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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
Pictetia spinifolia (Desv.) Urb. Leguminosae SE North America (Hispaniola, Cuba) SE S? dr (boiled fruits taken orally for constipation, boiled leaves compress for skin ulcer, wound and scar, pounded leaves poultice applied to temple for headache) Pictetia desvauxii DC. Robinia spinifolia Desv. spinyleaf pictetia pictetia à feuilles épineuses; bois d'ébène, galle-galle, gelle-galle, grati-galle (Haiti) carasquillo (Cuba); cruz del copeyar, palo de tabaco, rabasco, tabaco, tachuela, tachuelo (Dominican Republic); yamaguey, zarcilla (Cuba) bwa ebenn, galgal, gratigal, jèlgal (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name Pictetia spinifolia (Desv.) Urb.
Family Leguminosae
Distribution SE North America (Hispaniola, Cuba)
North America distribution zone SE
Height S?
Foliage
Ecology
Use dr (boiled fruits taken orally for constipation, boiled leaves compress for skin ulcer, wound and scar, pounded leaves poultice applied to temple for headache)
Synonym Pictetia desvauxii DC. Robinia spinifolia Desv.
English name spinyleaf pictetia
French name pictetia à feuilles épineuses; bois d'ébène, galle-galle, gelle-galle, grati-galle (Haiti)
Spanish name carasquillo (Cuba); cruz del copeyar, palo de tabaco, rabasco, tabaco, tachuela, tachuelo (Dominican Republic); yamaguey, zarcilla (Cuba)
Other name bwa ebenn, galgal, gratigal, jèlgal (creole, Haiti)
Trade name
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