Summary
Place of publication:
Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2:399. 1787
Verified:
03/12/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Kitts and Nevis | St. Kitts | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | St. Vincent | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis [St. Kitts], Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and Grenadines [St. Vincent]
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MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24662.
Accessed 15 December 2025.