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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

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Spanish name

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Trade name

Astronium graveolens Jacq.

Anacardiaceae

S North America (tropics) South America (tropics)

SW SC SE

L[G]

hel sci [mes] xer calc sili

dr ex fw ma pl (afforestation) pp (good for paper pulp) ti (arm tools, beams, boat building, bobbins, cabinet work, exterior uses, flooring, furniture, general construction, general heavy construction, gun stocks, marquetry, knife handles, ornamental boxes, plywood, poles, rafters, shutters, sports equipment, turned work, veneer)

Astronium balansae Engl. Astronium fraxinifolium Schott. ex Spreng. Astronium fraxinifolium var. glabrum Engl. Astronium graveolens var. brasiliense Engl. Astronium graveolens var. inodorum Triana & Planch. Astronium graveolens var. planchonianum (Engl.) Engl. Astronium planchonianum Engl.

fetid startree; ashleaf startree; glassy wood (Belize); kingwood, locustwood; tigerwood (USA); zebrawood (UK); zorrowood

astronium fétide

aderno; amargoso (Mexico); boibalito (Colombia); chaperla (Mexico); ciruelilla, ciruelillo (Honduras); ciruelo (Guatemala); conçalo alves; copaiva (Mexico); cuchi; culinzis (Guatemala); cuta blanca (Bolivia); diomante (Colombia, Panama); diomate (Colombia); frigolillo, frijolillo (Honduras); gateado (Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela); gateado galán (Mexico); goncalo aives (Honduras); goncalo alves (Honduras, Panama); gracile (Paraguay); guasango (Ecuador); gusanero (Colombia); jarillo (Honduras); jobillo (Belize, Guatemala, Mexico); jocotillo (Mexico); jovillo (Costa Rica); k'ulinché, (Mexico); kulimche (maya, Belize); masicaran (Honduras); palo de cera, palo de culebra (Mexico); palo mulato (Belize); palo obero (Honduras); pata zamuro (Venezuela); quesillo (Guatemala); ron-ron (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras); ronron (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras); ronrón (Costa Rica); ronron ciruelillo (Honduras); santa cruz (Colombia); tigrillo (Colombia, Panama); ubatan (Argentina); urunday, urunday colorado, urunday crespo; urunday para (Paraguay); urunday pichai, urundel; usipoon, zongolica (Mexico); zorro (Panama)

aderno, aratanha (portuguese, Brazil); aroeira; aroeira-do-campo, aroeira-vermelha, aroeirão, batão, chibata (portuguese, Brazil); chibatao (Brazil); cubatã-vermelho, gibatão, gomável, gonçalo alves, guarabú, guaribu (portuguese, Brazil); guarita, guaritá (Brazil); guartit, guaruba rajado, jejuíra, mura, pau-ferro, pau-gonçalo, pau-goncalves, sete-cascas, ubatã, urunday, urunday-para (portuguese, Brazil); yagabiche (zapoteco)

goncalo alves, gonzalo alves (USA)

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Latin name	Astronium graveolens Jacq.
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution	S North America (tropics) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel sci [mes] xer calc sili
Use	dr ex fw ma pl (afforestation) pp (good for paper pulp) ti (arm tools, beams, boat building, bobbins, cabinet work, exterior uses, flooring, furniture, general construction, general heavy construction, gun stocks, marquetry, knife handles, ornamental boxes, plywood, poles, rafters, shutters, sports equipment, turned work, veneer)
Synonym	Astronium balansae Engl. Astronium fraxinifolium Schott. ex Spreng. Astronium fraxinifolium var. glabrum Engl. Astronium graveolens var. brasiliense Engl. Astronium graveolens var. inodorum Triana & Planch. Astronium graveolens var. planchonianum (Engl.) Engl. Astronium planchonianum Engl.
English name	fetid startree; ashleaf startree; glassy wood (Belize); kingwood, locustwood; tigerwood (USA); zebrawood (UK); zorrowood
French name	astronium fétide
Spanish name	aderno; amargoso (Mexico); boibalito (Colombia); chaperla (Mexico); ciruelilla, ciruelillo (Honduras); ciruelo (Guatemala); conçalo alves; copaiva (Mexico); cuchi; culinzis (Guatemala); cuta blanca (Bolivia); diomante (Colombia, Panama); diomate (Colombia); frigolillo, frijolillo (Honduras); gateado (Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela); gateado galán (Mexico); goncalo aives (Honduras); goncalo alves (Honduras, Panama); gracile (Paraguay); guasango (Ecuador); gusanero (Colombia); jarillo (Honduras); jobillo (Belize, Guatemala, Mexico); jocotillo (Mexico); jovillo (Costa Rica); k'ulinché, (Mexico); kulimche (maya, Belize); masicaran (Honduras); palo de cera, palo de culebra (Mexico); palo mulato (Belize); palo obero (Honduras); pata zamuro (Venezuela); quesillo (Guatemala); ron-ron (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras); ronron (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras); ronrón (Costa Rica); ronron ciruelillo (Honduras); santa cruz (Colombia); tigrillo (Colombia, Panama); ubatan (Argentina); urunday, urunday colorado, urunday crespo; urunday para (Paraguay); urunday pichai, urundel; usipoon, zongolica (Mexico); zorro (Panama)
Other name	aderno, aratanha (portuguese, Brazil); aroeira; aroeira-do-campo, aroeira-vermelha, aroeirão, batão, chibata (portuguese, Brazil); chibatao (Brazil); cubatã-vermelho, gibatão, gomável, gonçalo alves, guarabú, guaribu (portuguese, Brazil); guarita, guaritá (Brazil); guartit, guaruba rajado, jejuíra, mura, pau-ferro, pau-gonçalo, pau-goncalves, sete-cascas, ubatã, urunday, urunday-para (portuguese, Brazil); yagabiche (zapoteco)
Trade name	goncalo alves, gonzalo alves (USA)