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Latin name Family Distribution North America distribution zone Height Foliage Ecology Use Synonym English name French name Spanish name Other name Trade name
Nectandra coriacea (Sw.) Griseb. Lauraceae SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) SC SE M E [hel] hyg->xer calc dr (leaves decoction with salt taken orally for digestive tract ailments) fr sa ti Damburneya maritima Raf. Gymnobalanus catesbyanus (Michx.) Nees Laurus catesbyana Michx. Laurus coriacea Sw. Nectandra anonyma Steud. Nectandra boniato A.Rich. Nectandra catesbyana (Michx.) Sarg. Nectandra cigua A.Rich. Nectandra martinicensis Fawc. & Rendle non Mez Nectandra neesii D.Dietr. Nectandra sanguinea Griseb. Nectandra willdenoviana Nees Nectandra willdenoviana var. latifolia Meisn. Nectandra willdenoviana var. obliterata Meisn. Ocotea catesbyana (Michx.) Sarg. Ocotea coriacea (Sw.) Britton Ocotea lundellii Standl. Oreodaphne coriacea (Sw.) Nees Florida nectandra; bastard torch, black torch, blacktorch (Bahamas); camphor tree (USA); cap-beery sweetwood (Jamaica); capberry sweetwood; Jamaica nectandra (Virgin Gorda); Jamaica ocotea p.p., lacewood; lancewood (Bahamas, USA); peper cillament; small-leaved sweetwood (Jamaica); sweet torch, sweet torchwood (Bahamas); sweet wood; sweet-wood (Belize, Netherlands Antilles); sweetwood (Grenadines, Jamaica); timber sweet wood (Jamaica) nectandra de Floride; bois doux nègresse, bois doux noir (Guadeloupe); bois doux-négresse; bois fourmi (Guadeloupe); bois négresse (Guadeloupe, Martinique); bois vidon (Guadeloupe); bois-négresse; laurier (Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique); laurier blanc (Haiti); laurier fine (Martinique); laurier gris; laurier marbré (Grenada); laurier noir avespilla, avispillo (Puerto Rico); boniate (Cuba); boniato prieto (Cuba, Dominican Republic); cabirma aromática (Dominican Republic); cabirmia aromatica (Costa Rica); cigua (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cigua blanca (Dominican Republic); cigua de costa (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic); laurel (Belize, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico); laurel avispillo (Costa Rica, Puerto Rico); laurel cigua (Puerto Rico); lebisa (Cuba); palo de gas (Mexico); sigua (Cuba, Dominican Republic); siguaraya (Cuba) lorie blan (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name Nectandra coriacea (Sw.) Griseb.
Family Lauraceae
Distribution SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies)
North America distribution zone SC SE
Height M
Foliage E
Ecology [hel] hyg->xer calc
Use dr (leaves decoction with salt taken orally for digestive tract ailments) fr sa ti
Synonym Damburneya maritima Raf. Gymnobalanus catesbyanus (Michx.) Nees Laurus catesbyana Michx. Laurus coriacea Sw. Nectandra anonyma Steud. Nectandra boniato A.Rich. Nectandra catesbyana (Michx.) Sarg. Nectandra cigua A.Rich. Nectandra martinicensis Fawc. & Rendle non Mez Nectandra neesii D.Dietr. Nectandra sanguinea Griseb. Nectandra willdenoviana Nees Nectandra willdenoviana var. latifolia Meisn. Nectandra willdenoviana var. obliterata Meisn. Ocotea catesbyana (Michx.) Sarg. Ocotea coriacea (Sw.) Britton Ocotea lundellii Standl. Oreodaphne coriacea (Sw.) Nees
English name Florida nectandra; bastard torch, black torch, blacktorch (Bahamas); camphor tree (USA); cap-beery sweetwood (Jamaica); capberry sweetwood; Jamaica nectandra (Virgin Gorda); Jamaica ocotea p.p., lacewood; lancewood (Bahamas, USA); peper cillament; small-leaved sweetwood (Jamaica); sweet torch, sweet torchwood (Bahamas); sweet wood; sweet-wood (Belize, Netherlands Antilles); sweetwood (Grenadines, Jamaica); timber sweet wood (Jamaica)
French name nectandra de Floride; bois doux nègresse, bois doux noir (Guadeloupe); bois doux-négresse; bois fourmi (Guadeloupe); bois négresse (Guadeloupe, Martinique); bois vidon (Guadeloupe); bois-négresse; laurier (Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique); laurier blanc (Haiti); laurier fine (Martinique); laurier gris; laurier marbré (Grenada); laurier noir
Spanish name avespilla, avispillo (Puerto Rico); boniate (Cuba); boniato prieto (Cuba, Dominican Republic); cabirma aromática (Dominican Republic); cabirmia aromatica (Costa Rica); cigua (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cigua blanca (Dominican Republic); cigua de costa (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic); laurel (Belize, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico); laurel avispillo (Costa Rica, Puerto Rico); laurel cigua (Puerto Rico); lebisa (Cuba); palo de gas (Mexico); sigua (Cuba, Dominican Republic); siguaraya (Cuba)
Other name lorie blan (creole, Haiti)
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