Metopium toxiferum (L.) Krug & Urb.
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Filed As
Anacardiaceae
Metopium toxiferum (L.) Krug & Urb. -
Collector(s)
E. L. Little Jr. 16489 with F.H. Wadsworth, 27 August 1954
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Location
Puerto Rico. Isla de Mona. Mona Island Natural Reserve. One of the dominant trees on plateau.
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Description
Tree 20 ft. high, 1 ft. dbh. Bark light gray brown, smoothish, peeling off in mottled flakes. Watery sap, turning black, poisonous to skin. Fruits orange.
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Specimen Notes
herbarium distribution: NY, UPR, US
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 878896
Occurrence ID: 6e8287b8-3b8c-4afa-a003-95467f70d4db
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Sapindales
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Family
Anacardiaceae
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All Determinations
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Region
West Indies
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Country
Puerto Rico
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Locality
Isla de Mona. Mona Island Natural Reserve. One of the dominant trees on plateau.
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Coordinates
18.0867, -67.8921
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Geodetic Datum
WGS84
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Distribution
OCR Text not available.
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Metopium toxiferum (L.) Krug & Urb.