Deskripsyon
Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2024. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
Native to the Caribbean region, the root bark has been employed to poison and catch fish (Hamilton 1832). The primary constituents are flavonoid derivaties, i.e. piscidone, piscerythrone, ichthynone, and rotenone (Ingham et al. 1989).
Atribisyon
Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2024. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
Common Names
- English
- Florida Fishpoison Tree
- Jamaican Dogwood