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 Identification Table — Poisonous Plants — Continued 



RED 



Plant part } 



Description 



Illus. 

 No. 



Common name 



Page 

 No. 



L 



Bright red when young 



61 

 67 

 67 



Poison sumac. 



79 



F__ 



Small, juicy, purple-red _ 



Moco tinto 



85 



Fl 



Small, very numerous, purple-red 



Moco tinto 



85 









WHITE 



Small; plant grown for fences 



Small; resembles sumac of U. S 



Small; bush or tree _ 



Ashy gray bark; slender twigs 



Covered with whitish hairs ,_ 



Many varieties; milky sap _ 



White underneath; large, stiff 



Smooth; branches filled with ants 



Fl.__. 

 Fl_._. 

 Fl.._. 

 Fl... 

 S&L.. 

 Fl.__. 



L 



Bark. 



Poison spurge 



Poison sumac 



Black poison wood.. 

 White poison wood. 



Ciega-vista. 



Stinging spurge 



Trumpet tree 



Trumpet tree 



78 

 79 

 81 

 83 

 86 

 87 

 90 

 90 





YELLOW 









F_ 



Orange-yellow berries; bush or tree 



Small, greenish-yellow 



63 

 65 



Black poison wood 



Physic nut 



81 



Fl__ 



83 











l F = Fruit; Fl=FIower; L=Leaves; S=Stem 



Location table. — All these plants are poisonous in some way. 

 Consult references. 



Location Table — Poisonous Plants 



ALL REGIONS 



Description 



Illus. 

 No. 



Common name 



Page 



No. 



Fruit small capsule; two projections at base of leaf 



Leaves very spiny; small greenish fruits 



59 

 62 

 63 



Olivo 



77 



Guao 



80 



In British Honduras and Yucatan on mainland; reddish- 

 brown bark; orange-yellow fruit. 



Black poison wood 



81 



COASTAL AREAS 



Forms dense thickets; smooth pale brown bark. 



75 



