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Nectandra hihua (Ruiz & Pav.) Rohwer

Lauraceae

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

SC SE

hyg->mes calc acid

fr fw (fuel) ti (cabinet work, decorative veneer, general construction, interior and exterior construction, Magnolia yorocante substitute for furniture)

Laurus globosa Lam. non (Aubl.) Mez Laurus hihua Ruiz & Pav. Nectandra albiflora Lundell Nectandra antillana Meisn. Nectandra bredemeyeriana Nees Nectandra glabrescens Benth. Nectandra grandiflora var. latifolia Meisn. Nectandra guanaiensis Rusby Nectandra leucantha Griseb. p.p. Nectandra leucantha var. attenuata Meisn. Nectandra leucantha var. guianensis Meisn. Nectandra leucantha var. peruviana Meisn. Nectandra lucida Nees Nectandra magnoliifolia A.Rich. Nectandra maranonensis O.C.Schmidt Nectandra megaphylla Hassl. Nectandra schomburgkii Meisn. Nectandra tessmanii O.C.Schmidt Nectandra willdenoviana Nees Sassafridium macrophyllum Rose

hihua nectandra; laurel (Belize); long leaved, long leaved sweetwood, shingle wood, shingle-wood, shinglewood (Jamaica); sweetwood (Belize, Jamaica); white wood, white-wood (Jamaica); wild pear (Belize); yellow sweetwood (Jamaica)

nectandra hihua; bois doux avocat (Guadeloupe); bois-laurier; laurier à grandes feuilles (Haiti); laurier caca (Grenada); laurier gland (Martinique); laurier grandes feuilles (Haiti); laurier-cerise

aguacate del monte (El Salvador, Guatemala); aguacatillo (Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico); aguacatillo blanco, aguacatillo negro (Honduras); boniato (Cuba); canelón (El Salvador); cigua, cigua laurel (Dominican Republic); geo rojo (Puerto Rico); jigua (Ecuador, Honduras); laurel (Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela); laurel amarillo (Venezuela); laurel blanco (Dominican Republic, Mexico); laurel bobo (Puerto Rico); laurel cambrón (Dominican Republic); laurel cobo (Puerto Rico); laurelillo, laurelón (Mexico); moena, moena amarilla, moena blanca, moena negra, muena (Peru); quizarrá (Costa Rica); sate huala, sigua (Panama); tepeaguacate (Mexico); tihua (Ecuador); tisate (Panama)

lorie gran fèy (creole, Haiti); onte (tzeltal, Mexico); pisie, zwarte pisie (Suriname)

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Latin name	Nectandra hihua (Ruiz & Pav.) Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg->mes calc acid
Use	fr fw (fuel) ti (cabinet work, decorative veneer, general construction, interior and exterior construction, Magnolia yorocante substitute for furniture)
Synonym	Laurus globosa Lam. non (Aubl.) Mez Laurus hihua Ruiz & Pav. Nectandra albiflora Lundell Nectandra antillana Meisn. Nectandra bredemeyeriana Nees Nectandra glabrescens Benth. Nectandra grandiflora var. latifolia Meisn. Nectandra guanaiensis Rusby Nectandra leucantha Griseb. p.p. Nectandra leucantha var. attenuata Meisn. Nectandra leucantha var. guianensis Meisn. Nectandra leucantha var. peruviana Meisn. Nectandra lucida Nees Nectandra magnoliifolia A.Rich. Nectandra maranonensis O.C.Schmidt Nectandra megaphylla Hassl. Nectandra schomburgkii Meisn. Nectandra tessmanii O.C.Schmidt Nectandra willdenoviana Nees Sassafridium macrophyllum Rose
English name	hihua nectandra; laurel (Belize); long leaved, long leaved sweetwood, shingle wood, shingle-wood, shinglewood (Jamaica); sweetwood (Belize, Jamaica); white wood, white-wood (Jamaica); wild pear (Belize); yellow sweetwood (Jamaica)
French name	nectandra hihua; bois doux avocat (Guadeloupe); bois-laurier; laurier à grandes feuilles (Haiti); laurier caca (Grenada); laurier gland (Martinique); laurier grandes feuilles (Haiti); laurier-cerise
Spanish name	aguacate del monte (El Salvador, Guatemala); aguacatillo (Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico); aguacatillo blanco, aguacatillo negro (Honduras); boniato (Cuba); canelón (El Salvador); cigua, cigua laurel (Dominican Republic); geo rojo (Puerto Rico); jigua (Ecuador, Honduras); laurel (Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela); laurel amarillo (Venezuela); laurel blanco (Dominican Republic, Mexico); laurel bobo (Puerto Rico); laurel cambrón (Dominican Republic); laurel cobo (Puerto Rico); laurelillo, laurelón (Mexico); moena, moena amarilla, moena blanca, moena negra, muena (Peru); quizarrá (Costa Rica); sate huala, sigua (Panama); tepeaguacate (Mexico); tihua (Ecuador); tisate (Panama)
Other name	lorie gran fèy (creole, Haiti); onte (tzeltal, Mexico); pisie, zwarte pisie (Suriname)
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