[Origin unknown.] (Usually licca tree.) A West Indian tree (Tobinia emarginata, Sapindus spinosus, or Xanthoxylum emarginatum).
1756. P. Browne, Jamaica, 207. Licca-tree. This shrub … is very remarkable for the prickliness of its trunk.
1864. Grisebach, Flora W. Ind., 785. Licca tree, Tobinia emarginata.
