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Piscidia

Piscidia

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Piscidia

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Piscidia is a genus of flowering plants in subfamily Faboideae of the family Fabaceae.[1] The generic name is derived from the Latin words piscis, meaning "fish," and caedo, meaning "to kill." It refers to the use of extracts from the plant to poison fish.[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Taxon: Piscidia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  2. ^ Austin, Daniel F. (2004). Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press. pp. 514–515. ISBN 978-0-8493-2332-4.
  3. ^ a b "GRIN Species records of Piscidia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-10-16.

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Piscidia is a genus of flowering plants in subfamily Faboideae of the family Fabaceae. The generic name is derived from the Latin words piscis, meaning "fish," and caedo, meaning "to kill." It refers to the use of extracts from the plant to poison fish.

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