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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

Dipteryx odorata (Aubl.) Willd.

Leguminosae

SE North America (Central America) South America (tropics)

mes

dr (scenting tobacco and snuff, seed, seed cured in rum) fd pl ti (fancy-goods industry, ferry, marquetry, slab, turned work)

Coumarouna odorata Aubl.

Dutch tonkabean; kumaru (Guyana); tonka bean; tonka-bean (Guyana)

diptéryx de Cayenne; gaïac de Cayenne

almendrillo (Bolivia); almendro (Costa Rica, Panama); charapilla, cumarut (Peru); ebo (Honduras); sarrapia (Colombia, Venezuela); yape (Venezuela)

camaru (portuguese, Brazil); cumarú (Brazil); koemaroe (Suriname); orelha de macaco (portuguese, Brazil); tonka (aukaans, saramaccan)

ebo, tonka

Latin name	Dipteryx odorata (Aubl.) Willd.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	G
Foliage
Ecology	mes
Use	dr (scenting tobacco and snuff, seed, seed cured in rum) fd pl ti (fancy-goods industry, ferry, marquetry, slab, turned work)
Synonym	Coumarouna odorata Aubl.
English name	Dutch tonkabean; kumaru (Guyana); tonka bean; tonka-bean (Guyana)
French name	diptéryx de Cayenne; gaïac de Cayenne
Spanish name	almendrillo (Bolivia); almendro (Costa Rica, Panama); charapilla, cumarut (Peru); ebo (Honduras); sarrapia (Colombia, Venezuela); yape (Venezuela)
Other name	camaru (portuguese, Brazil); cumarú (Brazil); koemaroe (Suriname); orelha de macaco (portuguese, Brazil); tonka (aukaans, saramaccan)
Trade name	ebo, tonka