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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

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Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Nectandra lineata (Kunth) Rohwer

Lauraceae

SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)

fw ti

Nectandra amazonum var. oerstedii Meisn. Nectandra berchemiifolia var. caucana Meisn. Nectandra caucana (Meisn.) Mez Nectandra fuscobarbata (Mez) C.K.Allen Nectandra glabrescens var. fuscobarbata Mez Nectandra petenensis Lundell Ocotea lineata Kunth

lineate nectandra; candlewood, sweetwood (Panama)

nectandra ligné

aguacate de mico (El Salvador); aguacate montero (Nicaragua); aguacatillo (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua); aguacatillo lengua de zanate (Honduras); amarillo (Colombia); canelo blanco (Ecuador); guajavo de mito (Costa Rica); jigua babosa, laurel (Colombia); quizarrá (Costa Rica); sigua negro (Panama)

ajua (quichua, Ecuador); coin, tinchi, tundic (Ecuador)

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Latin name	Nectandra lineata (Kunth) Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fw ti
Synonym	Nectandra amazonum var. oerstedii Meisn. Nectandra berchemiifolia var. caucana Meisn. Nectandra caucana (Meisn.) Mez Nectandra fuscobarbata (Mez) C.K.Allen Nectandra glabrescens var. fuscobarbata Mez Nectandra petenensis Lundell Ocotea lineata Kunth
English name	lineate nectandra; candlewood, sweetwood (Panama)
French name	nectandra ligné
Spanish name	aguacate de mico (El Salvador); aguacate montero (Nicaragua); aguacatillo (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua); aguacatillo lengua de zanate (Honduras); amarillo (Colombia); canelo blanco (Ecuador); guajavo de mito (Costa Rica); jigua babosa, laurel (Colombia); quizarrá (Costa Rica); sigua negro (Panama)
Other name	ajua (quichua, Ecuador); coin, tinchi, tundic (Ecuador)
Trade name