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Cassipourea guianensis Aubl.

Rhizophoraceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N MW South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador: Coast, Andes; Peru)

SC SE

sci hyg->mes calc

dr (bark as astringent) fr ma ti (dock piling, house framing, railroad ties)

Cassipourea alba Griseb. Cassipourea belizensis Lundell Cassipourea cubensis Urb. Cassipourea elliptica (Sw.) Poir. Cassipourea elliptica var. alba Griseb. Cassipourea elliptica var. pauciserrata Griseb. Cassipourea macrodonta Standl. Cassipourea macrophylla DC. Cassipourea podantha Standl. Legnotis elliptica Sw.

Guianas cassipourea; bastard waterwood, broken ridge water-wood (Belize); goat wood (Panama); goatwood (Belize, Panama); high ridge waterwood (Belize); mountain coffee, mountain mangrove; mountain waterwood, small leaf waterwood, waterwood (Belize)

cassipourea des Guyanes; bois agouti (Lesser Antilles); bois d'ail (Guadeloupe); bois de l'ail (Guadeloupe, Martinique); bois écul, gouti (Lesser Antilles); goyavier (Dominican Republic)

cuco (Cuba); huesito, limoncillo (Panama); mamoncillo, mamoncillo blanco (Venezuela); mangle de montaña (Honduras); marta, murta, palo de gongoli (Puerto Rico); palo de gongoti; palo de orega, palo de orejas, palo de toro (Puerto Rico); palo Robinson (Dominican Republic)

bois die, bois l'ill (Dominica)

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Latin name	Cassipourea guianensis Aubl.
Family	Rhizophoraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N MW South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador: Coast, Andes; Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg->mes calc
Use	dr (bark as astringent) fr ma ti (dock piling, house framing, railroad ties)
Synonym	Cassipourea alba Griseb. Cassipourea belizensis Lundell Cassipourea cubensis Urb. Cassipourea elliptica (Sw.) Poir. Cassipourea elliptica var. alba Griseb. Cassipourea elliptica var. pauciserrata Griseb. Cassipourea macrodonta Standl. Cassipourea macrophylla DC. Cassipourea podantha Standl. Legnotis elliptica Sw.
English name	Guianas cassipourea; bastard waterwood, broken ridge water-wood (Belize); goat wood (Panama); goatwood (Belize, Panama); high ridge waterwood (Belize); mountain coffee, mountain mangrove; mountain waterwood, small leaf waterwood, waterwood (Belize)
French name	cassipourea des Guyanes; bois agouti (Lesser Antilles); bois d'ail (Guadeloupe); bois de l'ail (Guadeloupe, Martinique); bois écul, gouti (Lesser Antilles); goyavier (Dominican Republic)
Spanish name	cuco (Cuba); huesito, limoncillo (Panama); mamoncillo, mamoncillo blanco (Venezuela); mangle de montaña (Honduras); marta, murta, palo de gongoli (Puerto Rico); palo de gongoti; palo de orega, palo de orejas, palo de toro (Puerto Rico); palo Robinson (Dominican Republic)
Other name	bois die, bois l'ill (Dominica)
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