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Latin name	Piptadenia platycarpa (Rose ex Micheli) J.F.Macbr.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Goldmania platycarpa Rose ex Micheli
English name	broadfruit piptadenia
French name	piptadenia à fruits larges
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Latin name	Piptocarpha R.Br.
Family	Compositae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	piptocarpha
French name	piptocarpha
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Latin name	Piptocarpha poeppigiana (DC.) Baker
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	[S]?
Foliage
Ecology
Use	dr (malaria)
Synonym	Carphobolus poeppigiana (DC.) Sch.Bip. Carphobolus tereticaulis (DC.) Sch.Bip. Piptocarpha chontalensis Baker Piptocarpha costaricensis Klatt Piptocarpha foliosa Cuatrec. Piptocarpha laxa Rusby Piptocarpha paraensis Cabrera Piptocarpha tereticaulis (DC.) Baker Vernonia poeppigiana DC. Vernonia tereticaulis DC.
English name	Poeppig piptocarpha
French name	piptocarpha de Poeppig
Spanish name	hoja blanca (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Piptocoma Cass.
Family	Compositae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Adenocyclus Less. Dialesta Kunth Odontoloma Kunth Oliganthes auct. non Cass. Pollalesta Kunth
English name	piptocoma; velvetshrub
French name	piptocoma
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Latin name	Piptocoma discolor (Kunth) Pruski
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology
Use	dr (pounded bark mixed in a glass of water drunk against snake bite) fw (firewood) ti (beams, orange boxes, pillars, tables)
Synonym	Dialesta discolor Kunth Eupatorium cuspidatum Willd. ex Less. Oliganthes corei Cuatrec. Oliganthes discolor (Kunth) Sch.Bip. Oliganthes ferruginea Gleason Oliganthes karstenii Sch.Bip. Pollalesta argentea Aristeg. Pollalesta brasiliana Aristeg. Pollalesta colombiana Aristeg. Pollalesta corei (Cuatrec.) Aristeg. Pollalesta discolor (Kunth) Aristeg. Pollalesta ecuatoriana Aristeg. Pollalesta ferruginea (Gleason) Aristeg. Pollalesta karstenii (Sch.Bip.) Aristeg. Pollalesta klugii Aristeg. Pollalesta peruviana Aristeg.
English name	discolor piptocoma
French name	piptocoma discolore
Spanish name	chilcó, gallinazo, pigue, quinde (Ecuador)
Other name	pibi, pigui (quichua, Ecuador); shinkapi (shuar, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Piscidia L.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Ichyomethia P.Browne
English name	fishpoisontree; fishfudelletree, fishpoison-tree
French name	piscidia
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Latin name	Piscidia carthagenensis Jacq.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles) NW NC MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	dr (fish poison) fr fw ma pl ti
Synonym	Ichthyomethia acuminata S.F.Blake Ichthyomethia americana (Sessé & Moç.) S.F.Blake Ichthyomethia piscipula var. acuminata (S.F.Blake) Stehlé & Quentin Lonchocarpus guaricensis Pittier Piscidia acuminata (S.F.Blake) I.M.Johnst. Piscidia americana Sessé & Moç. Piscidia guaricensis (Pittier) Pittier
English name	black fishpoisontree; black mahoe, clogwood, fish poisontree, stinkwood
French name	piscidia noir; bois à énivrer, bois-enivrant, enivrage
Spanish name	arepo (Colombia); barbasco; barbasco amarillo, bavrá, borracho (Colombia); cachimbo; cahuirica (Mexico); cuchiván (Venezuela); frijolillo (Mexico); jebe (Colombia); matapez (Colombia, Mexico); pellojo de toro, siete cueros (Costa Rica); tatzungo (Mexico); ventura; zoliplocuavo (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Piscidia communis (S.F.Blake) I.M.Johnst.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Tamaulipas to Yucatán and Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel [hyg]->xer calc sili
Use	dr ti (boat framing, constructions, railroad ties)
Synonym
English name	Florida fishpoisontree; Florida fishfuddletree
French name	piscidia de Floride
Spanish name	barbasco, barbasco jancu, chigol, chijol, cocuile, cocuite, lor de papagayo, habí, habín, jabín, jancu, matapescado, matapiojo, peonía, tatzungo (Mexico); zatsumbo; zatzumbo (Mexico)
Other name	cahúricua (tarasco); jamguijy (popoluca); jamguijy scaak'an-kihui (totonaco); mexcuahuitl, nexcuahuitl (nahuatl); scaak'an-kihui (totonaco); tzi-jol, tzijol (huasteco)
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Latin name	Piscidia grandifolia (Donn.Sm.) I.M.Johnst.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Use	sa ti (beams, plough, posts)
Synonym	Derris grandifolia Donn.Sm. Ichthyomethia grandifolia (Donn.Sm.) S.F.Blake
English name	bigleaf fishpoisontree
French name	piscidia à grandes feuilles
Spanish name	ayeco (El Salvador); palo de zope (Honduras); zopilocuabo, zopilote
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Latin name	Piscidia grandifolia var. glabrescens Sandwith
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Jalisco)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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Ecology	xer [calc]
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English name	glabrate bigleaf fishpoisontree
French name	piscidia à grandes feuilles glabrescent
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Latin name	Piscidia grandifolia (Donn.Sm.) I.M.Johnst. var. grandifolia
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	typical bigleaf fishpoisontree
French name	piscidia à grandes feuilles typique
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Latin name	Piscidia mollis Rose
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SW North America (Mexico: Sonora, N Sinaloa)
North America distribution zone	SW
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	fw (the wood is highly valued as fuel) tx (leaves used to poison fish)
Synonym	Ichthyomethia mollis (Rose) S.F.Blake
English name	soft fishpoisontree
French name	piscidia soyeux
Spanish name	palo blanco (Mexico)
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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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Latin name	Pisonia L.
