Anacardiaceae
Black poisonwood
Metopium brownei
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Metopium
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Black poisonwood, Browne's poisonwood
- Persian
- شرنگدار سیاه
- Russian
- Чечем
Synonyms
- Cotinus metopium (L.) M.Gómez
- Metopium brownei var. brachycarpum Urb.
- Metopium linnaei Engl.
- Metopium metopium (L.) Small
- Rhus metopia St.-Lag.
- Rhus metopium L.
- Terebinthus brownii Jacq.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Navassa Island: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Miguel Grageda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Justin Flint, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Francisco J. Chan Caamal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alex Dolghi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Francisco J. Chan Caamal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Cecilia Grimmer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Luis Mora, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Francisco J. Chan Caamal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Manuel Aceves, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: William Avery Hudson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wolfgang Ahlmer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.