Metopium toxiferum Krug & Urb.

Poisonwood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Metopium

Characteristics

A perennial dioecious evergreen tree. It grows 6-7.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 7.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Forests and thickets of the dry limestone region and rare in the moist limestone region of Puerto Rico.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal poison wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Poison (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Metopium toxiferum unspecified picture

Distribution

Metopium toxiferum world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, and United States of America

Conservation status

Metopium toxiferum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158610-2
WFO ID wfo-0001050939
COL ID 42GXZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Rhus oxymetopium Rhus quinquefolia Toxicodendron pinnatifolium Amyris toxifera Metopium toxiferum