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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

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Spanish name

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Trade name

Cespedesia spathulata (Ruiz & Pav.) Planch.

Ochnaceae

SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Coast, Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia)

hyg xer

ma ti (construction, posts, tools)

Cespedesia amazonica Huber Cespedesia excelsa Rusby Cespedesia macrophylla Seem. Cespedesia sprucei Tiegh. Godoya spathulata Ruiz & Pav.

JohnCrow cespedesia; John Crow wood (Panama)

cespedésie spatulée

apay (Ecuador); cacho (Colombia); cola de pava (Honduras); lengua de vaca (Ecuador); membrillo, membrillo macho (Panama); pacó (Colombia); pacora (Colombia, Ecuador); tabacón (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua)

amarun caspi (quichua, Ecuador); eero (crossbred, Colombia); magkuak (aguaruna, Peru); orentarigue (waorani, Ecuador)

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Latin name	Cespedesia spathulata (Ruiz & Pav.) Planch.
Family	Ochnaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Coast, Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg xer
Use	ma ti (construction, posts, tools)
Synonym	Cespedesia amazonica Huber Cespedesia excelsa Rusby Cespedesia macrophylla Seem. Cespedesia sprucei Tiegh. Godoya spathulata Ruiz & Pav.
English name	JohnCrow cespedesia; John Crow wood (Panama)
French name	cespedésie spatulée
Spanish name	apay (Ecuador); cacho (Colombia); cola de pava (Honduras); lengua de vaca (Ecuador); membrillo, membrillo macho (Panama); pacó (Colombia); pacora (Colombia, Ecuador); tabacón (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua)
Other name	amarun caspi (quichua, Ecuador); eero (crossbred, Colombia); magkuak (aguaruna, Peru); orentarigue (waorani, Ecuador)
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