Fabaceae
Florida fishpoison tree
Piscidia piscipula
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Piscidia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- قرنية جاميكا
- Chinese
- 毒魚豆
- English
- Florida fishpoison tree, Fishpoison tree, Jamaican dogwood
- Marathi
- फिश पॉयझन ट्री
- Polish
- Piscida erythrina
Synonyms
- Erythrina piscidioides Sweet
- Erythrina piscipula L.
- Ichthyomethia communis S.F.Blake
- Ichthyomethia piscipula (L.) Hitchc.
- Ichthyomethia piscipula var. typica Stehlé & Quentin
- Piscidia communis (S.F.Blake) I.M.Johnst.
- Piscidia erythrina L.
- Piscidia inebrians Medik.
- Piscidia toxicaria Salisb.
- Piscipula erythrina Loefl.
- Robinia alata Mill.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 64 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Juan Carlos A. Fierro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jim, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cenoteando, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Norman Douglas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Garza, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Emmanuel, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yann Kemper, CC0, 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.