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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

Guarea grandifolia DC.

Meliaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia to French Guiana, Peru to Bolivia)

SC SE

hyg

ti (cabinet work, carpentry, construction, decorative veneer, furniture, laminated plywood, ship building, turned work)

Guarea borisii Harms Guarea chichon C.DC. Guarea culebrana C.DC. Guarea gigantea Triana & Planch. Guarea longipetiola C.DC. Guarea mancharra Cuatrec. Guarea megalantha M.Roem. Guarea megantha A.Juss. Guarea pittieri C.DC. Guarea trompillo C.DC.

Nicaragua muskwood; wild ake (Belize)

bois-pistolet du Nicaragua

carbon (Belize); cocora (Costa Rica); cramanti (Belize); marapolán (Honduras); pocora (Costa Rica); pronto alivio (Nicaragua); totocoy (Honduras)

no-choc-che (maya, Belize)

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Latin name	Guarea grandifolia DC.
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia to French Guiana, Peru to Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	ti (cabinet work, carpentry, construction, decorative veneer, furniture, laminated plywood, ship building, turned work)
Synonym	Guarea borisii Harms Guarea chichon C.DC. Guarea culebrana C.DC. Guarea gigantea Triana & Planch. Guarea longipetiola C.DC. Guarea mancharra Cuatrec. Guarea megalantha M.Roem. Guarea megantha A.Juss. Guarea pittieri C.DC. Guarea trompillo C.DC.
English name	Nicaragua muskwood; wild ake (Belize)
French name	bois-pistolet du Nicaragua
Spanish name	carbon (Belize); cocora (Costa Rica); cramanti (Belize); marapolán (Honduras); pocora (Costa Rica); pronto alivio (Nicaragua); totocoy (Honduras)
Other name	no-choc-che (maya, Belize)
Trade name