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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

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Spanish name

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Calophyllum brasiliense Cambess.

Guttiferae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)

SC SE

L[G]

E[D]

sci[hel] hyg->xer calc acid

dr (bark stimulates pulmonary mucous membrane, flowers are used to make an expectorant, peasants use resin to avoid tetanus, apply on recent breaks and add a truss on scars, resine can be used for fever and hurts) fd fr (fruits for hogs, birds and rodents) fw ma (oil from seeds, resine for breastplate) pl (cities, gardens, hedge, ornamental, wood production) pp (very good for pulp and paper) sa (agroforestry, shade tree for coffee and cacao, windbreaks) ti (adorment, agricultural implements, agricultural tools, arms tools, boat construction, boat finishing, bridge construction, cabinet making, carpentry, cross ties, decorative laminated plywood, finishing, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, general construction, handles, house beams, house framing, installations, joinery, matches, plywood, poles, post stake, railroad ties, shingles, shipbuilding, structural timbers, turned work, tuns, vehicles, veneer)

Calophyllum antillanum Britton Calophyllum brasiliense auct. non Cambess. Calophyllum brasiliense var. antillanum (Britton) Standl. Calophyllum calaba Jacq. non L. Calophyllum ellipticum Rusby Calophyllum jacquinii Fawc. & Rendle Calophyllum lucidum Benth. Calophyllum mariae Cambess. Calophyllum mariae Triana & Planch. Calophyllum piaroanum An.Castillo & C.Gil

Brazil beautyleaf; Brazil beauty-leaf (USA); calaba beautyleaf; false mamey (Virgin Islands); false-mamey (Virgin Islands); galba (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago); river marble; Santa Maria (Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, UK); wild calabash (Guyana); wild mammee; wild-mamee (Jamaica)

calophylle du Brésil; baume vert d'Amérique; calaba (Guadeloupe); came-marie, dalemarie, dalmarie, dalnagre, damage, dame Marie (Haiti); galba (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent); galba odorant (Guadeloupe); mangue (Brazil)

aceita Maria, aceite, aceite cachicama, aceite cachicamo (Colombia); aceite de María (Puerto Rico); aceite Maria, aceite María, aceite Mario, acuje (Colombia); alfaro (Peru); anime, animecillo, animes (Colombia); balsamaria (Bolivia); bálsamo María (Puerto Rico); baré (Dominican Republic, Mexico); bari (Mexico); barí (Dominican Republic, Mexico); baria (Cuba, Dominican Republic); barillo (Central America, Mexico); bella Maria (Ecuador); beni (Bolivia); cachicamo (Colombia, Venezuela); cachicamo de altura, cachicano (Venezuela); calaba (Colombia, Puerto Rico, Central America); calambuca (Colombia); cedro cimarrón (Mexico); cedro Maria (Costa Rica); cedro María (Costa Rica, Honduras); chagualo, chaqualo (Colombia); cojon, cojón (Venezuela); galba (Central America, Colombia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico); guaya (Mexico); jaca (Honduras); jacare-úba (Peru); jacareùba (Argentina, Peru); krassa (Nicaragua); lagarto (Argentina, Peru); lagarto caspi, lagarto caspi blanco, lagarto-caspi, lagarto-caspiblanco (Peru); leche (Guatemala); leche amarilla, leche de Maria, leche de María, leche María, limoncillo de Córdoba (Mexico); malagueta (Cuba); mara (Cuba, Dominican Republic); Maria (Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Venezuela); María (Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico); Mariá (Bolivia, Ecuador); Maria-Santa Maria (Nicaragua); Mario (Colombia, El Salvador); ocuje, ocuje blanco (Cuba); ocuje colorado (Antilles); ocuje hembra, ocuje macho (Cuba); palo de cachíbano (Guyana); palo de cachicamo (Venezuela); palo de Maria (Bolivia, Puerto Rico); palo de María (Colombia, Puerto Rico); palo María (Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Puerto Rico); palo Maria (Central America, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); palo María (Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador); palo Marie (Central America); palodemaria (Puerto Rico); palomaría (Costa Rica, Honduras); santa cruz (Bolivia); Santa Maria (Central America, Nicaragua); Santa María (Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, Puerto Rico); varilla (Dominican Republic); vario (El Salvador)

aca (Brazil); babe (warao, Venezuela); cedro de pantano, cedro do pantano, cedro-do-pântano (Brazil); edaballi (French Guiana, Guyana); galandim, guanande (Brazil); guanandi, guanandi rosa (portuguese, Brazil); guanandi-carvalho, guanandi-cedro, guanandi-piolho, gulande-carvalho, jacareaba, jacareuba, jacareúba (Brazil); jacareùba, jacareùba (portuguese, Brazil); kapakek, kapo-yek, kapodék (arecuna, Venezuela); karahura, koelarie, koerahara, koerali (Suriname); krassa (Nicaragua); kurahara (Guyana); kurahura (Suriname); landi (portuguese, Brazil); landim (Brazil); mani kwaha (Suriname); olandi (portuguese, Brazil); olandim (Brazil); sakbalamté (tzeltal); shirímpito (campa asháninca, Peru); sun-sun (Venezuela)

