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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

Apeiba membranacea Spruce ex Benth.

Tiliaceae

SE North America (Honduras to Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)

fr ma ti

membranous apeiba

apeiba membraneux

cabeza de mono (Bolivia); corcho (Ecuador); cortezo (Panama); esponjilla, galleta; llausaquiro, maquisapa, maquisapa ñaccha negra, masquisapa ñaccha, palo corcho (Peru); peine de mico (Ecuador, Honduras); peine de mono (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador); peine mico (Costa Rica); peinecillo (Panama); tapa botija (Costa Rica)

bechu chua (tacana, Bolivia); maradaai (huitoto, Brazil, Colombia and Peru); nu-u-ra (ticuna, Brazil, Colombia and Peru); ovariae (bora, Brazil, Colombia and Peru)

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Latin name	Apeiba membranacea Spruce ex Benth.
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	fr ma ti
Synonym
English name	membranous apeiba
French name	apeiba membraneux
Spanish name	cabeza de mono (Bolivia); corcho (Ecuador); cortezo (Panama); esponjilla, galleta; llausaquiro, maquisapa, maquisapa ñaccha negra, masquisapa ñaccha, palo corcho (Peru); peine de mico (Ecuador, Honduras); peine de mono (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador); peine mico (Costa Rica); peinecillo (Panama); tapa botija (Costa Rica)
Other name	bechu chua (tacana, Bolivia); maradaai (huitoto, Brazil, Colombia and Peru); nu-u-ra (ticuna, Brazil, Colombia and Peru); ovariae (bora, Brazil, Colombia and Peru)
Trade name