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Family

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North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

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Spanish name

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Bucida buceras L.

Combretaceae

S North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics)

SW SC SE

D[E]

hyg calc

dr (bark and leaves decoction taken orally for fever) fw ma (tannin) pl sa ti

Buceras bucida Crantz Bucida angustifolia DC. Myrobalanus buceras (L.) Kuntze Terminalia buceras C.Wright.

oxhorn bucida; Antigua whitewood; black olive (Bahamas, Jamaica); black-olive (Jamaica); bucida, bullet; bullet-tree, bully tree, bully wood (Belize); inagua oak (Bahamas); olive-bark-tree (Jamaica)

bucida grignon; bois gli-gli (Guadeloupe); bois-gli, bois gri-gri, bois grigri (Haiti); bois gris-gris (French Guiana, Haiti); bois margot (Haiti); gri-gri; grignon (French Guiana); gris-gris des montagnes, gué gué, gué-gué (Haiti)

búcida (Colombia); cacho de toro (Mexico); gregre (Puerto Rico); gri-gri (Dominican Republic); guamacho; guaraguao (Dominican Republic); júcar caracolí de Puerto Rico; jucarillo (Cuba); jucaro; jucaro negro (Puerto Rico); júcaro (Central America, Cuba); júcaro negro, júcaronegro, júcaro prieto (Cuba); maríon (Panama); pucté (Mexico); ucar (Puerto Rico)

bwa grigri, bwa mago, gege, grigri, grigri mòn (creole, Haiti); disapi, durgab (kuna, Panama); leertouwarsboom (Suriname); pucte (maya, Belize); pukjte, pukjté (maya); pukote (maya, Belize); pukte, pukté (maya)

jucaro, oxhorn, oxhorn bucida

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Latin name	Bucida buceras L.
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	S North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D[E]
Ecology	hyg calc
Use	dr (bark and leaves decoction taken orally for fever) fw ma (tannin) pl sa ti
Synonym	Buceras bucida Crantz Bucida angustifolia DC. Myrobalanus buceras (L.) Kuntze Terminalia buceras C.Wright.
English name	oxhorn bucida; Antigua whitewood; black olive (Bahamas, Jamaica); black-olive (Jamaica); bucida, bullet; bullet-tree, bully tree, bully wood (Belize); inagua oak (Bahamas); olive-bark-tree (Jamaica)
French name	bucida grignon; bois gli-gli (Guadeloupe); bois-gli, bois gri-gri, bois grigri (Haiti); bois gris-gris (French Guiana, Haiti); bois margot (Haiti); gri-gri; grignon (French Guiana); gris-gris des montagnes, gué gué, gué-gué (Haiti)
Spanish name	búcida (Colombia); cacho de toro (Mexico); gregre (Puerto Rico); gri-gri (Dominican Republic); guamacho; guaraguao (Dominican Republic); júcar caracolí de Puerto Rico; jucarillo (Cuba); jucaro; jucaro negro (Puerto Rico); júcaro (Central America, Cuba); júcaro negro, júcaronegro, júcaro prieto (Cuba); maríon (Panama); pucté (Mexico); ucar (Puerto Rico)
Other name	bwa grigri, bwa mago, gege, grigri, grigri mòn (creole, Haiti); disapi, durgab (kuna, Panama); leertouwarsboom (Suriname); pucte (maya, Belize); pukjte, pukjté (maya); pukote (maya, Belize); pukte, pukté (maya)
Trade name	jucaro, oxhorn, oxhorn bucida