Jamaica walnut

Jamaica walnut

Taxobox
name = Jamaica walnut
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Euphorbiaceae
subfamilia = Oldfieldioideae
tribus = Picrodendreae
subtribus = Picrodendrinae
genus = "Picrodendron"
species = "P. baccatum"
binomial = "Picrodendron baccatum"
binomial_authority = (L.) Krug & Urban

The Jamaica walnut ("Picrodendron baccatum") is a plant species under the family Euphorbiaceae. The plant is a small tree found in the coastal limestones of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and some of the Cayman and Bahama Islands.


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