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Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer

Meliaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Greater Antilles) N M SC SE South America (tropics)

SC SE

E [D]

hel sci [hyg]->xer calc

dr (bark or leaves decoction with salt or macerated leaves taken orally for blood disorders, anemia, malarial fever and intestinal hemorrhage, bark bath for eczema, resin in alcohol base taken orally for phlegm and bronchitis) ma pl sa (shade tree) ti (flooring, furniture, general construction, interior contruction)

Guarea alba C.DC. Guarea alternans C.DC. Guarea andreana C.DC. Guarea aubletii A.Juss. Guarea bahiensis Klotzsch Guarea bilibil C.DC. Guarea cabirme C.DC. Guarea campestris C.DC. Guarea dodecandra L. Guarea eggersii C.DC. Guarea francavillana C.DC. Guarea guara (Jacq.) P.Wilson Guarea leticiana Harms Guarea longipetiola C.DC. Guarea multiflora A.Juss. Guarea multijuga A.Juss. Guarea parva C.DC. Guarea perrottetiana A.Juss. Guarea puberula Pittier Guarea pungans A.St.-Hil. Guarea racemiformis S.F.Blake Guarea rubescens C.DC. Guarea rubicalyx S.Moore Guarea rubricalyx S.Moore Guarea rubrisepala Cuatrec. Guarea rusbyi (Britton) Rusby Guarea subspicata C.DC. Guarea surinamensis Miq. ex C.DC. Guarea swartzii Macf. non DC. Guarea sylvestris S.Moore Guarea trichilioides L. Guarea trichilioides var. brachystachya C.DC. Guarea trichilioides var. colombiana C.DC. Guarea trichilioides var. decandra C.DC. Guarea trichilioides var. pallida C.DC. Guarea tuberculata var. purgans (A.St.-Hil.) C.DC. Guarea xiroresana C.DC. Melia guara Jacq. Samyda denticulata Christm. Samyda denticulata L. ex Poir. Samyda dodecandra Jacq. Samyda guidonia L. Samyda oligostemon Urb. Samyda pubescens auct. non L. Samyda rosea Sims Samyda rubra Sessé & Moç.ex DC. Samyda serrulata L. Samyda tenuifolia Urb. Samyda velutina DC. Sycocarpus rusbyi Britton Trichilia guara (Jacq.) L.

American muskwood; alligator wood (Jamaica); banso (St. Eustatius, St. Maarten); bastard crabwood, buck puke, buck vomit (Guyana); cramantree (Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago); musk wood (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); red wood (Trinidad); redwood (Trinidad and Tobago); typical bigleaf mushwood, West Indian redwood; wild akee (Jamaica); wild guave (St. Eustatius, St. Maarten)

bois-pistolet rouge; acajou; bois bale (French Guiana); bois balles (Lesser Antilles); bois d'orme (Haiti); bois pistolet (Lesser Antilles); bois rouge (Haiti); bois salé (French Guiana); bois sec (Haiti); bois-pistolet (Guadeloupe, Martinique); casser sec, palmiste, rose marron (Haiti)

amor seco (Dominican Republic); atapio, atapuo (Peru); bilibil, bilibili (Colombia); cabilma, cabima (Dominican Republic); cabimbo (Venezuela); cabirma, cabirma santa, cabirme, cajón seco (Dominican Republic); carbon (Honduras); carbonero (Costa Rica); carrapeta da mata virgem (Rio de Janeiro); cedrillo (Argentina, Colombia); cedro blanco (Paraguay); cedro dulce (Venezuela); cedro macho (Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Peru); cedro trompillo (Colombia); cedrón (Venezuela); chuchupate (Panama); cola de pava (Costa Rica); come pavo (Ecuador); cortes negro (Costa Rica); cuquindo (Peru); cura madre (Brazil); derrienga chivo (Dominican Republic); dodieserie (Suriname); fruta de loro (Ecuador); guai miró (Paraguay); guamo simarron (Colombia); guamy piré (Paraguay); guara (Cuba); guaraguao, guayabilla (Puerto Rico); lastapi de hojas grandes (Peru); latapi; latapi caspi (Peru); latapicaspi; manu (Costa Rica); marapolán (Honduras); mestizo (Colombia); paujil ruru (Peru); peonia (Venezuela); pialde macho (Ecuador); primavera (Dominican Republic); requia, requia colorada, requia colorado (Peru); rosa branca (Brazil); rosa cimarrona (Dominican Republic); San Matias (Colombia); shupárai (Venezuela); tocota (Ecuador); trompeto (Colombia); trompillo (Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela); urcu requia (Peru); yamagua, yamao (Cuba); yancau, yantsau (Peru); zambo cedro (Colombia)

