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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

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Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Genipa americana L.

Rubiaceae

S North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; West Indies) South America

SW SC SE

L[G]

E[D]

hel hyg

cl (dye seen as body paint during and after ceremonial dances) dr (applied on skin, the trunk bark cured ulcers, edible fruits for dysentery, fruits rind decoction wash for syphilis and pharyngitis, gastric juice for digestion, asthma, anemia and dropsy, has purgative fonctions and diuretic, green fruits infusion for hemorrhage, pulverized seed emulsion with water as emetic, roots decoction as purgative, the creole of French Guiana made decoction out of grated roots as purgative while infusions of trunk bark healed diarrhea) fd (drink made with juice named genipapo, fruits can be eaten raw, fruits juice serves as cocktail mixer in some alcoholic drinks, juice, jelly or compote made with fruits) fr (fruits) ma (body dye made with fruits, seed was a source of dye for tattoos among the native Tainos, the fruits juice is used as corporal coloring and cloth dyeing) pl (live fence, ornamental) sa (shade tree) ti (cabinet work, wood carving, cots, door framing, fine work of carpentry, flooring, furniture, handles, interior construction, kitchen tools set, manual goods, plywood, shoes shape, tool handles, turned work, veneer)

Gardenia genipa Sw. Genipa americana L. var. americana Genipa americana var. caruto (Kunth) K.Schum. Genipa barbata Presl Genipa caruto Kunth Genipa codonocalyx Standl. Genipa cymosa Spruce Genipa excelsa K.Krause Genipa grandifolia Pers. Genipa humilis Vell. Genipa nervosa Spruce Genipa oblongifolia Ruiz & Pav. Genipa pubescens DC. Genipa spruceana Steyerm. Genipa venosa Standl.

marmaladebox genip; genip (Trinidad); genipa (Guyana); genipap (British West Indies); genipap tree, genipot (Puerto Rico); genitree (Guyana); ibo-ink (Tobago); juniper p.p. (Trinidad, Tobago); lana (Guyana); marmalade box (Antilles); marmalade-box (British West Indies); marmelade-box genipe (Puerto Rico)

genipa rose-marie; bois de fer (Antilles); gêne-pas (Haiti); genipa (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guyana); génipa; génipayer, resolu montagne, rose-marie (Haiti)

angelina (Colombia); bi, bicito, bigrande (Bolivia); brir (Costa Rica); ca ruto (Venezuela); caimito de monte (Ecuador); carcarutoto, caruto, caruto montañero (Venezuela); crayo (Guatemala); genipa (Dominican Republic, Honduras); genipap (Honduras, Panama); genipapo (Guatemala); gigualti, gigualtí, gigualtígua (Nicaragua); giraitil, guaitil (Costa Rica); guaitil blanco (Panama, Peru); guali (Guatemala); guayaltil blanco (Puerto Rico); guayatil blanco, guayatil colorado, guaytil blanco (Panama); huito, huitoc (Peru); igua, iguo (Colombia); irayol (El Salvador, Guatemala); irayol de loma (Guatemala); irayol tambor (El Salvador); jago (Colombia); jagua (Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico); jagua amarilla, jagua amarillo (Panama); jagua azul (Mexico); jagua blanca (Panama, Puerto Rico); jagua colorado (Panama); jagua de comer (Ecuador); jagua de montaña (Panama, Puerto Rico); jagua negra (Panama, Puerto Rico); jagua negro (Panama); jaguo (Colombia, Nicaragua); jajua (Cuba); jaqua (Nicaragua); jenipapé (Paraguay); jenipapo; jigua (Colombia); jigualté (Paraguay); majagua (Colombia); maluco (Mexico); manuc (Guatemala); nandipa (Argentina); ñandipá guazú (Paraguay); ñandipã, (Argentina); nandipaguazú (Argentina, Paraguay); palo colorado (Peru); palo sangre; rebalsero (Venezuela); tambor (El Salvador, Paraguay); tapaculo (Nicaragua, Paraguay); tina-dientes, tiñadientes (El Salvador); tira-dientes (Guatemala); totumillo (Bolivia); vaco-huito, vito, yaco huito (Peru); yaguà (Antilles); ygualti, yigualti (Nigaragua)

airo-toa (siona, Ecuador); ana (campa asháninca, Peru); arasaloe (Suriname); caruto; gêne-pas (creole, Haiti); genip (Trinidad); genipapa, genipapo (portuguese, Brazil); genipayer (creole, Haiti); handipá (Brazil); igualtil (Nicaragua); jenipá, jenipapeiro, jenipapo, jenipapo branco, jenipapo común, jenipapo de América (Brazil); jiffará (crossbred, Colombia); jinpa (creole, Haiti); juniper (Trinidad); kaguá; keou tse (China); nandipa (portuguese, Brazil); nané (chácobo, Bolivia); quaifit (Costa Rica); rebalseiro; sawa, tapoeripa, taproeja, taproepa (Suriname); tou kio tse (China); tsua (shuar, Ecuador)

