Pisonia aculeata


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Noun1.Pisonia aculeata - small spiny West Indian tree
genus Pisonia, Pisonia - genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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Herbs included Panicum maximum, Cynodon nlemfuensis and Brachiaria brizantha, and secondary vegetation composed of trees, shrubs and palm species such as Pisonia aculeata, Guazuma ulmifolia, Leucaena leucocephala, Sabal yapa, Piscidia piscipula, Waltheria americana, Chamaecrista glandulosa, Viguiera dentata, Sida acuta, Panicum ghiesbreghtii, Amaranthus sp., Partenium hysterophorus, Tagetes sp.
En el tratamiento de Nyctaginaceae de la Flora de Guerrero, Zavala y Fonseca (2014) registran unicamente la presencia de Pisonia aculeata L.
-- 1 IV Lantana camara -- 1 IV Urochloa humidicola -- 1 IV Lianas Pisonia aculeata -- 1 V Smilax havanensis -- 1 V Stigmaphyllon sagreanum -- 1 V Gouania lupuloides -- 1 V Serjania diversifolia -- 1 V Chiococca alba -- 1 V Turbina corymbosa -- 1 IV Tragia hexandra -- 1 IV Epiphytes Tillandsia fasciculata -- 1 IV Scattered species in the canopy layer: cedar (Cedrela odorata), carbonero, bijaguara (Colubrina ferruginosa), guama (Lonchocarpus domingensis), penda, roble (Tabebuia sp.), mamoncillo (Melicoccus bijugatus), mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), yaiti, bone and curbana (Canella alba).
-- Euphorbiaceae Platyginey urens Mercier Pringa mosa Flacurciaceae Caseria aculeata (Jacq) Jia peluda Meliaceae Trichilia glabra L Siguaraya Trichilia hirta L Cabo de hacha Nyctaginaceae Pisonia aculeata L Zarza Papaveraceae Agremone mexicana L Cardo santo Papilionaceae Desmodium unicinatum D.C.
Bark of Cassia fistula is crushed with roots of Pisonia aculeata and pills made from the crushed mixture.