The Manchineel tree (Hippomane mancinella) is a species[1] of the family of the Euphorbiaceae family. Its distribution area extends from northern South America to the tropical south of North America.
The name “manchineel” (often “manchineal” or “manchioneel“), and the specific epithet mancinella, are derived from the Spanish word Manzanilla (meaning little apple), owing to the exterior semblance of its leaves and fruit to that of an apple tree.
