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North America distribution zone

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Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb.

Leguminosae

S North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics) int MW Africa

SW SC SE

L[G]

D[E]

hel sci hyg->xer

cl (emblem tree of Costa Rica) dr (bark bath for hemorrhoids, bark and flower syrup taken orally for tuberculosis and chronic bronchial infections, bark and fruits decoction taken orally or gargled for lung congestion, greenfruits used as astringent in cases of diarrhea, gum used as medicine for bronchitis, snake bite, the trunk exudes a liquid which is used against bronchitis) fd (fruits, wood, alcool made with fruits) fr (supplement for animal foragecrop, livestock) fw (charcoal, firewood) ma (bark and fruits used as soap substitute, bark used to tannin hides, brown die made with bark) pl (ornamental, shade tree, used as urban decoration in parks and avenues) pp (very good for paper pulp) sa (shade tree for cattle) ti (beams, boat, boxes, bridges, cabinet work, canoe, car wheel, dugout, fence posts, furniture, general construction, general inside carpentry, gunstock, marquetry, interior trim, ornamental boxes, oxcart wheels, paneling, planks, playwood, railroad ties, steam-chest, tablet, veneer, wheels of chariots, wood working, wrapping) tx (sawdust poisonous for fish and cattle)

Albizia longipes Britton & Killip Feuilleea cyclocarpa Kuntze Inga cyclocarpa (Jacq.) Willd. Mimosa cyclocarpa Jacq. Mimosa parota Sessé & Moc. Pithecellobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Mart. Prosopis dubia Kunth

guanacaste carpodtree; big eared (Costa Rica); conacaste (USA); devils-ear (Trinidad and Tobago); ear fruit (Costa Rica); ear tree (Costa Rica, Panama); ear-tree (Panama); earpod tree (USA); earpod-tree (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands); eartree (USA); elephant-ear (Jamaica); guanacaste; kelobra (USA); monkey-soap (Jamaica)

entérolobium rouge; bois tanniste rouge (Haiti); entérolobium à fruit en cercle

aguacaste (Mexico); algarrobo de orejas, árbol de las orejas (Cuba); árbol de orejas (El Salvador); cara, cara cara (Venezuela); caracaro, carito (Colombia); caro (Colombia, Venezuela); caro hembra (El Salvador); caro-caro (Guyana); carocaro (Nicaragua, Venezuela); cascabel, cascabel sonaja (Mexico); conacaste (Centroamerica, Mexico); coratu, coratú (Panama); corohembra (El Salvador); corotu, corotú, curutú (Panama); dormilón (Colombia); dormilór (Puerto Rico); flamboyán extranjero (Dominican Republic); genicero (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); genícero, genicero jarina (Costa Rica); genisero (Costa Rica, Panama); guanacaste (Centroamerica, Mexico, Puerto Rico); guanacaste blanco, guanacaste de oregal, guanacaste de oreja (Nicaragua); guanacaste negro (Honduras, Nicaragua); guanacastle (Mexico); hueso de pescado (Venezuela); jarina (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama); jenisero, kolobra (Nicaragua); kurú (Costa Rica); macazle, nacascuahuitl, nacaste, nacazle, necaste, necazle (Mexico); oreja (Dominican Republic, Haiti); oreja de judio, oreja de judío (Cuba); oreja de mono (Puerto Rico); oreja de negro (Peru); oreján (Cuba); orejero (Colombia, Nicaragua); orejo (Colombia); orejo perota, orejon (Mexico); orejón (Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico); oviera orejo (Colombia); parota (Mexico); pashaco (Peru); perota (Nicaragua); picho (Mexico); piñon, piñon de oreja, riñon (Colombia); tubroos (Belize); tuburus (Nicaragua)

bwa tamis wouj (creole, Haiti); cuaunacaztli (nahuatl); cuytátsuic (popoluca, Mexico); lash-matz-zi (chontal, Mexico); ma-ta-cua-tze, mo-cuadzi, mo-ñi-no (chinanteco, Mexico); nacascuáhuitl (nahuatl); tamboril (portuguese, Brazil); téyohu (huasteco); timbuva (portuguese, Brazil); tíyohu (huasteco); ya-chibe (zapoteco, Mexico)

