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Piscidia piscipula, commonly named Florida fishpoison tree, Jamaican dogwood, or fishfuddle, is a medium-sized, deciduous, tropical tree in the Fabaceae family.It is native to the Greater Antilles (except Puerto Rico), extreme southern Florida (primarily the Florida Keys) and the Bahamas, and the coastal region from Panama northward to the vicinity of Ocampo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. [3]
Callaloo (/ ˌ k æ l ə ˈ l uː / KAL-ə-LOO, [1] Jamaican Patois:; many spelling variants, such as kallaloo, calaloo, calalloo, calaloux, or callalloo) [2] [3] is a plant used in popular dishes in many Caribbean countries, while for other Caribbean countries, a stew made with the plant is called callaloo.
Guaiacum officinale is one of two species yielding the true lignum vitae, the other being Guaiacum sanctum.Guaiac, a natural resin extracted from the wood, is a colorless compound that turns blue when placed in contact with substances that have peroxidase activity and then are exposed to hydrogen peroxide.
Pearl Taylor, 103, gives life advice on TikTok, where she is known as the “Jamaican grandma.” She lives on her own and credits a special diet for her health. Woman, 103, credits this 1 fruit ...
Roselle is also known as Florida Cranberry or Jamaica sorrel in the United States. [28] It is called saril or flor de Jamaica in Spanish across Central America. [29] [30] It is known as sorrel in many parts of the English-speaking Caribbean, including Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and most of the islands in the West Indies. [31]
The fresh leaves are consumed in bush tea as a “cooling” tonic and blood cleanser, to treat “asthma” and “ulcerated stomachs”. [10]Tea brewed from this species has been shown to cause a dose-dependent "fall in [the] blood pressure" of normal rabbits.
Haematoxylum campechianum (blackwood, bloodwood tree, bluewood, campeachy tree, campeachy wood, campeche logwood, campeche wood, Jamaica wood, logwood or logwood tree) [2] is a species of flowering tree in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is native to southern Mexico, and introduced to the Caribbean, northern Central America, and other localities around the world.
The pedicel bears a leaf-like bract and can reach 20 cm (7.9 in) in length. The flower’s sepals are red-spotted, crisped and 2.5 cm (0.98 in) long. The corolla is formed of six petals of which the three outer reach a length of 10 cm (3.9 in) and show curled margins and red, green and yellow spots. The three inner petals are almost triangular ...