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Hymenaea courbaril L.

Leguminosae

S North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics) int E Eurasia (E Asia)

SW SC SE

L[G]

E SD

hel hyg->xer calc

cl dr (bark fragment infusion taken orally for constipation and intestinal gas, diabetes, for high blood pressure, infusion used as liniment, inner bark decoction taken oraly for intestinal worms, liver problem, powdered resin applied externally for wounds, sores and ulcers, resin liniment applied to affected area for muscle cramps, rheumatism, arthritis, bruises and kidney pain, scalded resin as an inhalant for emphysema, asthma and cough) ex fd (fruits, the pulp enters in the preparation of an alcoholic drink which looks like bear) ma (copal for varnish, resin used for gum animi, varnish and church's incense, when fossilized the resin becomes the source of most neotropical amber) pl (ornamental) sa ti (bentwood work, boat construction, body building, bowls for bowling and polo, bridge, cabinet work, cogs for windmills, constructions of all kinds, decorative veneer, farm building, felloes of cart wheels, fence posts, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, general heavy construction, golf and polo shoes, handles, luxury furniture, musical instruments, plat form, poles, posts, railroad ties, ship building platform, sports equipment, stairs, tablets, tool handles, turned work)

Ceratonia siliqua L. Hymenaea animifera Stokes Hymenaea candolleana Kunth Hymenaea courbaril var. obtusifolia Ducke Hymenaea courbaril var. stilbocarpa (Hayne) A.T.Lee & Langenh. Hymenaea multiflora Kleinh. Hymenaea resinifera Salisb. Hymenaea retusa Willd. ex Hayne Hymenaea stilbocarpa Hayne Inga megacarpa M.E.Jones

locust copal; anami gum, anamigum, Brazilian copal; broken ridge locust (Belize); courbaril; Latin American locust (Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, West Indies); locust (Belize); locust tree (Brazil); locust, simiri; South American copal (Belize); South American locust, stinking breath; stinking toe (Costa Rica, West Indies); West Indian locust (Guyana, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Virgin Gorda)

copalier courbaril; casse, copa du Brésil; copalier (Antilles); courbaril (French Guiana, Haiti); gomme animée, pois confiture (Haiti)

algaborillo (Colombia); algarroba (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); algarrobillo (Colombia); algarrobo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico, Spain, Venezuela); algarrobo de las Antillas (Cuba); azucarhuayo (Peru); caiguarán (Cuba); coapinole (Mexico); congico (Venezuela); copal; copinol (Honduras); corobore; coroma (Bolivia); courbaril (Colombia, Honduras); cuapinol, cupinol (Mexico); curbaril (Cuba); guapinal; guapinol (Central America, Mexico); jatai, jotoba (Peru); jutaby (Brazil); mazareno (Colombia); nancitón (Costa Rica); nazareno (Colombia); pacuy, pakay (Mexico); paquió (Bolivia); pecueca (Colombia); pie de venado (Honduras); potsi (Bolivia); quapinol (Panama)

algarrobo, copal (Brazil); coroma (Bolivia); gòm anime (creole, Haiti); guapinol (Belize); jataí, jatoba, jatobá, jutaby (Brazil); jutahy; jutaí, jutaí-asu, jutaí-nozo, jutaí-roxo (Brazil); kaurabali (carib); koubari (creole, Haiti); lai-tus (chontal); locus (Suriname); loka (paraneska); loksi (Suriname); Lokust Baum (german); nere (zapoteco); paquió, potsi (Bolivia); pwa konfiti (creole, Haiti); rode locus, rode locust (Suriname); simiri (kalihna); tsa'pushan (popoluca); tunditipí (mixteco)

algarrobo, courbaril, jutahy

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Latin name	Hymenaea courbaril L.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	S North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics) int E Eurasia (E Asia)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E SD
Ecology	hel hyg->xer calc
Use	cl dr (bark fragment infusion taken orally for constipation and intestinal gas, diabetes, for high blood pressure, infusion used as liniment, inner bark decoction taken oraly for intestinal worms, liver problem, powdered resin applied externally for wounds, sores and ulcers, resin liniment applied to affected area for muscle cramps, rheumatism, arthritis, bruises and kidney pain, scalded resin as an inhalant for emphysema, asthma and cough) ex fd (fruits, the pulp enters in the preparation of an alcoholic drink which looks like bear) ma (copal for varnish, resin used for gum animi, varnish and church's incense, when fossilized the resin becomes the source of most neotropical amber) pl (ornamental) sa ti (bentwood work, boat construction, body building, bowls for bowling and polo, bridge, cabinet work, cogs for windmills, constructions of all kinds, decorative veneer, farm building, felloes of cart wheels, fence posts, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, general heavy construction, golf and polo shoes, handles, luxury furniture, musical instruments, plat form, poles, posts, railroad ties, ship building platform, sports equipment, stairs, tablets, tool handles, turned work)
Synonym	Ceratonia siliqua L. Hymenaea animifera Stokes Hymenaea candolleana Kunth Hymenaea courbaril var. obtusifolia Ducke Hymenaea courbaril var. stilbocarpa (Hayne) A.T.Lee & Langenh. Hymenaea multiflora Kleinh. Hymenaea resinifera Salisb. Hymenaea retusa Willd. ex Hayne Hymenaea stilbocarpa Hayne Inga megacarpa M.E.Jones
English name	locust copal; anami gum, anamigum, Brazilian copal; broken ridge locust (Belize); courbaril; Latin American locust (Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, West Indies); locust (Belize); locust tree (Brazil); locust, simiri; South American copal (Belize); South American locust, stinking breath; stinking toe (Costa Rica, West Indies); West Indian locust (Guyana, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Virgin Gorda)
French name	copalier courbaril; casse, copa du Brésil; copalier (Antilles); courbaril (French Guiana, Haiti); gomme animée, pois confiture (Haiti)
Spanish name	algaborillo (Colombia); algarroba (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); algarrobillo (Colombia); algarrobo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico, Spain, Venezuela); algarrobo de las Antillas (Cuba); azucarhuayo (Peru); caiguarán (Cuba); coapinole (Mexico); congico (Venezuela); copal; copinol (Honduras); corobore; coroma (Bolivia); courbaril (Colombia, Honduras); cuapinol, cupinol (Mexico); curbaril (Cuba); guapinal; guapinol (Central America, Mexico); jatai, jotoba (Peru); jutaby (Brazil); mazareno (Colombia); nancitón (Costa Rica); nazareno (Colombia); pacuy, pakay (Mexico); paquió (Bolivia); pecueca (Colombia); pie de venado (Honduras); potsi (Bolivia); quapinol (Panama)
Other name	algarrobo, copal (Brazil); coroma (Bolivia); gòm anime (creole, Haiti); guapinol (Belize); jataí, jatoba, jatobá, jutaby (Brazil); jutahy; jutaí, jutaí-asu, jutaí-nozo, jutaí-roxo (Brazil); kaurabali (carib); koubari (creole, Haiti); lai-tus (chontal); locus (Suriname); loka (paraneska); loksi (Suriname); Lokust Baum (german); nere (zapoteco); paquió, potsi (Bolivia); pwa konfiti (creole, Haiti); rode locus, rode locust (Suriname); simiri (kalihna); tsa'pushan (popoluca); tunditipí (mixteco)
Trade name	algarrobo, courbaril, jutahy