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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

Diphysa americana (Mill.) M.Sousa

Leguminosae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)

SC SE

M[L]

hyg

cl dr fw (charcoal) sa (shadow) ti (carpentry, fence posts, house posts, living fences, railroad ties)

Colutea americana Mill. Diphysa carthaginensis Benth. ex Benth. & Oerst. non Jacq. Diphysa robinioides Benth. ex Benth. & Oerst. non Millsp.

American diphysa; wild ruda, wild rue (Belize)

diphysa d'Amérique

cacique, guachepelin (Panama); guachipelin, guachipelín (Costa Rica); guachipilin (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua); guachipilín (Costa Rica); guachípilin (Guatemala); macano (Dominican Republic, Panama); palo amarillo (Guatemala); quebracho de cerro (Honduras); ruda del monte (Belize)

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Latin name	Diphysa americana (Mill.) M.Sousa
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	cl dr fw (charcoal) sa (shadow) ti (carpentry, fence posts, house posts, living fences, railroad ties)
Synonym	Colutea americana Mill. Diphysa carthaginensis Benth. ex Benth. & Oerst. non Jacq. Diphysa robinioides Benth. ex Benth. & Oerst. non Millsp.
English name	American diphysa; wild ruda, wild rue (Belize)
French name	diphysa d'Amérique
Spanish name	cacique, guachepelin (Panama); guachipelin, guachipelín (Costa Rica); guachipilin (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua); guachipilín (Costa Rica); guachípilin (Guatemala); macano (Dominican Republic, Panama); palo amarillo (Guatemala); quebracho de cerro (Honduras); ruda del monte (Belize)
Other name
Trade name