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North America distribution zone

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Pisonia aculeata L.

Nyctaginaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, USA: Texas, Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (general)

SC SE

S[M]

hyg calc

dr (bark or leaves decoction taken internally or applied externally for rheumatism and swollen joints, roots are a purgative) ma

Pisonia aculeata var. pedicellaris Griseb. ex Heimerl Pisonia grandifolia Standl. Pisonia helleri Standl. Pisonia villosa Poir. Pisonia yaguapinda D.Parodi

devilsclaw pisonia; cock-spur (Bahamas); cockspur (Jamaica, USA); devil's claw (USA); fingripo (Jamaica); hold-back (Bahamas); pisonia; prickly mampoo (Puerto Rico); pull-back (Bahamas); pullback (USA); tiger nail embra (Belize); wait-a-bit (Jamaica)

pisonie mayacaule; croc de chien, mayacaule (Haiti)

caltute (Mexico); crucito (El Salvador); escambrón (Puerto Rico); granjeno, granjeno prieto (Mexico); iscambrom blanco (Honduras); tum tum prieto (Mexico); uña de gato (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico); yaguá pindá (Paraguay); zarza (Cuba)

huitzcocólotl (nahuatl, Mexico); kròk chen (creole, Haiti); loj (huasteco, Mexico); mayakayul (creole, Haiti); mitz-matlayahuale (nahuatl, Mexico); secun dup (kuna, Panama); yejk'ech schoch'ch'ish (tzeltal, Mexico)

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Latin name	Pisonia aculeata L.
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, USA: Texas, Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage
Ecology	hyg calc
Use	dr (bark or leaves decoction taken internally or applied externally for rheumatism and swollen joints, roots are a purgative) ma
Synonym	Pisonia aculeata var. pedicellaris Griseb. ex Heimerl Pisonia grandifolia Standl. Pisonia helleri Standl. Pisonia villosa Poir. Pisonia yaguapinda D.Parodi
English name	devilsclaw pisonia; cock-spur (Bahamas); cockspur (Jamaica, USA); devil's claw (USA); fingripo (Jamaica); hold-back (Bahamas); pisonia; prickly mampoo (Puerto Rico); pull-back (Bahamas); pullback (USA); tiger nail embra (Belize); wait-a-bit (Jamaica)
French name	pisonie mayacaule; croc de chien, mayacaule (Haiti)
Spanish name	caltute (Mexico); crucito (El Salvador); escambrón (Puerto Rico); granjeno, granjeno prieto (Mexico); iscambrom blanco (Honduras); tum tum prieto (Mexico); uña de gato (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico); yaguá pindá (Paraguay); zarza (Cuba)
Other name	huitzcocólotl (nahuatl, Mexico); kròk chen (creole, Haiti); loj (huasteco, Mexico); mayakayul (creole, Haiti); mitz-matlayahuale (nahuatl, Mexico); secun dup (kuna, Panama); yejk'ech schoch'ch'ish (tzeltal, Mexico)
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