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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

Cordia laevigata Lam.

Boraginaceae

SE North America (Belize to Panama, West Indies)

E[D]

hel hyg calc

fd ma pl ti

Cordia collococca Hitchc. non Aubl. non L. Cordia elliptica auct. non Sw. Cordia fawcettii Krug & Urb. Cordia laevigata auct. non Lam. Cordia nitida Vahl Cordia nitida var. angustata Urb. Lithocardium ellipticum Kuntze Lithocardium nitidum Kuntze

smooth cordia; glossy cordia; red manjack (Puerto Rico); West-Indian-cherry, wild capa (Virgin Islands)

cordia bois-poupée; bois chapeau, bois paupait, bois paupie, bois paupier, bois paupit, bois poupée (Haiti); bois-lélé, coco poule, mahot petite feuille, mahot sifflent, mapon gris, mapou-grands-bois, mapou-lélé

ateje cimarrón, ateje costa, ateje de costa, atejillo (Cuba); buriogre amarillo, buriogre de montaña (Costa Rica); capa colorado, (Dominican Republic); capá colorado (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cerezo (Cuba, Puerto Rico); cerezo del país (Puerto Rico); chaparro (Honduras); muñeco (Costa Rica, Puerto Rico); palo de goma (Puerto Rico); palo muñeco prieto (Dominican Republic); sombra de ternero (Honduras)

bwa popit, bwa poupe (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Cordia laevigata Lam.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama, West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg calc
Use	fd ma pl ti
Synonym	Cordia collococca Hitchc. non Aubl. non L. Cordia elliptica auct. non Sw. Cordia fawcettii Krug & Urb. Cordia laevigata auct. non Lam. Cordia nitida Vahl Cordia nitida var. angustata Urb. Lithocardium ellipticum Kuntze Lithocardium nitidum Kuntze
English name	smooth cordia; glossy cordia; red manjack (Puerto Rico); West-Indian-cherry, wild capa (Virgin Islands)
French name	cordia bois-poupée; bois chapeau, bois paupait, bois paupie, bois paupier, bois paupit, bois poupée (Haiti); bois-lélé, coco poule, mahot petite feuille, mahot sifflent, mapon gris, mapou-grands-bois, mapou-lélé
Spanish name	ateje cimarrón, ateje costa, ateje de costa, atejillo (Cuba); buriogre amarillo, buriogre de montaña (Costa Rica); capa colorado, (Dominican Republic); capá colorado (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cerezo (Cuba, Puerto Rico); cerezo del país (Puerto Rico); chaparro (Honduras); muñeco (Costa Rica, Puerto Rico); palo de goma (Puerto Rico); palo muñeco prieto (Dominican Republic); sombra de ternero (Honduras)
Other name	bwa popit, bwa poupe (creole, Haiti)
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