. Edible and poisonous plants of the Caribbean region . 63. Black Poison Wood Metopium toxiferum POISON The sap of the black poison wood causes blisters and pro- longed inflammation similar to that of poison ivy of the United States. The smoke from the burning wood is as dangerous as the sap. The tree is common in many parts of the West Indies, but on the mainland is known only in British Honduras and Yucatan. This bush or small tree has thin russet bark, small white flowers, and yellow-orange berries. In Jamaica it is called poison wood, burn wood; in British Honduras and Yucatan chechem; and
. Edible and poisonous plants of the Caribbean region . 63. Black Poison Wood Metopium toxiferum POISON The sap of the black poison wood causes blisters and pro- longed inflammation similar to that of poison ivy of the United States. The smoke from the burning wood is as dangerous as the sap. The tree is common in many parts of the West Indies, but on the mainland is known only in British Honduras and Yucatan. This bush or small tree has thin russet bark, small white flowers, and yellow-orange berries. In Jamaica it is called poison wood, burn wood; in British Honduras and Yucatan chechem; and in Cuba guao de costa.
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