Piscidia

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Piscidia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Piscidia (Latin for fish and kill). Legumindsae. One or 2 species, including the fish-poison tree of the American tropics, or Jamaica dogwood. The lvs., bark, and twigs of this tree when thrown into the water intoxicate or stun the fish so that they can be caught readily. (For the plant used in China for this purpose, see Cocculus.) The bark has also been used in medicine for its hypnotic effect. Botanically this genus is close to Lonchocarpus, differing mainly in the pod, which is long, thickish, and longitudinally 4-winged: calyx- teeth 5, short, broad: wings adhering to the falcate keel; vexillar stamen free at the very base, but grown together at the middle with the others into a closed tube; ovary sessile, many-ovuled. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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