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Minquartia guianensis Aubl.

Olacaceae

SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) South America (tropics)

[hyg] [sili?]

dr ex fw (vulcanization) ma sa ti (boxes, building construction, cabinet work, crates, farm buildings, farming fork, fence posts, flooring, furniture, general heavy construction, houses, poles, interior and exterior construction, mill foundation, posts, railroad ties, tool handles)

Eganthus poeppigii Tiegh. Endusa punctata Radlk. Minquartia macrophylla Ducke Minquartia parvifolia A.C.Sm. Minquartia punctata (Radlk.) Sleum. Secretania loranthacea Müll.Arg.

black manwood; black manu (Costa Rica); manwood (Nicaragua, Panama)

mincouart ajouré; lamincouart, mencoar; mincouart, minquar, paicoussa rouge, païcoussa rouge (French Guiana)

acapú, ahumado; caricuara amarilla (Bolivia); cispero, cricamola, crillo (Costa Rica, Panama); criollo (Panama); cuajada negro (Costa Rica, Panama); cuyubí, guayacan, guayacan pechiche; huambula (Ecuador); igualán; iscocharasi (Bolivia); juilla; manu (Costa Rica, Panama); manú, manú negro (Costa Rica); negro, nispero (Costa Rica, Panama); nispero negro (Panama); pachiche (Ecuador); palo criollo (Panama); palo de piedra (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); punte canado, vararicuara

acapú, acari, acariorana, acariquara, acariquara roxa, acariúba, acariúva (Brazil); alata-oedoe (sranan, Suriname); alata-udu, alata-weri (Suriname); arariuba (Brazil); arataweri (carib, Guyana and Suriname); aratta hoedoe (Suriname); bagui-bagui (saramaccan, French Guiana); caricuara amarilla (Bolivia); cuajada negro (Panama); duuca (kuna, Panama); eruagrara (huitoto); huacapu, huacapú (Peru); iscocharasi (Bolivia); maka (créole? and aukaans, French Guiana); manwood (creole, Guyana); mecouart (créole?); mekwa (creole, French Guiana); mincoa (Guyana); mincouart (créole?); pisaake (quanamo); urana-u-yek (arecuna, Venezuela); wanania (arawak, Guyana and Suriname); wananin (Suriname); yuwartu (macushi and wapishana, Guyana); zojique (makuna)

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Latin name	Minquartia guianensis Aubl.
Family	Olacaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	[hyg] [sili?]
Use	dr ex fw (vulcanization) ma sa ti (boxes, building construction, cabinet work, crates, farm buildings, farming fork, fence posts, flooring, furniture, general heavy construction, houses, poles, interior and exterior construction, mill foundation, posts, railroad ties, tool handles)
Synonym	Eganthus poeppigii Tiegh. Endusa punctata Radlk. Minquartia macrophylla Ducke Minquartia parvifolia A.C.Sm. Minquartia punctata (Radlk.) Sleum. Secretania loranthacea Müll.Arg.
English name	black manwood; black manu (Costa Rica); manwood (Nicaragua, Panama)
French name	mincouart ajouré; lamincouart, mencoar; mincouart, minquar, paicoussa rouge, païcoussa rouge (French Guiana)
Spanish name	acapú, ahumado; caricuara amarilla (Bolivia); cispero, cricamola, crillo (Costa Rica, Panama); criollo (Panama); cuajada negro (Costa Rica, Panama); cuyubí, guayacan, guayacan pechiche; huambula (Ecuador); igualán; iscocharasi (Bolivia); juilla; manu (Costa Rica, Panama); manú, manú negro (Costa Rica); negro, nispero (Costa Rica, Panama); nispero negro (Panama); pachiche (Ecuador); palo criollo (Panama); palo de piedra (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); punte canado, vararicuara
Other name	acapú, acari, acariorana, acariquara, acariquara roxa, acariúba, acariúva (Brazil); alata-oedoe (sranan, Suriname); alata-udu, alata-weri (Suriname); arariuba (Brazil); arataweri (carib, Guyana and Suriname); aratta hoedoe (Suriname); bagui-bagui (saramaccan, French Guiana); caricuara amarilla (Bolivia); cuajada negro (Panama); duuca (kuna, Panama); eruagrara (huitoto); huacapu, huacapú (Peru); iscocharasi (Bolivia); maka (créole? and aukaans, French Guiana); manwood (creole, Guyana); mecouart (créole?); mekwa (creole, French Guiana); mincoa (Guyana); mincouart (créole?); pisaake (quanamo); urana-u-yek (arecuna, Venezuela); wanania (arawak, Guyana and Suriname); wananin (Suriname); yuwartu (macushi and wapishana, Guyana); zojique (makuna)
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