Wild Flowering Plants
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family Hippomane mancinella Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 1191. 1753. Medsinnyé modi. Manchineel. Indigenous quite common tree of sandy, muddy coastal areas. Commonest on mangrove swamp edges. Anguilla, St. Barthélemy, Barbuda, Antigua, St. Kitts, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, La Désirade, Marie Galante, Les Saintes, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, rest of West Indies, North America, Mesoamerica, South America. Toxic to the touch and very toxic if the fruits are eaten. |
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