genipa, jagua

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Latin name	Genipa americana L.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	S North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; West Indies) South America
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	cl (dye seen as body paint during and after ceremonial dances) dr (applied on skin, the trunk bark cured ulcers, edible fruits for dysentery, fruits rind decoction wash for syphilis and pharyngitis, gastric juice for digestion, asthma, anemia and dropsy, has purgative fonctions and diuretic, green fruits infusion for hemorrhage, pulverized seed emulsion with water as emetic, roots decoction as purgative, the creole of French Guiana made decoction out of grated roots as purgative while infusions of trunk bark healed diarrhea) fd (drink made with juice named genipapo, fruits can be eaten raw, fruits juice serves as cocktail mixer in some alcoholic drinks, juice, jelly or compote made with fruits) fr (fruits) ma (body dye made with fruits, seed was a source of dye for tattoos among the native Tainos, the fruits juice is used as corporal coloring and cloth dyeing) pl (live fence, ornamental) sa (shade tree) ti (cabinet work, wood carving, cots, door framing, fine work of carpentry, flooring, furniture, handles, interior construction, kitchen tools set, manual goods, plywood, shoes shape, tool handles, turned work, veneer)
Synonym	Gardenia genipa Sw. Genipa americana L. var. americana Genipa americana var. caruto (Kunth) K.Schum. Genipa barbata Presl Genipa caruto Kunth Genipa codonocalyx Standl. Genipa cymosa Spruce Genipa excelsa K.Krause Genipa grandifolia Pers. Genipa humilis Vell. Genipa nervosa Spruce Genipa oblongifolia Ruiz & Pav. Genipa pubescens DC. Genipa spruceana Steyerm. Genipa venosa Standl.
English name	marmaladebox genip; genip (Trinidad); genipa (Guyana); genipap (British West Indies); genipap tree, genipot (Puerto Rico); genitree (Guyana); ibo-ink (Tobago); juniper p.p. (Trinidad, Tobago); lana (Guyana); marmalade box (Antilles); marmalade-box (British West Indies); marmelade-box genipe (Puerto Rico)
French name	genipa rose-marie; bois de fer (Antilles); gêne-pas (Haiti); genipa (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guyana); génipa; génipayer, resolu montagne, rose-marie (Haiti)
Spanish name	angelina (Colombia); bi, bicito, bigrande (Bolivia); brir (Costa Rica); ca ruto (Venezuela); caimito de monte (Ecuador); carcarutoto, caruto, caruto montañero (Venezuela); crayo (Guatemala); genipa (Dominican Republic, Honduras); genipap (Honduras, Panama); genipapo (Guatemala); gigualti, gigualtí, gigualtígua (Nicaragua); giraitil, guaitil (Costa Rica); guaitil blanco (Panama, Peru); guali (Guatemala); guayaltil blanco (Puerto Rico); guayatil blanco, guayatil colorado, guaytil blanco (Panama); huito, huitoc (Peru); igua, iguo (Colombia); irayol (El Salvador, Guatemala); irayol de loma (Guatemala); irayol tambor (El Salvador); jago (Colombia); jagua (Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico); jagua amarilla, jagua amarillo (Panama); jagua azul (Mexico); jagua blanca (Panama, Puerto Rico); jagua colorado (Panama); jagua de comer (Ecuador); jagua de montaña (Panama, Puerto Rico); jagua negra (Panama, Puerto Rico); jagua negro (Panama); jaguo (Colombia, Nicaragua); jajua (Cuba); jaqua (Nicaragua); jenipapé (Paraguay); jenipapo; jigua (Colombia); jigualté (Paraguay); majagua (Colombia); maluco (Mexico); manuc (Guatemala); nandipa (Argentina); ñandipá guazú (Paraguay); ñandipã, (Argentina); nandipaguazú (Argentina, Paraguay); palo colorado (Peru); palo sangre; rebalsero (Venezuela); tambor (El Salvador, Paraguay); tapaculo (Nicaragua, Paraguay); tina-dientes, tiñadientes (El Salvador); tira-dientes (Guatemala); totumillo (Bolivia); vaco-huito, vito, yaco huito (Peru); yaguà (Antilles); ygualti, yigualti (Nigaragua)
Other name	airo-toa (siona, Ecuador); ana (campa asháninca, Peru); arasaloe (Suriname); caruto; gêne-pas (creole, Haiti); genip (Trinidad); genipapa, genipapo (portuguese, Brazil); genipayer (creole, Haiti); handipá (Brazil); igualtil (Nicaragua); jenipá, jenipapeiro, jenipapo, jenipapo branco, jenipapo común, jenipapo de América (Brazil); jiffará (crossbred, Colombia); jinpa (creole, Haiti); juniper (Trinidad); kaguá; keou tse (China); nandipa (portuguese, Brazil); nané (chácobo, Bolivia); quaifit (Costa Rica); rebalseiro; sawa, tapoeripa, taproeja, taproepa (Suriname); tou kio tse (China); tsua (shuar, Ecuador)
Trade name	genipa, jagua