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North America distribution zone

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Citharexylum spinosum L.

Verbenaceae

SE North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) NC South America (Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela to French Guiana)

hel hyg->xer calc

dr (abortion: bark, lung infection, cold, bronchitis: leaves drink and flower syrup taken orally) fd fw ma pl sa ti

Citharexylum americanum Mill. Citharexylum bahamense Millsp. Citharexylum caudatum Sagra Citharexylum caudatum Sw. non L. Citharexylum caudatum var. obtusifolium Hornem. ex Moldenke Citharexylum cinereum Jacq. ex Griseb. Citharexylum cinereum L. Citharexylum coriaceum Desf. Citharexylum fruticosum L. Citharexylum fruticosum var. smallii Moldenke Citharexylum fruticosum var. subserratum (Sw.) Moldenke Citharexylum fruticosum var. subvillosum Moldenke Citharexylum fruticosum var. villosum (Jacq.) O.E.Schultz Citharexylum fruticosum f. bahamense Moldenke Citharexylum hostmannii Klotzsch ex Moldenke Citharexylum laevigatum Host ex Griseb. Citharexylum lucidum Griseb. non Cham. & Schltdl. Citharexylum pentandrum Cham. Citharexylum pentandrum Vent. Citharexylum quadrangulare Jacq. non Sessé & Moç. Citharexylum quadrangulare L. non Sessé & Moç. Citharexylum spicatum Rusby ex Moldenke Citharexylum spinosum var. brittonii Moldenke Citharexylum subserratum Sw. Citharexylum surrectum Griseb. Citharexylum teres Jacq. Citharexylum villosum Jacq. Citharexylum villosum var. glaberrimum C.Wright ex Moldenke Hadongia eberhardtii Gagnep.

spiny fiddlewood; black fiddlewood; cutlet (Trinidad and Tobago); fairy, fairytree, fiddle-wood; fiddlewood (Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, USA); Florida fiddlewood (Puerto Rico, USA); juniper-berry; long-Tom (Bahamas); old woman's bitter (Puerto Rico); pasture fiddle wood, penda; red fiddle wood (Lesser Antilles); savanna wattle; spicate fiddlewood (Bahamas); sunsanaleche, Susanna (Virgin Islands); Susanna-berry (Netherlands Antilles); Susanna-tree, Susannatree, white fiddletree, white fiddlewood; yellow fiddle wood (Bahamas); zither-wood

bois-guitare épineux; bois carré, bois carré jaune (Lesser Antilles); bois côtelette (Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago); bois de fer blanc (Lesser Antilles); bois de guiatre (Antilles, USA); bois fidèle; bois guitare (Guadeloupe); bois-guitare; coquelet (Lesser Antilles)

bálsamo (Puerto Rico); café cimarrón (Dominican Republic); canilla de venado, guayo blanco (Cuba); palo de guitarra (Puerto Rico); palo guitarro; penda (Cuba, Dominican Republic); penda roja, pendola, pendula (Dominican Republic); roble amarillo

grenad mawon, jijiri mawon (creole, Haiti); joumpa (Guiana); kafe mawon (creole, Haiti); Kalebashout (Suriname); madam klòd (creole, Haiti); pombeira

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Latin name	Citharexylum spinosum L.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) NC South America (Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela to French Guiana)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg->xer calc
Use	dr (abortion: bark, lung infection, cold, bronchitis: leaves drink and flower syrup taken orally) fd fw ma pl sa ti
Synonym	Citharexylum americanum Mill. Citharexylum bahamense Millsp. Citharexylum caudatum Sagra Citharexylum caudatum Sw. non L. Citharexylum caudatum var. obtusifolium Hornem. ex Moldenke Citharexylum cinereum Jacq. ex Griseb. Citharexylum cinereum L. Citharexylum coriaceum Desf. Citharexylum fruticosum L. Citharexylum fruticosum var. smallii Moldenke Citharexylum fruticosum var. subserratum (Sw.) Moldenke Citharexylum fruticosum var. subvillosum Moldenke Citharexylum fruticosum var. villosum (Jacq.) O.E.Schultz Citharexylum fruticosum f. bahamense Moldenke Citharexylum hostmannii Klotzsch ex Moldenke Citharexylum laevigatum Host ex Griseb. Citharexylum lucidum Griseb. non Cham. & Schltdl. Citharexylum pentandrum Cham. Citharexylum pentandrum Vent. Citharexylum quadrangulare Jacq. non Sessé & Moç. Citharexylum quadrangulare L. non Sessé & Moç. Citharexylum spicatum Rusby ex Moldenke Citharexylum spinosum var. brittonii Moldenke Citharexylum subserratum Sw. Citharexylum surrectum Griseb. Citharexylum teres Jacq. Citharexylum villosum Jacq. Citharexylum villosum var. glaberrimum C.Wright ex Moldenke Hadongia eberhardtii Gagnep.
English name	spiny fiddlewood; black fiddlewood; cutlet (Trinidad and Tobago); fairy, fairytree, fiddle-wood; fiddlewood (Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, USA); Florida fiddlewood (Puerto Rico, USA); juniper-berry; long-Tom (Bahamas); old woman's bitter (Puerto Rico); pasture fiddle wood, penda; red fiddle wood (Lesser Antilles); savanna wattle; spicate fiddlewood (Bahamas); sunsanaleche, Susanna (Virgin Islands); Susanna-berry (Netherlands Antilles); Susanna-tree, Susannatree, white fiddletree, white fiddlewood; yellow fiddle wood (Bahamas); zither-wood
French name	bois-guitare épineux; bois carré, bois carré jaune (Lesser Antilles); bois côtelette (Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago); bois de fer blanc (Lesser Antilles); bois de guiatre (Antilles, USA); bois fidèle; bois guitare (Guadeloupe); bois-guitare; coquelet (Lesser Antilles)
Spanish name	bálsamo (Puerto Rico); café cimarrón (Dominican Republic); canilla de venado, guayo blanco (Cuba); palo de guitarra (Puerto Rico); palo guitarro; penda (Cuba, Dominican Republic); penda roja, pendola, pendula (Dominican Republic); roble amarillo
Other name	grenad mawon, jijiri mawon (creole, Haiti); joumpa (Guiana); kafe mawon (creole, Haiti); Kalebashout (Suriname); madam klòd (creole, Haiti); pombeira
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