Metopium brownei Urb.

Black poisonwood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Metopium

Characteristics

A perennial dioecious deciduous tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Allergenic (unspecified), Erysipelas (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Smallpox (unspecified), Measles (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Fibroma (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Germination treatment -
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Images

Leaf

Metopium brownei leaf picture by Manuel Aceves (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Metopium brownei world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, United States Minor Outlying Islands, and United States of America

Conservation status

Metopium brownei threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158605-2
WFO ID wfo-0000372418
COL ID 42GXV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 636973
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Metopium linnaei Rhus metopium Cotinus metopium Rhus metopia Terebinthus brownei Metopium brownei Metopium brownei var. brachycarpum