The fruit is an excellent bait for use in fish pots. It is 
iso edible. 
Pachycereus marginatus (DC.) Britton & Rose. 
Cactaceae. 
DippLEDOo, 
This is the Organ Pipe Cactus. The green rind is 
peeled off and the inside of the young stems is used for 
fish pot bait. 
Morinda citrifolia Linnaeus. Rubiaceae. 
PAINKILLER. 
Pieces of the large fruit are used for bait in fish pots. 
This is also a medicinal plant. 
POISONOUS PLANTS 
Piscidia piscipula (L..) Sargent. Leguminosae. 
DoGwoop. 
Leaves and twigs are broken up and scattered on the 
water. Fish teed on these bits and are quickly poisoned 
and easily caught. 
Malpighia infestissima (Juss.) Richard. Malpighi- 
acede, 
Map Doc, Toucu-MrE-Nor. 
Common on dry, exposed slopes. The leaves and young 
stems are covered with large needle-like hairs which pen- 
etrate the skin causing painful dermatitis. 
Asclepias curassavica Linnacus. Asclepiadaceae. 
Petrie GuANa. 
It is said that this plant will cause the death of any 
animal which eats it and that it is more poisonous at cer- 
tain seasons than at others. 
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