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Capparis cynophallophora L.

Capparidaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)

SC SE

S[M]

xer calc [sili]

dr fw ti

Capparis breynia Sw. non L. Capparis cynophallophora var. normalis (L.) Eichl. Capparis emarginata A.Rich. Capparis intermedia Kunth Capparis jamaicensis Jacq. Capparis longifolia Sw. Capparis odoratissima Spreng. Capparis torulosa Sw. Quadrella cynophallophora Hutch.

Jamaica caper; black wattle, black widow, black willow p.p.; black-willow (Bahamas, Jamaica); caper wood; capertree (USA); headachebush, Jamaica capertree, white oak p.p.; wild orange (Bahamas); zebrawood (USA)

câprier de la Jamaïque; bois caca, bois cacá (Haiti); bois couiller; bois couleuvre, bois d'argent, bois de couilles, bois félide (Haiti); bois noir (Guadeloupe); bois puant, bois Sénegal, caca chien, cacache, caprier rampant (Haiti); mabouge, mabouya

bejuco inglés (Puerto Rico); burroprieto; carbonero, ciguarayo (Cuba); endurece maíz (Nicaragua); frijol (Dominican Republic); frijolillo; mostacilla (Cuba); olivo, olivo frigol (Dominican Republic); palo diablo (Cuba); sapo (Puerto Rico); zic (Guatemala)

azar-rá (Argentina); bwa dajan, bwa kaka, bwa fetid, bwa koulèv, bwa kwil, bwa pwiant, kaka chenn, kakad (creole, Haiti); totumito (Argentina)

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Latin name	Capparis cynophallophora L.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer calc [sili]
Use	dr fw ti
Synonym	Capparis breynia Sw. non L. Capparis cynophallophora var. normalis (L.) Eichl. Capparis emarginata A.Rich. Capparis intermedia Kunth Capparis jamaicensis Jacq. Capparis longifolia Sw. Capparis odoratissima Spreng. Capparis torulosa Sw. Quadrella cynophallophora Hutch.
English name	Jamaica caper; black wattle, black widow, black willow p.p.; black-willow (Bahamas, Jamaica); caper wood; capertree (USA); headachebush, Jamaica capertree, white oak p.p.; wild orange (Bahamas); zebrawood (USA)
French name	câprier de la Jamaïque; bois caca, bois cacá (Haiti); bois couiller; bois couleuvre, bois d'argent, bois de couilles, bois félide (Haiti); bois noir (Guadeloupe); bois puant, bois Sénegal, caca chien, cacache, caprier rampant (Haiti); mabouge, mabouya
Spanish name	bejuco inglés (Puerto Rico); burroprieto; carbonero, ciguarayo (Cuba); endurece maíz (Nicaragua); frijol (Dominican Republic); frijolillo; mostacilla (Cuba); olivo, olivo frigol (Dominican Republic); palo diablo (Cuba); sapo (Puerto Rico); zic (Guatemala)
Other name	azar-rá (Argentina); bwa dajan, bwa kaka, bwa fetid, bwa koulèv, bwa kwil, bwa pwiant, kaka chenn, kakad (creole, Haiti); totumito (Argentina)
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