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Laguncularia racemosa (L.) C.F.Gaertn.

Combretaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico: Tabasco to Panama; USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics) W MC SC Africa (tropics)

SC SE

hyg

dr (bark used as astringent and as tonic) fd (honey) fw ma (bark produce tannin sometimes used for tannin) ti (fence posts, flooring, general carpentry, harvested for lumber in Puerto Rico, heavy construction, houses, turned work) ti(ob) (Seri Indians used the wood for oars and harpoon shafts)

Conocarpus racemosa L. Conocarpus racemosus L. Laguncularia obovata Miq. Laguncularia racemosa f. longifolia J.F.Macbr. Rhizaeris alba Raf. Schousboea commutata Spreng.

white falsemangrove; bastard buttonwood (Bahamas); bastard-button-wood, button wood, buttonwood; coil (Guyana); false mangrove, false-button-wood, gold wood; green turtle bough, green turtle-bough (Bahamas); mangle, mangrove; white buttonwood (UK Is.); white mangrove (Bahamas, Belize, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda); white-button-wood (USA); white-mangrove (Bahamas, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico)

manglier blanc; gris-gris, mangle (Haiti); mangle blanc (Guadeloupe); mangle gris; mangue, palétuvier, petit palétuvier

cincahuite (El Salvador); mangel (Dominican Republic, Virgin Is.); mangle amarillo (Dominican Republic, Mexico); mangle blanco (Belize, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); mangle bobo (Ecuador, Mexico, Puerto Rico); mangle chino (Mexico); mangle hembra (Venezuela); mangle marequita (Costa Rica); mangle prieto (Dominican Republic, Mexico); mariquita (Costa Rica); mereicillo (Venezuela); palo de sal (Colombia, Costa Rica); pataban (Cuba); patabán (Cuba, Mexico); sincahuite (El Salvador); tinteira, tinteira dos mangues

akira (Suriname); ankira (Peru); but-nuut (maya, Belize); grigri (creole, Haiti); jeli de mangle (Peru); ma-kent-ma-bi (Sierra Leone); mang, mang blanc, mangliye (creole, Haiti); mangue (Brazil); mangue branco (Brazil, Peru); nja (Ivory Coast); orke (ljaw); zacalcom (maya, Belize); zacolcom (Peru)

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Latin name	Laguncularia racemosa (L.) C.F.Gaertn.
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Tabasco to Panama; USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics) W MC SC Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr (bark used as astringent and as tonic) fd (honey) fw ma (bark produce tannin sometimes used for tannin) ti (fence posts, flooring, general carpentry, harvested for lumber in Puerto Rico, heavy construction, houses, turned work) ti(ob) (Seri Indians used the wood for oars and harpoon shafts)
Synonym	Conocarpus racemosa L. Conocarpus racemosus L. Laguncularia obovata Miq. Laguncularia racemosa f. longifolia J.F.Macbr. Rhizaeris alba Raf. Schousboea commutata Spreng.
English name	white falsemangrove; bastard buttonwood (Bahamas); bastard-button-wood, button wood, buttonwood; coil (Guyana); false mangrove, false-button-wood, gold wood; green turtle bough, green turtle-bough (Bahamas); mangle, mangrove; white buttonwood (UK Is.); white mangrove (Bahamas, Belize, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda); white-button-wood (USA); white-mangrove (Bahamas, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico)
French name	manglier blanc; gris-gris, mangle (Haiti); mangle blanc (Guadeloupe); mangle gris; mangue, palétuvier, petit palétuvier
Spanish name	cincahuite (El Salvador); mangel (Dominican Republic, Virgin Is.); mangle amarillo (Dominican Republic, Mexico); mangle blanco (Belize, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); mangle bobo (Ecuador, Mexico, Puerto Rico); mangle chino (Mexico); mangle hembra (Venezuela); mangle marequita (Costa Rica); mangle prieto (Dominican Republic, Mexico); mariquita (Costa Rica); mereicillo (Venezuela); palo de sal (Colombia, Costa Rica); pataban (Cuba); patabán (Cuba, Mexico); sincahuite (El Salvador); tinteira, tinteira dos mangues
Other name	akira (Suriname); ankira (Peru); but-nuut (maya, Belize); grigri (creole, Haiti); jeli de mangle (Peru); ma-kent-ma-bi (Sierra Leone); mang, mang blanc, mangliye (creole, Haiti); mangue (Brazil); mangue branco (Brazil, Peru); nja (Ivory Coast); orke (ljaw); zacalcom (maya, Belize); zacolcom (Peru)
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