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Alchornea latifolia Sw.

Euphorbiaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Coast, Andes, Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia)

SC SE

E[D]

hel hyg->mes calc sili acid

dr (flower, leaves and twig decoction taken orally against tuberculosis, leaves tea taken orally for chest cold) fw ma pl sa ti (boxes, farm building, fence posts, framing, furniture, interior construction, plywood)

Alchornea cyclophylla Croizat Alchornea haitiensis Urb. Alchornea platyphylla Müll.Arg. Gouania paniculata Spreng. Manettia serrata Spreng.

dogwood Christmasbush; dogwood, dove wood (Jamaica); fiddlewood, jack o wood (Belize); lablaf tree (Jamaica); riverside fiddlewood (Belize)

alchornea bois-crapaud; bois crapaud, bois enapaud, bois mal au dent, bois mal aux dents, bois vache, feuiller crapaud, feuilles crapaud, grain d'or, graindor, pois vache (Haiti)

achiotillo (Puerto Rico); aguacatillo (Cuba, Dominican Republic); amargoso (Honduras); arepa (Dominican Republic); bacona, baconá (Cuba); bija cimarrona, bijilla, bijillo, bijo macho, bijomacho (Dominican Republic); cajeton, cajetón (Guatemala); calabacillo, canaco (Mexico); canelito (Costa Rica, Honduras); carne de caballo (Mexico); carreton (Guatemala, Honduras); carretón (Guatemala); canelito (Costa Rica, Honduras); chayote (Costa Rica); chote (Cuba); cotón de Caribe (Mexico); envuelve cera, envuelvecera (Honduras); kanak (Mexico); lana (Dominican Republic); palo blanco (Mexico); palo de cotorra (Puerto Rico); palo de huevo, palo de mujer, palo de puta, palo mujer (Mexico); pastillo (Costa Rica); patastillo; patashtillo, pesca mole, pescalmole, pescamole (Mexico); pochote (El Salvador); pozol agrio (Mexico); quesillo, sombra (Honduras); tambar (El Salvador); tapatamal, ternera (Honduras); toxcata (Mexico); vacme (Dominican Republic)

bwa krapo, bwa malodan, bwa vach (creole, Haiti); cuaxálatl (nahuatl, Mexico); fèy krapo, grenn dò, pwa vach (creole, Haiti); xolimte (huasteco, Mexico)

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Latin name	Alchornea latifolia Sw.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Coast, Andes, Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg->mes calc sili acid
Use	dr (flower, leaves and twig decoction taken orally against tuberculosis, leaves tea taken orally for chest cold) fw ma pl sa ti (boxes, farm building, fence posts, framing, furniture, interior construction, plywood)
Synonym	Alchornea cyclophylla Croizat Alchornea haitiensis Urb. Alchornea platyphylla Müll.Arg. Gouania paniculata Spreng. Manettia serrata Spreng.
English name	dogwood Christmasbush; dogwood, dove wood (Jamaica); fiddlewood, jack o wood (Belize); lablaf tree (Jamaica); riverside fiddlewood (Belize)
French name	alchornea bois-crapaud; bois crapaud, bois enapaud, bois mal au dent, bois mal aux dents, bois vache, feuiller crapaud, feuilles crapaud, grain d'or, graindor, pois vache (Haiti)
Spanish name	achiotillo (Puerto Rico); aguacatillo (Cuba, Dominican Republic); amargoso (Honduras); arepa (Dominican Republic); bacona, baconá (Cuba); bija cimarrona, bijilla, bijillo, bijo macho, bijomacho (Dominican Republic); cajeton, cajetón (Guatemala); calabacillo, canaco (Mexico); canelito (Costa Rica, Honduras); carne de caballo (Mexico); carreton (Guatemala, Honduras); carretón (Guatemala); canelito (Costa Rica, Honduras); chayote (Costa Rica); chote (Cuba); cotón de Caribe (Mexico); envuelve cera, envuelvecera (Honduras); kanak (Mexico); lana (Dominican Republic); palo blanco (Mexico); palo de cotorra (Puerto Rico); palo de huevo, palo de mujer, palo de puta, palo mujer (Mexico); pastillo (Costa Rica); patastillo; patashtillo, pesca mole, pescalmole, pescamole (Mexico); pochote (El Salvador); pozol agrio (Mexico); quesillo, sombra (Honduras); tambar (El Salvador); tapatamal, ternera (Honduras); toxcata (Mexico); vacme (Dominican Republic)
Other name	bwa krapo, bwa malodan, bwa vach (creole, Haiti); cuaxálatl (nahuatl, Mexico); fèy krapo, grenn dò, pwa vach (creole, Haiti); xolimte (huasteco, Mexico)
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