Scotch Attorney

Known as Pitch Apple, and poisonous. This strangler tree is widespread from Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, where it is known as Copey or as Matapalo.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/malpigox/index.html

The pod of the Autograph Tree opens with eight points. A strangler tree widespread from the West Indies and Central America. Photo from Hawaii.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/malpigox/index.html

Also known as Scotch Attorney due to pressure-writing on leaves. Also known as Copey and as Matapalo, as it is a strangler. Native to Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, but now pantropical. Photo from Hawaii.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/malpigox/index.html