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Conocarpus erectus L.

Combretaceae

S North America (tropics) South America (tropics) Africa (tropics)

SW SC SE

hyg mes calc

dr (diarrhea, intestinal irritation, colic: bark tea taken orally, bleeding gums: bark tea rinse) fw (charcoal) ma (tannin) pl (ornamental) ti (construction, post, turned work)

Conocarpus acutifolius Humbl. & Bonpl. ex Roem. & Schult. Conocarpus erectus var. arboreus DC. Conocarpus erectus var. procumbens DC. Conocarpus procumbens L. Conocarpus pubescens K.Schum. Conocarpus supinus Crantz Terminalia erecta (L.) Baill.

silver buttonmangrove; button mangrove (Panama); button tree; button wood, button-bush (Belize); button-mangrove (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, UK); buttonbush (Belize); buttonwood (Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, UK); Florida-button-wood, silver button mangrove, silver buttonwood; white mangrove (Belize)

conocarpe dressé; arbre bouton; chêne Guadeloupe (Guadeloupe); mangle (Haiti); mangle gris, mangle rouge (Lesser Antilles); manglier (Haiti); manglier gris (France); manglier noir (Haiti); olivier bord de mer (Lesser Antilles); palétuvier (France, Haiti); palétuvier gris (Guadeloupe); palétuvier rouge (Lesser Antilles)

boton (El Salvador); botoncillo (Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Panama, Venezuela); botoncillo de costa, bottonville (Dominican Republic); canche (Guatemala); jelé (El Salvador); jeli botón (Colombia); mangle (Dominican Republic); mangle blanco (Guatemala); mangle boton (Dominican Republic); mangle botón (Puerto Rico); mangle botonceillo (Venezuela); mangle botoncillo (Mexico, Panama, Venezuela); mangle de botoncillo, mangle garbancillo; mangle jeli (Ecuador, El Salvador); mangle lloroso (Venezuela); mangle macho (El Salvador); mangle marequita, mangle marquita (Costa Rica); mangle negro (Costa Rica, Mexico); mangle piñuelo (Colombia, Cuba, Panama); mangle piñulo; mangle prieto (Dominican Republic); mangle zaragoza; mangleprieto (Mexico); mangletorcido (Panama); marequito, mariquito, marquito (Costa Rica); palo salado, saragosa; yana, yanilla (Cuba); zaragosa, zaragoza (Panama)

botoncahui, estachahuite (Panama); grijze mangel (Netherlands Antilles); iles-so (kuna, Panama); iztac-cuahuitl, jelé? (Panama); kanche (maya, Belize); kanché (Panama); mang, mang nwa (creole, Haiti); mangel, mangel blancu (Netherlands Antilles); mangliye (creole, Haiti); mangue, mangue branco, mangue de botão (Brazil); paletiviye (creole, Haiti); taabche (maya, Mexico); taabché (Panama); tabche (maya, Mexico); witte mangel (Netherlands Antilles); xkanché, xtabché (Panama)

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Latin name	Conocarpus erectus L.
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	S North America (tropics) South America (tropics) Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg mes calc
Use	dr (diarrhea, intestinal irritation, colic: bark tea taken orally, bleeding gums: bark tea rinse) fw (charcoal) ma (tannin) pl (ornamental) ti (construction, post, turned work)
Synonym	Conocarpus acutifolius Humbl. & Bonpl. ex Roem. & Schult. Conocarpus erectus var. arboreus DC. Conocarpus erectus var. procumbens DC. Conocarpus procumbens L. Conocarpus pubescens K.Schum. Conocarpus supinus Crantz Terminalia erecta (L.) Baill.
English name	silver buttonmangrove; button mangrove (Panama); button tree; button wood, button-bush (Belize); button-mangrove (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, UK); buttonbush (Belize); buttonwood (Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, UK); Florida-button-wood, silver button mangrove, silver buttonwood; white mangrove (Belize)
French name	conocarpe dressé; arbre bouton; chêne Guadeloupe (Guadeloupe); mangle (Haiti); mangle gris, mangle rouge (Lesser Antilles); manglier (Haiti); manglier gris (France); manglier noir (Haiti); olivier bord de mer (Lesser Antilles); palétuvier (France, Haiti); palétuvier gris (Guadeloupe); palétuvier rouge (Lesser Antilles)
Spanish name	boton (El Salvador); botoncillo (Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Panama, Venezuela); botoncillo de costa, bottonville (Dominican Republic); canche (Guatemala); jelé (El Salvador); jeli botón (Colombia); mangle (Dominican Republic); mangle blanco (Guatemala); mangle boton (Dominican Republic); mangle botón (Puerto Rico); mangle botonceillo (Venezuela); mangle botoncillo (Mexico, Panama, Venezuela); mangle de botoncillo, mangle garbancillo; mangle jeli (Ecuador, El Salvador); mangle lloroso (Venezuela); mangle macho (El Salvador); mangle marequita, mangle marquita (Costa Rica); mangle negro (Costa Rica, Mexico); mangle piñuelo (Colombia, Cuba, Panama); mangle piñulo; mangle prieto (Dominican Republic); mangle zaragoza; mangleprieto (Mexico); mangletorcido (Panama); marequito, mariquito, marquito (Costa Rica); palo salado, saragosa; yana, yanilla (Cuba); zaragosa, zaragoza (Panama)
Other name	botoncahui, estachahuite (Panama); grijze mangel (Netherlands Antilles); iles-so (kuna, Panama); iztac-cuahuitl, jelé? (Panama); kanche (maya, Belize); kanché (Panama); mang, mang nwa (creole, Haiti); mangel, mangel blancu (Netherlands Antilles); mangliye (creole, Haiti); mangue, mangue branco, mangue de botão (Brazil); paletiviye (creole, Haiti); taabche (maya, Mexico); taabché (Panama); tabche (maya, Mexico); witte mangel (Netherlands Antilles); xkanché, xtabché (Panama)
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