Metopium toxiferum

Metopium toxiferum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Anacardiaceae
Genus:	Metopium
Species:	M. toxiferum
Binomial name
Metopium toxiferum (L.) Krug & Urb., 1896
Synonyms
Amyris toxiferum L.[1]

Metopium toxiferum (Poisonwood, Florida Poisontree, Hog Gum) is a species of flowering tree in the cashew or sumac family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to the American neotropics. It produces the irritant urushiol much like its close relatives poison sumac and poison oak.

This tree grows abundantly in the Florida Keys and can also be found in various ecosystems in southern Florida. Its range extends from Florida and The Bahamas south through the Caribbean.^[1]

See also

• Bahamian dry forests
• Manchineel tree

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Metopium toxifera (L.) Krug & Urb.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-02-26. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?312838. Retrieved 2009-12-27. 

External links

• Poisonwood (Metopium toxiferum)
• Florida Poisonwood