Jamaican Dogwood Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Jamaican Dogwood (Piscidia piscipula), the fish-poison tree, is a deciduous tree of the legume family, Fabaceae, native to the Caribbean, southern Florida, Mexico and Central America. It grows 10-15 m with pinnate leaves, clusters of white to pink pea flowers and distinctive pods with four papery wings. The bark is grey-brown and fissured, with a yellowish-brown inner layer that has an acrid, bitter taste; crushed branches were once thrown into water to stun fish, hence the name. We extract the dried bark.