guanacaste, kelobra

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Latin name	Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	S North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics) int MW Africa
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	D[E]
Ecology	hel sci hyg->xer
Use	cl (emblem tree of Costa Rica) dr (bark bath for hemorrhoids, bark and flower syrup taken orally for tuberculosis and chronic bronchial infections, bark and fruits decoction taken orally or gargled for lung congestion, greenfruits used as astringent in cases of diarrhea, gum used as medicine for bronchitis, snake bite, the trunk exudes a liquid which is used against bronchitis) fd (fruits, wood, alcool made with fruits) fr (supplement for animal foragecrop, livestock) fw (charcoal, firewood) ma (bark and fruits used as soap substitute, bark used to tannin hides, brown die made with bark) pl (ornamental, shade tree, used as urban decoration in parks and avenues) pp (very good for paper pulp) sa (shade tree for cattle) ti (beams, boat, boxes, bridges, cabinet work, canoe, car wheel, dugout, fence posts, furniture, general construction, general inside carpentry, gunstock, marquetry, interior trim, ornamental boxes, oxcart wheels, paneling, planks, playwood, railroad ties, steam-chest, tablet, veneer, wheels of chariots, wood working, wrapping) tx (sawdust poisonous for fish and cattle)
Synonym	Albizia longipes Britton & Killip Feuilleea cyclocarpa Kuntze Inga cyclocarpa (Jacq.) Willd. Mimosa cyclocarpa Jacq. Mimosa parota Sessé & Moc. Pithecellobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Mart. Prosopis dubia Kunth
English name	guanacaste carpodtree; big eared (Costa Rica); conacaste (USA); devils-ear (Trinidad and Tobago); ear fruit (Costa Rica); ear tree (Costa Rica, Panama); ear-tree (Panama); earpod tree (USA); earpod-tree (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands); eartree (USA); elephant-ear (Jamaica); guanacaste; kelobra (USA); monkey-soap (Jamaica)
French name	entérolobium rouge; bois tanniste rouge (Haiti); entérolobium à fruit en cercle
Spanish name	aguacaste (Mexico); algarrobo de orejas, árbol de las orejas (Cuba); árbol de orejas (El Salvador); cara, cara cara (Venezuela); caracaro, carito (Colombia); caro (Colombia, Venezuela); caro hembra (El Salvador); caro-caro (Guyana); carocaro (Nicaragua, Venezuela); cascabel, cascabel sonaja (Mexico); conacaste (Centroamerica, Mexico); coratu, coratú (Panama); corohembra (El Salvador); corotu, corotú, curutú (Panama); dormilón (Colombia); dormilór (Puerto Rico); flamboyán extranjero (Dominican Republic); genicero (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); genícero, genicero jarina (Costa Rica); genisero (Costa Rica, Panama); guanacaste (Centroamerica, Mexico, Puerto Rico); guanacaste blanco, guanacaste de oregal, guanacaste de oreja (Nicaragua); guanacaste negro (Honduras, Nicaragua); guanacastle (Mexico); hueso de pescado (Venezuela); jarina (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama); jenisero, kolobra (Nicaragua); kurú (Costa Rica); macazle, nacascuahuitl, nacaste, nacazle, necaste, necazle (Mexico); oreja (Dominican Republic, Haiti); oreja de judio, oreja de judío (Cuba); oreja de mono (Puerto Rico); oreja de negro (Peru); oreján (Cuba); orejero (Colombia, Nicaragua); orejo (Colombia); orejo perota, orejon (Mexico); orejón (Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico); oviera orejo (Colombia); parota (Mexico); pashaco (Peru); perota (Nicaragua); picho (Mexico); piñon, piñon de oreja, riñon (Colombia); tubroos (Belize); tuburus (Nicaragua)
Other name	bwa tamis wouj (creole, Haiti); cuaunacaztli (nahuatl); cuytátsuic (popoluca, Mexico); lash-matz-zi (chontal, Mexico); ma-ta-cua-tze, mo-cuadzi, mo-ñi-no (chinanteco, Mexico); nacascuáhuitl (nahuatl); tamboril (portuguese, Brazil); téyohu (huasteco); timbuva (portuguese, Brazil); tíyohu (huasteco); ya-chibe (zapoteco, Mexico)
Trade name	guanacaste, kelobra