açafroa, atauba, bilreiro (Brazil); buck vomit (Guyana); bwa dòm, bwa wouj (creole, Haiti); camboatã, camboatan, canjerana-miúda, carrapeta da mata virgem, carrapeta-verdadeira, cedrão, cedro-branco, cedrohy, cedrorana (Brazil); cura madre (Brazil); doifiesirie, doifisirie (Suriname); gito, gitó, guaré, jataúba, jataúba-branca, jatuauba (Brazil); jatuauba-igapo (Brazil, Pará); jitó (Brazil); kambá aká (Paraguay); karaba-balli, karababalli (Guyana); karababalli wedakora abo (Suriname); kas sèk (creole, Haiti); macuqueiro, marinero, marinheiro, marinhero (Brazil); palmis (creole, Haiti); pau-bala, pau-de-sabão, peloteira, rosa branca, taúva (Brazil); wòz mawon (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Greater Antilles) N M SC SE South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E [D]
Ecology	hel sci [hyg]->xer calc
Use	dr (bark or leaves decoction with salt or macerated leaves taken orally for blood disorders, anemia, malarial fever and intestinal hemorrhage, bark bath for eczema, resin in alcohol base taken orally for phlegm and bronchitis) ma pl sa (shade tree) ti (flooring, furniture, general construction, interior contruction)
Synonym	Guarea alba C.DC. Guarea alternans C.DC. Guarea andreana C.DC. Guarea aubletii A.Juss. Guarea bahiensis Klotzsch Guarea bilibil C.DC. Guarea cabirme C.DC. Guarea campestris C.DC. Guarea dodecandra L. Guarea eggersii C.DC. Guarea francavillana C.DC. Guarea guara (Jacq.) P.Wilson Guarea leticiana Harms Guarea longipetiola C.DC. Guarea multiflora A.Juss. Guarea multijuga A.Juss. Guarea parva C.DC. Guarea perrottetiana A.Juss. Guarea puberula Pittier Guarea pungans A.St.-Hil. Guarea racemiformis S.F.Blake Guarea rubescens C.DC. Guarea rubicalyx S.Moore Guarea rubricalyx S.Moore Guarea rubrisepala Cuatrec. Guarea rusbyi (Britton) Rusby Guarea subspicata C.DC. Guarea surinamensis Miq. ex C.DC. Guarea swartzii Macf. non DC. Guarea sylvestris S.Moore Guarea trichilioides L. Guarea trichilioides var. brachystachya C.DC. Guarea trichilioides var. colombiana C.DC. Guarea trichilioides var. decandra C.DC. Guarea trichilioides var. pallida C.DC. Guarea tuberculata var. purgans (A.St.-Hil.) C.DC. Guarea xiroresana C.DC. Melia guara Jacq. Samyda denticulata Christm. Samyda denticulata L. ex Poir. Samyda dodecandra Jacq. Samyda guidonia L. Samyda oligostemon Urb. Samyda pubescens auct. non L. Samyda rosea Sims Samyda rubra Sessé & Moç.ex DC. Samyda serrulata L. Samyda tenuifolia Urb. Samyda velutina DC. Sycocarpus rusbyi Britton Trichilia guara (Jacq.) L.
English name	American muskwood; alligator wood (Jamaica); banso (St. Eustatius, St. Maarten); bastard crabwood, buck puke, buck vomit (Guyana); cramantree (Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago); musk wood (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); red wood (Trinidad); redwood (Trinidad and Tobago); typical bigleaf mushwood, West Indian redwood; wild akee (Jamaica); wild guave (St. Eustatius, St. Maarten)
French name	bois-pistolet rouge; acajou; bois bale (French Guiana); bois balles (Lesser Antilles); bois d'orme (Haiti); bois pistolet (Lesser Antilles); bois rouge (Haiti); bois salé (French Guiana); bois sec (Haiti); bois-pistolet (Guadeloupe, Martinique); casser sec, palmiste, rose marron (Haiti)
Spanish name	amor seco (Dominican Republic); atapio, atapuo (Peru); bilibil, bilibili (Colombia); cabilma, cabima (Dominican Republic); cabimbo (Venezuela); cabirma, cabirma santa, cabirme, cajón seco (Dominican Republic); carbon (Honduras); carbonero (Costa Rica); carrapeta da mata virgem (Rio de Janeiro); cedrillo (Argentina, Colombia); cedro blanco (Paraguay); cedro dulce (Venezuela); cedro macho (Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Peru); cedro trompillo (Colombia); cedrón (Venezuela); chuchupate (Panama); cola de pava (Costa Rica); come pavo (Ecuador); cortes negro (Costa Rica); cuquindo (Peru); cura madre (Brazil); derrienga chivo (Dominican Republic); dodieserie (Suriname); fruta de loro (Ecuador); guai miró (Paraguay); guamo simarron (Colombia); guamy piré (Paraguay); guara (Cuba); guaraguao, guayabilla (Puerto Rico); lastapi de hojas grandes (Peru); latapi; latapi caspi (Peru); latapicaspi; manu (Costa Rica); marapolán (Honduras); mestizo (Colombia); paujil ruru (Peru); peonia (Venezuela); pialde macho (Ecuador); primavera (Dominican Republic); requia, requia colorada, requia colorado (Peru); rosa branca (Brazil); rosa cimarrona (Dominican Republic); San Matias (Colombia); shupárai (Venezuela); tocota (Ecuador); trompeto (Colombia); trompillo (Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela); urcu requia (Peru); yamagua, yamao (Cuba); yancau, yantsau (Peru); zambo cedro (Colombia)
Other name	açafroa, atauba, bilreiro (Brazil); buck vomit (Guyana); bwa dòm, bwa wouj (creole, Haiti); camboatã, camboatan, canjerana-miúda, carrapeta da mata virgem, carrapeta-verdadeira, cedrão, cedro-branco, cedrohy, cedrorana (Brazil); cura madre (Brazil); doifiesirie, doifisirie (Suriname); gito, gitó, guaré, jataúba, jataúba-branca, jatuauba (Brazil); jatuauba-igapo (Brazil, Pará); jitó (Brazil); kambá aká (Paraguay); karaba-balli, karababalli (Guyana); karababalli wedakora abo (Suriname); kas sèk (creole, Haiti); macuqueiro, marinero, marinheiro, marinhero (Brazil); palmis (creole, Haiti); pau-bala, pau-de-sabão, peloteira, rosa branca, taúva (Brazil); wòz mawon (creole, Haiti)
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