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	pisonia; catclaw, cockspur, good bread, hold-back, prickly mampoo, pull-back, salt, water mampoo
French name	pisonie; amourette, bois cassave, croc chien, croc-à-chien, mapoa gris
Spanish name	palo perico, uña de gato, vaca buey, zarza
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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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Latin name	Pisonia albida (Heimerl) Britton ex Standl.
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	xer
Use	fw
Synonym	Pisonia albida var. glutinosa Heimerl Pisonia albida var. platyphylla Heimerl Pisonia subcordata var. typica f. albida Heimerl
English name	letucetree pisonia
French name	pisonie blanche
Spanish name	corcho, corcho blanco, corcho bobo (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Pisonia byrsonimifolia Heimerl & Ekman
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	byrsonimalike pisonia
French name	pisonie faux-byrsonima
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Latin name	Pisonia donnellsmithii Heimerl ex Standl.
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala, El Salvador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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English name	DonnellSmith pisonia
French name	pisonie de Donnell-Smith
Spanish name	casa de abejas (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Pisonia dussii (Standl.) Stehlé
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Guadeloupe)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M?
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Synonym	Pisonia obtusata Heimerl p.p. non Jacq. Torrubia dussii Standl.
English name	Duss pisonia
French name	pisonia de Duss
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Latin name	Pisonia ekmani Heimerl
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Ekman pisonia
French name	pisonie d'Ekman
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Latin name	Pisonia macranthocarpa Donn.Sm.
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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English name	bigfruit pisonia
French name	pisonie à gros fruits
Spanish name	espino negro (Nicaragua); pego pego (Peru)
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Latin name	Pisonia ochracea Heimerl
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Dominican Republic: Peninsula de Pedernales, Trujín)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	yellowish pisonia
French name	pisonie jaunâtre
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Latin name	Pisonia rotundata Griseb.
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida; Cuba, Hispaniola, Bahamas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Guapira rotundata (Griseb.) Lundell Pisonia subcordata var. rotunda Heimerl
English name	roundleaf pisonia; cockspur; pisonia (Bahamas); round-leaved pisonia; smooth devil's claw (USA)
French name	pisonie à feuilles rondes
Spanish name	jamanito, macagüey, mierda vaca, seca sabana, vacabuey (Cuba)
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Latin name	Pisonia subcordata Sw.
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Puerto Rico to Martinique)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	xer calc
Use	fw ti
Synonym	Neea rotundifolia Heimerl Pisonia subcordata Poir.
English name	mampoo pisonia; black loblolly; loblolly, mampoo (Virgin Is.); water mampoo (Puerto Rico)
French name	pisonie mapou; mapou blanc; mapou gris (Guadeloupe)
Spanish name	corcho, corcho blanco, palo bobo (Puerto Rico)
Other name	mappoo (Netherlands Antilles)
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Latin name	Pisonia subcordata var. typica Heimerl
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (St. Martin, St. Barthélemy, Guadeloupe)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	xer? calc
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Synonym	Pisonia nigricans West non Sw. Pisonia subcordata var. typica f. swartziana Heimerl Pisonia subovata Poir.
English name	typical mampoo pisonia
French name	pisonie mapou typique; mapou gris
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Latin name	Pisonia suborbiculata Hemsl. ex Duss
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guadeloupe, Martinique)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel xer
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Synonym	Guapira suborbiculata (Hemsl.) Lundell Torrubia suborbiculata (Hemsl.) Britton
English name	suborbicular pisonia
French name	pisonie suborbiculaire; petit mapon
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Latin name	Pistacia L.
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution
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English name	pistache; mastic tree
French name	pistachier
Spanish name	almacigo, lantrisco, lentisco, pistacia; ramón, yagagueiguei (Mexico)
Other name	Mastixbaum (german); pistacchio (italian); Pistazie (german)
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Latin name	Pistacia mexicana Kunth
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution	MC SC SE North America (USA: Texas; Mexico to Honduras)
North America distribution zone	MC SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E [D]
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Pistacia texana Swingle
English name	Mexico pistache; American pistachio, Mexican pistachio, Texas pistachio, wild pistachio (USA)
French name	pistachier du Mexique
Spanish name	lentisco
Other name	chepkorwet, michehete, mucherere, ol-daangudwa, tulda
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Latin name	Pithecellobium Mart.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
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Synonym	Pithecolobium Benth.
English name	blackbead; apes-earring, black bead
French name	pithécellobium; bois macaque, pithécolobes
Spanish name	peonia (Venezuela)
Other name	avare motemo (Brazil)
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Latin name	Pithecellobium bipinnatum L.Rico
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	bijugate blackbead
French name	pithécellobium bijougé
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