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| Latin name |
Family |
Distribution |
North America distribution zone |
Height |
Foliage |
Ecology |
Use |
Synonym |
English name |
French name |
Spanish name |
Other name |
Trade name |
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Colubrina arborescens (Mill.) Sarg.
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Rhamnaceae
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SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, USA: S Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Napo; Peru)
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SC SE
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L
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E[D]
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hel xer calc
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dr (a beverage derived from the astringent bark containing tannin, alkaloids and saponins is used for medecinal purposes, bark tea is considered as diuretic and mixed with anise, nutmeg, mace and sugar, the tea is taken as aphrodisiac, a decoction made from boiled wood and mixed with milk is used to build up blood, especially after childbirth) fd fr (branches) fw (fuel) ma (seeds are used for making necklaces and other ornaments) pl (ornamental) sa (shade tree particularly associated with coffee and cocoa groves) ti (beams, joints, planks, ridgepoles, rural house construction, rustic furniture, supports, wood carving)
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Ceanothus arborescens Mill.
Ceanothus colubrinus (Jacq.) Lam.
Colubrina colubrina (Jacq.) Millsp.
Colubrina ferruginosa Brongn.
Colubrina obscura (Schrank) M.C.Johnst.
Rhamnus colubrinus Jacq.
Rhamnus obscurus Schrank
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wildcoffee colubrina; bitters (Bahamas); black bead tree; black bead-tree (Barbados); black velvet (Jamaica); coffee colubrina (USA); common snake-bark (Bahamas); green heart; greenheart (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); mountain ebony (Jamaica); nakewood (Virgin Gorda); sapy bush (Antigua); snake bark, snake wood; snake-bark (Puerto Rico, USA); snake-wood (Jamaica); snakebark; snakewood (Jamaica); soaptree (Puerto Rico); West-Indian greenheart (Antilles); wild coffee; wild ebony (Jamaica); wild-coffee (USA)
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colubrine arborescente; bois capable (Haiti); bois couleuvre; bois de fer (Haiti); bois de serpent; bois fer blanc, bois mabi, bois pelé, bois pite, capable (Haiti); colubrina arborescent; gris-gris (Haiti); mabi, mabie (Antigua); poivrier, rougeole (Haiti)
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abejuelo; abeynelo (Puerto Rico); achiotillo, avelluelo; bijáguara, bijaragua, birijagua (Cuba); carbonero de costa; cascalata (Mexico); chaquira, chaquirio (El Salvador); chaquiro; corazón de paloma, cuerno de buey (Dominican Republic); fuego (Cuba); guayabillo (Guatemala); quitarán, ratón
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bwa fè, bwa fè blau, bwa kapab, bwa mabi, bwa-ple, costex (creole, Haiti); coxté (Guatemala); gri-gri, gri-gri-sovaj (creole, Haiti); guayul; kapab, kapab gran fey, kapab ti fey (creole, Haiti); pimiento-ché; pwavye, roujiól, woujiol (creole, Haiti); yax-puken, yax-pukim
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