fish poison tree

English

Noun

fish poison tree (plural fish poison trees)

A tree of species Barringtonia asiatica, of the Brazil nut family, that yields a poison, native to tropical islands of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific.
Synonym: sea poison tree

References

fish poison tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Barringtonia asiatica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Barringtonia asiatica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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