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Pterocarpus officinalis Jacq.

Leguminosae

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

SC SE

D E

hyg

dr (bark resin applied as a salve for skin infection, bark resin taken orally for diarrhea and amenorrhea) ma pl pp (excellent for paper pulp) sa ti (boxes, cabinet work, carpentry, concrete forms, crates, draught-screen, flooring, furniture components, general carpentry, interior construction, mould, particleboards, posts)

Lingoum officinale (Jacq.) Kuntze Moutouchi crispata (Moç. & Sessé ex DC.) Benth. Moutouchi draco (L.) Benth. Moutouchi suberosa Aubl. Pterocarpus belizensis Standl. Pterocarpus crispatus Moç. & Sessé ex DC. Pterocarpus draco L. Pterocarpus hemipterus Gaertn. Pterocarpus moutouchi Poir. Pterocarpus suberosus (Aubl.) Pers.

kaway padauk; bloodwood (Panama); cork wood; cowee, cowey (Honduras); dragon blood (Jamaica); dragon bloodtree; dragon's blood (Jamaica); dragon's blood tree (Jamaica); dragon's swamp bloodwood; kaway, swamp (Belize); swamp blood wood (Puerto Rico); swamp kaway, swampkawey (Belize)

ptérocarpe pâle; bois nago, bois pâle, drago (Haiti); mangle rivière; mangle-médaille (Guadeloupe, Martinique); mangle-rivière; moutouchi de savane (French Guiana); palétuvier (Guadeloupe, Martinique); palutivier (Guadeloupe); sandragon (Guadeloupe, Martinique); sandragon des Antilles (Haiti); sang dragon (Guadeloupe); sang dragon des Antilles (Haiti); sang-dragon

bambudo (Colombia); bambulo; cacú (Venezuela); chajada amarilla (Costa Rica); chocho, chuella (Colombia); drago (Dominican Republic); huevos de gato (Panama); lagunero (Venezuela); magué (Colombia); mucutena (Venezuela); palo de hollo, palo de pollo (Puerto Rico); peronillo (Colombia); sabroso; sangre (Belize, Honduras); sangre blanco (Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico); sangre de drago (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico); sangre de pozo (Honduras); sangre de suampo (Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico); sangre gallo, sangredrago (Colombia); sangregada blanca (Nicaragua); sangregado (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua); sangregado blanco (Nicaragua); sangregao, sangrillo (Costa Rica); sangritó (Venezuela); suela (Colombia)

bebé, bebé hoedoe (Suriname); bwa nagó, bwa pal (creole, Haiti); disapi (kuna, Panama); mututy (Brazil); sandragon (creole, Haiti); waata gwe-gwe, watrabebé (Suriname)

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Latin name	Pterocarpus officinalis Jacq.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr (bark resin applied as a salve for skin infection, bark resin taken orally for diarrhea and amenorrhea) ma pl pp (excellent for paper pulp) sa ti (boxes, cabinet work, carpentry, concrete forms, crates, draught-screen, flooring, furniture components, general carpentry, interior construction, mould, particleboards, posts)
Synonym	Lingoum officinale (Jacq.) Kuntze Moutouchi crispata (Moç. & Sessé ex DC.) Benth. Moutouchi draco (L.) Benth. Moutouchi suberosa Aubl. Pterocarpus belizensis Standl. Pterocarpus crispatus Moç. & Sessé ex DC. Pterocarpus draco L. Pterocarpus hemipterus Gaertn. Pterocarpus moutouchi Poir. Pterocarpus suberosus (Aubl.) Pers.
English name	kaway padauk; bloodwood (Panama); cork wood; cowee, cowey (Honduras); dragon blood (Jamaica); dragon bloodtree; dragon's blood (Jamaica); dragon's blood tree (Jamaica); dragon's swamp bloodwood; kaway, swamp (Belize); swamp blood wood (Puerto Rico); swamp kaway, swampkawey (Belize)
French name	ptérocarpe pâle; bois nago, bois pâle, drago (Haiti); mangle rivière; mangle-médaille (Guadeloupe, Martinique); mangle-rivière; moutouchi de savane (French Guiana); palétuvier (Guadeloupe, Martinique); palutivier (Guadeloupe); sandragon (Guadeloupe, Martinique); sandragon des Antilles (Haiti); sang dragon (Guadeloupe); sang dragon des Antilles (Haiti); sang-dragon
Spanish name	bambudo (Colombia); bambulo; cacú (Venezuela); chajada amarilla (Costa Rica); chocho, chuella (Colombia); drago (Dominican Republic); huevos de gato (Panama); lagunero (Venezuela); magué (Colombia); mucutena (Venezuela); palo de hollo, palo de pollo (Puerto Rico); peronillo (Colombia); sabroso; sangre (Belize, Honduras); sangre blanco (Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico); sangre de drago (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico); sangre de pozo (Honduras); sangre de suampo (Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico); sangre gallo, sangredrago (Colombia); sangregada blanca (Nicaragua); sangregado (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua); sangregado blanco (Nicaragua); sangregao, sangrillo (Costa Rica); sangritó (Venezuela); suela (Colombia)
Other name	bebé, bebé hoedoe (Suriname); bwa nagó, bwa pal (creole, Haiti); disapi (kuna, Panama); mututy (Brazil); sandragon (creole, Haiti); waata gwe-gwe, watrabebé (Suriname)
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