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Latin name	Calophyllum brasiliense Cambess.
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	sci[hel] hyg->xer calc acid
Use	dr (bark stimulates pulmonary mucous membrane, flowers are used to make an expectorant, peasants use resin to avoid tetanus, apply on recent breaks and add a truss on scars, resine can be used for fever and hurts) fd fr (fruits for hogs, birds and rodents) fw ma (oil from seeds, resine for breastplate) pl (cities, gardens, hedge, ornamental, wood production) pp (very good for pulp and paper) sa (agroforestry, shade tree for coffee and cacao, windbreaks) ti (adorment, agricultural implements, agricultural tools, arms tools, boat construction, boat finishing, bridge construction, cabinet making, carpentry, cross ties, decorative laminated plywood, finishing, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, general construction, handles, house beams, house framing, installations, joinery, matches, plywood, poles, post stake, railroad ties, shingles, shipbuilding, structural timbers, turned work, tuns, vehicles, veneer)
Synonym	Calophyllum antillanum Britton Calophyllum brasiliense auct. non Cambess. Calophyllum brasiliense var. antillanum (Britton) Standl. Calophyllum calaba Jacq. non L. Calophyllum ellipticum Rusby Calophyllum jacquinii Fawc. & Rendle Calophyllum lucidum Benth. Calophyllum mariae Cambess. Calophyllum mariae Triana & Planch. Calophyllum piaroanum An.Castillo & C.Gil
English name	Brazil beautyleaf; Brazil beauty-leaf (USA); calaba beautyleaf; false mamey (Virgin Islands); false-mamey (Virgin Islands); galba (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago); river marble; Santa Maria (Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, UK); wild calabash (Guyana); wild mammee; wild-mamee (Jamaica)
French name	calophylle du Brésil; baume vert d'Amérique; calaba (Guadeloupe); came-marie, dalemarie, dalmarie, dalnagre, damage, dame Marie (Haiti); galba (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent); galba odorant (Guadeloupe); mangue (Brazil)
Spanish name	aceita Maria, aceite, aceite cachicama, aceite cachicamo (Colombia); aceite de María (Puerto Rico); aceite Maria, aceite María, aceite Mario, acuje (Colombia); alfaro (Peru); anime, animecillo, animes (Colombia); balsamaria (Bolivia); bálsamo María (Puerto Rico); baré (Dominican Republic, Mexico); bari (Mexico); barí (Dominican Republic, Mexico); baria (Cuba, Dominican Republic); barillo (Central America, Mexico); bella Maria (Ecuador); beni (Bolivia); cachicamo (Colombia, Venezuela); cachicamo de altura, cachicano (Venezuela); calaba (Colombia, Puerto Rico, Central America); calambuca (Colombia); cedro cimarrón (Mexico); cedro Maria (Costa Rica); cedro María (Costa Rica, Honduras); chagualo, chaqualo (Colombia); cojon, cojón (Venezuela); galba (Central America, Colombia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico); guaya (Mexico); jaca (Honduras); jacare-úba (Peru); jacareùba (Argentina, Peru); krassa (Nicaragua); lagarto (Argentina, Peru); lagarto caspi, lagarto caspi blanco, lagarto-caspi, lagarto-caspiblanco (Peru); leche (Guatemala); leche amarilla, leche de Maria, leche de María, leche María, limoncillo de Córdoba (Mexico); malagueta (Cuba); mara (Cuba, Dominican Republic); Maria (Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Venezuela); María (Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico); Mariá (Bolivia, Ecuador); Maria-Santa Maria (Nicaragua); Mario (Colombia, El Salvador); ocuje, ocuje blanco (Cuba); ocuje colorado (Antilles); ocuje hembra, ocuje macho (Cuba); palo de cachíbano (Guyana); palo de cachicamo (Venezuela); palo de Maria (Bolivia, Puerto Rico); palo de María (Colombia, Puerto Rico); palo María (Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Puerto Rico); palo Maria (Central America, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); palo María (Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador); palo Marie (Central America); palodemaria (Puerto Rico); palomaría (Costa Rica, Honduras); santa cruz (Bolivia); Santa Maria (Central America, Nicaragua); Santa María (Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, Puerto Rico); varilla (Dominican Republic); vario (El Salvador)
Other name	aca (Brazil); babe (warao, Venezuela); cedro de pantano, cedro do pantano, cedro-do-pântano (Brazil); edaballi (French Guiana, Guyana); galandim, guanande (Brazil); guanandi, guanandi rosa (portuguese, Brazil); guanandi-carvalho, guanandi-cedro, guanandi-piolho, gulande-carvalho, jacareaba, jacareuba, jacareúba (Brazil); jacareùba, jacareùba (portuguese, Brazil); kapakek, kapo-yek, kapodék (arecuna, Venezuela); karahura, koelarie, koerahara, koerali (Suriname); krassa (Nicaragua); kurahara (Guyana); kurahura (Suriname); landi (portuguese, Brazil); landim (Brazil); mani kwaha (Suriname); olandi (portuguese, Brazil); olandim (Brazil); sakbalamté (tzeltal); shirímpito (campa asháninca, Peru); sun-sun (Venezuela)
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