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Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz

Celastraceae

SE North America (SE Mexico, Belize; USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)

SC SE

E[D]

hel mes xer calc

dr (leaves and bark decoction taken orally as diurectic and for infected kidney)

Crossopetalum pallens (Sm.) Kuntze Crossopetalum rhacoma (Sw.) Hitchc. Crossopetalum rotundatum (Lam.) Kuntze Myginda crossopetalum Schult. Myginda glossopetalum Rauscher Myginda latifolia Vahl non Sw. Myginda latifolia var. stylifera Griseb. Myginda pallens Sm. Myginda rhacoma Sw. Myginda rotundata Lam. Rhacoma crossopetalum L. Rhacoma crossopetalum f. rotundata Urb. Rhacoma pallens M.Gómez

Florida crossopetalum; maiden-berry, maravedi rhacoma; poison cherry (Bahamas); poison-cherry (Jamaica); rhacoma, snake berry, tobaco berry; wild cherry (Bahamas, Jamaica); wild tobaco

crossopétalum rouge; bonbon rouge (Martinique); ti bonbon rouge (Guadeloupe); ti-bonbon

coral (Puerto Rico); limonejo (Cuba); manto, maravedi (Puerto Rico); membrillo (Venezuela); palo de paloma, pico de paloma (Puerto Rico); placa chiquitu (Netherlands Antilles)

palu di pushi (Netherlands Antilles); sewal (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (SE Mexico, Belize; USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel mes xer calc
Use	dr (leaves and bark decoction taken orally as diurectic and for infected kidney)
Synonym	Crossopetalum pallens (Sm.) Kuntze Crossopetalum rhacoma (Sw.) Hitchc. Crossopetalum rotundatum (Lam.) Kuntze Myginda crossopetalum Schult. Myginda glossopetalum Rauscher Myginda latifolia Vahl non Sw. Myginda latifolia var. stylifera Griseb. Myginda pallens Sm. Myginda rhacoma Sw. Myginda rotundata Lam. Rhacoma crossopetalum L. Rhacoma crossopetalum f. rotundata Urb. Rhacoma pallens M.Gómez
English name	Florida crossopetalum; maiden-berry, maravedi rhacoma; poison cherry (Bahamas); poison-cherry (Jamaica); rhacoma, snake berry, tobaco berry; wild cherry (Bahamas, Jamaica); wild tobaco
French name	crossopétalum rouge; bonbon rouge (Martinique); ti bonbon rouge (Guadeloupe); ti-bonbon
Spanish name	coral (Puerto Rico); limonejo (Cuba); manto, maravedi (Puerto Rico); membrillo (Venezuela); palo de paloma, pico de paloma (Puerto Rico); placa chiquitu (Netherlands Antilles)
Other name	palu di pushi (Netherlands Antilles); sewal (creole, Haiti)
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