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North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

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Spanish name

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Laetia procera (Poepp.) Eichler

Flacourtiaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)

SC SE

E SD

hel hyg mes

dr fd fr (fruits for birds) ma ti (bridges, cabinet work, easy sawing wood, fence posts, flooring, furniture, heavy and light construction, poles, interior and exterior construction, interior carpentry, railroad ties, stake, vulnerable to insects)

Casearia belizensis Standl. Casearia bicolor Urb. Casinga procera (Poepp.) Griseb. Guidonia procera (Poepp.) Kuntze Laetia calophylla auct. non Eichler Laetia casearioides Sagot ex Benth. Laetia obtusifolia Eichler ex Benoist Laetia suaveolens auct. non (Poepp.) Benth. Samyda obtusifolia A.Rich. Samyda procera Poepp.

verytall laetia; drunken bayman wood (Belize); sardine (Trinidad and Tobago)

letia kaïman; bois toucan (Trinidad and Tobago); kaïman-oudou (French Guiana)

almendrillo (Puerto Rico); aprueba yerno (Bolivia); areno (Nicaragua); caimite cimarron (Ecuador); cascarudo (Dominican Republic); cotorrerillo (Puerto Rico); cuajillo (Venezuela); cuajo blanco (Venezuela); cuero de sapo (Puerto Rico); espino amarillo (Costa Rica); guacima (Venezuela); guerrero (Honduras); jobo macho (Guyana); magaleto (Honduras); manga larga (Costa Rica, Honduras); marcelo (Colombia, Ecuador); mascarey (Colombia); palo de yagua, palo de yaqui, palo verbena (Dominican Republic); pantanillo, pantano (Colombia); talantrón; temarehua, temerehua, timareo, timarera, timareva (Peru); trompillo (Venezuela); yagua (Dominican Republic); yagüita grande; yaquita grande (Dominican Republic); zaino blanco (Colombia); zopilote (Nicaragua)

agamou kaman (saramaccan); apijo (Brazil); basra kopie (Suriname); bois Jacquot, bois Lamende, bois Marie (creole, French Guiana); casinga cheirosa (portuguese, Brazil); goupi femelle (creole, French Guiana); kaïma-oudou, lobooshou (aukaans); pau jacare (portuguese, Brazil); pientokopie, pinto kopie (Suriname); purma carpi, purma caspi (Peru); warakaïro (Suriname); warakajaro (Guyana, Suriname)

may-t (maya, Belize); warakarajo (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Latin name	Laetia procera (Poepp.) Eichler
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E SD
Ecology	hel hyg mes
Use	dr fd fr (fruits for birds) ma ti (bridges, cabinet work, easy sawing wood, fence posts, flooring, furniture, heavy and light construction, poles, interior and exterior construction, interior carpentry, railroad ties, stake, vulnerable to insects)
Synonym	Casearia belizensis Standl. Casearia bicolor Urb. Casinga procera (Poepp.) Griseb. Guidonia procera (Poepp.) Kuntze Laetia calophylla auct. non Eichler Laetia casearioides Sagot ex Benth. Laetia obtusifolia Eichler ex Benoist Laetia suaveolens auct. non (Poepp.) Benth. Samyda obtusifolia A.Rich. Samyda procera Poepp.
English name	verytall laetia; drunken bayman wood (Belize); sardine (Trinidad and Tobago)
French name	letia kaïman; bois toucan (Trinidad and Tobago); kaïman-oudou (French Guiana)
Spanish name	almendrillo (Puerto Rico); aprueba yerno (Bolivia); areno (Nicaragua); caimite cimarron (Ecuador); cascarudo (Dominican Republic); cotorrerillo (Puerto Rico); cuajillo (Venezuela); cuajo blanco (Venezuela); cuero de sapo (Puerto Rico); espino amarillo (Costa Rica); guacima (Venezuela); guerrero (Honduras); jobo macho (Guyana); magaleto (Honduras); manga larga (Costa Rica, Honduras); marcelo (Colombia, Ecuador); mascarey (Colombia); palo de yagua, palo de yaqui, palo verbena (Dominican Republic); pantanillo, pantano (Colombia); talantrón; temarehua, temerehua, timareo, timarera, timareva (Peru); trompillo (Venezuela); yagua (Dominican Republic); yagüita grande; yaquita grande (Dominican Republic); zaino blanco (Colombia); zopilote (Nicaragua)
Other name	agamou kaman (saramaccan); apijo (Brazil); basra kopie (Suriname); bois Jacquot, bois Lamende, bois Marie (creole, French Guiana); casinga cheirosa (portuguese, Brazil); goupi femelle (creole, French Guiana); kaïma-oudou, lobooshou (aukaans); pau jacare (portuguese, Brazil); pientokopie, pinto kopie (Suriname); purma carpi, purma caspi (Peru); warakaïro (Suriname); warakajaro (Guyana, Suriname)
Trade name	may-t (maya, Belize); warakarajo (Trinidad and Tobago)