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Piscidia carthagenensis Jacq.

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Piscidia L.

Piscidia carthagenensis Jacq. [Preferred name]
    Ichthyomethia acuminata S.F.Blake {Synonym}
    Ichthyomethia americana (Sesse & Moc.)S.F.Blake {Synonym}
    Ichthyomethia piscipula var. acuminata (S.F.Blake)Stehle & L.Quentin {Synonym}
    Lonchocarpus guaricensis Pittier {Synonym}
    Piscida acuminata (Blake)I.M.Johnston {Synonym}
    Piscida carthagenensis Jacq. {Synonym}
    Piscidia acuminata (S.F.Blake)I.M.Johnst. {Synonym}
    Piscidia americana Sesse & Moc. {Synonym}
    Piscidia communis (S.F.Blake)Harms {Synonym}
    Piscidia guaricensis (Pittier)Pittier {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Arepo [1566]; Barbasco [1566]; Barbasco Blanco [1566]; Barbasco De Agua Dulce [1566]; Cachimbo [1566]; Cahuirica [1566]; Cuchivan [1566]; Dogwood [1566]; Frijolillo [1566]; Matapez [1566]; Palo Santo [1566]; Tatzungo [1566]; Ventura [1566]; Zopilocuavo [1566]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Caribbean
Antigua-Barbuda (U) [1566, 1790]; Barbados (U) [1566, 1790]; Cuba (U) [1460, 1566]; Grenada (U) [1566, 1790]; Guadeloupe (U) [1566, 1790]; Martinique (U) [1566, 1790]; Montserrat (U) [1566, 1790]; Puerto Rico (U) [1430, 1566, 1790]; St Kitts-Nevis (U) [1566, 1790]; St Lucia (U) [1566, 1790]; St Martin-St Barthelemy (N) [1566, 1790]; St Vincent (U) [1566, 1790]; Trinidad & Tobago (U) [1460, 1566]; Virgin Is (U) [1566]
  Central America
Costa Rica (N) [1105, 1367, 1460, 1566]; El Salvador (N) [1460, 1566]; Guatemala (N) [1460, 1566]; Honduras (N) [1460, 1566]; Mexico (N) [1915, 3348]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1460, 1566, 1790]; Guerrero [1460, 1566]; Mexico State [1460, 1566]; Michoacan [1566]; Oaxaca [1566]; Mexico(South East) (N) [1117, 1566, 1790]; Chiapas [1117, 1566]; Nicaragua (N) [3348]; Panama (N) [1460, 1566]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]
  South America
Colombia (N) [1342, 1566, 1712]; Ecuador (N) [1460, 1566]; Galapagos (N) [1566, 1712]; Peru (N) [1430, 1460, 1566, 3348]; Venezuela (N) [1430, 1460, 1566, 1712, 1790, 3348]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1430, 1566, 1790, 1915, 3348] ; Distribution Map [1566] ; Illustration [1430, 1790]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1915] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Tree [1915] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1915] ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Toxins [1430]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1105.

  Bawa, K.S., 1973
    J.Arnold Arbor.54(4):422-434 Chromosome Nos. Trees-Tropical

1117.

  Breedlove, D.E., 1986
    Listados Floristicos de Mexico 4:90-112 Flora de Chiapas

1342.

  Howard, R.A., 1973
    J.Arnold Arbor.54(4):435-470 Enumer.& Select. N.Von Jacquin

1430.

  Liogier, A.H., 1988
    Desc. Flora Puerto Rico & Adjacent Is-Spermatophyta Vol. II

1460.

  Matuda, E., 1981
    Gobierno del Estado de Mexico.Las Legum. del Estado Mexico

1566.

  Rudd, V.E., 1969
    Phytologia 18(8):473-499 A Synopsis of the Genus Piscidia

1712.

  Wiggins, I.L. & Porter, D.M., 1971
    Flora of Galapagos Islands Leguminosae

1790.

  Howard, R.A. et al., 1988
    Dicotyledoneae Part 1.Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

3348.

  Stevens, W.D., et al., 2001
    Flora de Nicaragua,85(2)...Missouri Bot.Gard.Press
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