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§1 Plant

Metopium toxiferum (L.) Krug & Urb.

vernacular poisonwood — species · Anacardiaceae

USDA
METO3
GBIF
3190602
Rank
species
poisonwood (Metopium toxiferum)
Platephotograph · Pablo L Ruiz source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Anacardiaceae R. Br.
Genus
Metopium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b

County-level range

· 5 counties across 1 state
Legend Native · 5 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 5 counties across 1 state.

Florida view state ↗ 5 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/METO3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3190602 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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