tree; Jamaica dogwood, Jamaica fish fuddletree; Jamaica-dogwood (Bahamas, USA); Jamaican dogwood; may bush, worm wood, wormwood (Belize)

piscidia de la Jamaïque; bois à enivrer, bois enivrant, bois ivrant, enivrage, mort-à-poissons de Floride

barbasco (Costa Rica); barbasco amarillo, borracho (Venezuela); candelón (Cuba); guamá candelón (Costa Rica, Cuba); guamá hediondo (Cuba); habim (Belize); habin (Mexico); iguano blossom (Belize); jabin (Belize, Guatemala); jabin verde, jabine (Belize); jebe (Venezuela); palo de gusano (Belize); pavo (Costa Rica); peonia (Venezuela); ventura (Costa Rica)

bwa ivran (creole, Haiti); tiaxib (maya, Belize)

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Latin name	Piscidia piscipula (L.) Sarg.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida, Bahamas, West Indies) NC South America (Venezuela, Trinidad)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D E
Ecology	xer calc
Use	dr (bark and roots compress applied to tooth for toothache, leaves decoction wash for wound, leaves decoction massage for shoulder pain, plant contains narcotic properties) fw (charcoal) ti (boat building, furniture, heavy construction) tx (bark and leaves when pulped make a fish poison, roots: fish poison)
Synonym	Erythrina piscipula L. Ichthyomethia communis S.F.Blake Ichthyomethia piscipula (L.) Hitchcock Ichthyomethia piscipula var. typica Stehlé & Quentin Piscidia communis (S.F.Blake) Harms non (S.F.Blake) I.M.Johnst. Piscidia erythrina L. Piscidia inebrians Medik. Piscidia piscipula (L.) Hitch. ex Sarg. Piscidia toxicaria Salisb. Robinia alata Mill.
English name	Jamaica fishpoisontree; dogwood (Belize, Bahamas); fish fuddletree; fish poison (Bahamas); fish-poison, fish-poison tree, Florida fish poison tree, Florida fish-fuddletree, Florida fishpoison-tree; Jamaica dogwood, Jamaica fish fuddletree; Jamaica-dogwood (Bahamas, USA); Jamaican dogwood; may bush, worm wood, wormwood (Belize)
French name	piscidia de la Jamaïque; bois à enivrer, bois enivrant, bois ivrant, enivrage, mort-à-poissons de Floride
Spanish name	barbasco (Costa Rica); barbasco amarillo, borracho (Venezuela); candelón (Cuba); guamá candelón (Costa Rica, Cuba); guamá hediondo (Cuba); habim (Belize); habin (Mexico); iguano blossom (Belize); jabin (Belize, Guatemala); jabin verde, jabine (Belize); jebe (Venezuela); palo de gusano (Belize); pavo (Costa Rica); peonia (Venezuela); ventura (Costa Rica)
Other name	bwa ivran (creole, Haiti); tiaxib (maya, Belize)
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