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Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth

Malpighiaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N M [S] South America

SC SE

M[L]

hel hyg->xer

dr fd (the bitter-sweet fruits are sold fresh to the market from september to october in Mexico, the fruits are used to prepare liquors) fr fw (charcoal) ma (dye) pl pp (good for paper pulp) ti (construction, fence posts, furniture, rooms, turned things) tx (fruits poison)

Byrsonima cinerea (Poir.) DC. Byrsonima coriacea (Poir.) DC. Byrsonima cotinifolia Kunth Byrsonima crassifolia var. typica Nied. Byrsonima cubensis Juss. Byrsonima cumingana Juss. Byrsonima fendleri Turcz. Byrsonima ferruginea Kunth Byrsonima panamensis Beurl. Byrsonima pulchra Sessé & Moç. ex DC. Malpighia crassifolia L. Malpighia pulchra Sessé & Moç.

wildcherry byrsonima; canampi, craboo, crabu, crapoo, grabon (Belize); huria (Guyana); locust berry tree; savana seirelle, savana serrette, savanna serrette (Trinidad); savannah serrette (Trinidad and Tobago); wild cherry (Panama, USA); wild craboo (Belize); zacpan (Belize)

byrsonima des savanes; quinaquina des savanes (French Guiana); suretti de grand bois (Trinidad)

cajuil cimarrón; changugo, changunga (Mexico); chaparo menteco (Venezuela); chaparro (Colombia); chaparro de sabana, chaparro manteca (Colombia, Venezuela); chaparro manteco (Venezuela); chengua (Honduras, Mexico); cimarron (Cuba); cimarrón, cimmaron (Puerto Rico); crabo (Honduras); craboo, crapo, doncela (Puerto Rico); doncella; huria (Guyana); madroño; mancas, mancassy (Cuba); manero, manteca, manteco (Puerto Rico, Venezuela); manteco meney (Venezuela); manteco peralejo (Puerto Rico); mantequero (Colombia); maricao; maricao cimarrón, maricao verde (Puerto Rico); maricas (Cuba); meney; merey (Venezuela); nacé (Panama); nacite, nance (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico); nancé (Panama); nance agrio (Mexico, Venezuela); nance blanco, nance colorada, nance colorado (Panama); nance dulce (Honduras, Mexico, Panama); nance hembra (Costa Rica); nance verde (El Salvador); nanche, nanche agrio (Mexico); nanci caparo, nanci chaparro (Colombia); nancite (Central America); nancito (Honduras); nantzin (Mexico); narcite, nauce?; nauche (Mexico); noro (Colombia); paralejo, paralejo blanco (Puerto Rico); pepenance (Honduras, Mexico); pepenance nantzin (Mexico); peraleja (Colombia); peralejo (Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico); peralejo blanco (Puerto Rico); peralejo de sabana (Cuba); sabanero (Venezuela); tapal (Guatemala); woro, yuco (Colombia)

cha (maya, Belize); chi (maya, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico); chí (maya, Belize); hori (Suriname); huizaa (zapoteco, Mexico); huria (Guyana); mami-hña (chinanteco, Mexico); murecy, muruci, muruci-da-praia, muruci-do-campo (portuguese, Brazil); nantzincuahuitl, nantzinxocotl (nahuatl, Mexico); sabana kwari moeleidan, sabawa mango (Suriname); tash (popoluca, Mexico); u-e, u-eo (cuicateco, Mexico); yaga-huizaa (zapoteco, Mexico); zac-pah (maya, Mexico)

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Latin name	Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth
Family	Malpighiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N M [S] South America
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg->xer
Use	dr fd (the bitter-sweet fruits are sold fresh to the market from september to october in Mexico, the fruits are used to prepare liquors) fr fw (charcoal) ma (dye) pl pp (good for paper pulp) ti (construction, fence posts, furniture, rooms, turned things) tx (fruits poison)
Synonym	Byrsonima cinerea (Poir.) DC. Byrsonima coriacea (Poir.) DC. Byrsonima cotinifolia Kunth Byrsonima crassifolia var. typica Nied. Byrsonima cubensis Juss. Byrsonima cumingana Juss. Byrsonima fendleri Turcz. Byrsonima ferruginea Kunth Byrsonima panamensis Beurl. Byrsonima pulchra Sessé & Moç. ex DC. Malpighia crassifolia L. Malpighia pulchra Sessé & Moç.
English name	wildcherry byrsonima; canampi, craboo, crabu, crapoo, grabon (Belize); huria (Guyana); locust berry tree; savana seirelle, savana serrette, savanna serrette (Trinidad); savannah serrette (Trinidad and Tobago); wild cherry (Panama, USA); wild craboo (Belize); zacpan (Belize)
French name	byrsonima des savanes; quinaquina des savanes (French Guiana); suretti de grand bois (Trinidad)
Spanish name	cajuil cimarrón; changugo, changunga (Mexico); chaparo menteco (Venezuela); chaparro (Colombia); chaparro de sabana, chaparro manteca (Colombia, Venezuela); chaparro manteco (Venezuela); chengua (Honduras, Mexico); cimarron (Cuba); cimarrón, cimmaron (Puerto Rico); crabo (Honduras); craboo, crapo, doncela (Puerto Rico); doncella; huria (Guyana); madroño; mancas, mancassy (Cuba); manero, manteca, manteco (Puerto Rico, Venezuela); manteco meney (Venezuela); manteco peralejo (Puerto Rico); mantequero (Colombia); maricao; maricao cimarrón, maricao verde (Puerto Rico); maricas (Cuba); meney; merey (Venezuela); nacé (Panama); nacite, nance (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico); nancé (Panama); nance agrio (Mexico, Venezuela); nance blanco, nance colorada, nance colorado (Panama); nance dulce (Honduras, Mexico, Panama); nance hembra (Costa Rica); nance verde (El Salvador); nanche, nanche agrio (Mexico); nanci caparo, nanci chaparro (Colombia); nancite (Central America); nancito (Honduras); nantzin (Mexico); narcite, nauce?; nauche (Mexico); noro (Colombia); paralejo, paralejo blanco (Puerto Rico); pepenance (Honduras, Mexico); pepenance nantzin (Mexico); peraleja (Colombia); peralejo (Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico); peralejo blanco (Puerto Rico); peralejo de sabana (Cuba); sabanero (Venezuela); tapal (Guatemala); woro, yuco (Colombia)
Other name	cha (maya, Belize); chi (maya, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico); chí (maya, Belize); hori (Suriname); huizaa (zapoteco, Mexico); huria (Guyana); mami-hña (chinanteco, Mexico); murecy, muruci, muruci-da-praia, muruci-do-campo (portuguese, Brazil); nantzincuahuitl, nantzinxocotl (nahuatl, Mexico); sabana kwari moeleidan, sabawa mango (Suriname); tash (popoluca, Mexico); u-e, u-eo (cuicateco, Mexico); yaga-huizaa (zapoteco, Mexico); zac-pah (maya, Mexico)
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