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Schefflera morototoni (Aubl.) Maguire, Steyerm. & Frodin

Araliaceae

SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; Greater Antilles) South America (tropics)

hel [hyg] acid

dr (leaves treated with warm water compress for broken bone and dislocation, leaves decoction taken orally for lumbago and rheumatism) fr fw ma pl pp ti (boxes, crates, furniture, general carpentry, interior construction, match boxes and sticks, plywood corestock, veneer)

Aralia micans Humb. & Bonpl. Aralia micans Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Didymopanax calophyllum Decne. & Planch. Didymopanax chrysophyllum Decne. & Planch. Didymopanax micans Krug & Urb. Didymopanax morototoni (Aubl.) Decne. & Planch. Didymopanax morototoni var. poeppigii (Decne. & Planch.) Marchal Didymopanax poeppigii Decne. & Planch. Didymopanax speciosum (Willd.) Decne. & Planch. Didymopanax speciosus Eggers Didymopanax undulatum Decne. & Planch. Didymopanax undulatum Wr.? Panax chrysophyllum Vahl Panax morototoni Aubl. Panax speciosum Eggers Panax speciosum Willd. Panax spinosa Poir. non L.f. Panax splendens Kunth Panax undulata Aubl. Sciadophyllum paniculatum Britton

Morototon schefflera; jereton; match-wood (Belize, Trinidad); matchwood (Guyana, Puerto Rico); mountain trumpet (Belize, Trinidad)

schefflera de Morototon; aralie grandes feuilles (Haiti); aralie-grandes feuilles, arbre de St-Jean (French Guiana); bois canot (Haiti); bois de mai, bois de St-Jean, bois flot (French Guiana); bois trembler (Haiti); cordovan (French Guiana); le tremble; tobitoutou (French Guiana); tremble, trembler, trompette mâle (Haiti)

anonillo (Dominican Republic, Peru); arbol lenteja (Ecuador); arriero (Cuba, Venezuela); badana (Cuba); candelero (Mexico); chancarro blanco (Cuba, Mexico); cordobán (Cuba); costilla de danto (Nicaragua, Panama); gargoran, gargorán (Panama); gavalán, gavilan (Cuba); gavilán (Mexico); gorgoram (Mexico, Panama); gorgorán (Puerto Rico); grayumo (Mexico, Panama); guarumo macho (Cuba, Honduras); guarumon (Colombia); guitarrero (Bolivia, Venezuela); higuareto (Panama, Venezuela); higuerete, higueroton (Venezuela); jagueme (Nicaragua, Panama); jagueme macho (Panama); jereton (Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad); jeretón (Trinidad); lantidis (Ecuador); manabé (Costa Rica, Panama); mandioquiera; mangabe (Panama); mangabé (Panama, Puerto Rico); mano de danta (Mexico); mano de león (Honduras); mano de trabajo? (Nicaragua); marota (Mexico, Venezuela); mirasol (Mexico, Panama); morototo; morototó (Venezuela); orumo macho (Mexico, Venezuela); padero (Cuba, Honduras); palo de sable (Argentina, Dominican Republic); palo de viento (Dominican Republic); palo de yagua, palo gallo; pana cimarrona (Puerto Rico); papayón (Cuba, Panama); pata de gallina, pategallina (Colombia); pava (Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela); pava cimarróna (Panama, Venezuela); pava cinuanoria (Panama, Puerto Rico); pavilha (Costa Rica, Panama); pavilla (Costa Rica); pavo (Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico); pavo probado (Costa Rica); pié de gallo (Mexico, Panama); pino del general (Costa Rica, Venezuela); probado (Costa Rica, Panama); puyme macho (Colombia); pyume (Costa Rica, Panama); pyume macho (Panama); roble (Mexico); roble blanco (Costa Rica, Mexico); sablito (Dominican Republic, Peru); sanch-uva (Colombia, Peru); sapatón (Cuba); sun-sun (Bolivia, Venezuela); sunsun, sunsún (Venezuela); suyo (Bolivia); tinajero (Cuba, Venezuela); tortolito (Colombia); yagruma macho (Panama, Puerto Rico); yagrume (Colombia, Panama); yagrume macho (Panama); yagrumo, yagrumo colorado (Venezuela); yagrumo macho (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad); yarumero (Panama); yarumo (Costa Rica, Venezuela); yarumo de savana, yarumo macho (Venezuela); yrumero (Colombia, Peru); zapatón (Cuba)

ambay-guazu; ambay-guazú (Argentina, Dominican Republic); bigi boesie (Suriname); bwa kano (creole, Haiti); cacheta, cachete; caixeta (Brazil); cassavehout (Suriname); chiacópiqui (campa asháninca, Peru); fosforo (Ecuador); huarmi-huarmi (Brazil); karohoro (Guyana); kasabahoedoe, kasavahout (Suriname); korobora (Guyana); mandiocaim, mandiocão (Brazil); mandioci, mandioqueira, marupá, marupaúba, marupaúba-falso (portuguese, Brazil); matatauba (Brazil); morototo (Guyana, Suriname; portuguese, Brazil); morototó, mucutatú (portuguese, Brazil); mucutuba (Brazil); mucututu, mucututú (portuguese, Brazil); nahuabexë (Bolivia); papaja-hoedoe, papajahoedoe (Suriname); para-para (Brazil); pará-pará (portuguese, Brazil); parapara (Brazil); pau-caixeta (portuguese, Brazil); pau-mandioca (Brazil); paunayek (arecuna, Venezuela); pixixica (portuguese, Brazil); pumamaqui (Ecuador); sacha-wa (Brazil); sambacuim (portuguese, Brazil); sapallucaspi (Ecuador); sapi wila (kuna, Panama); tobitoutou (Brazil); tseasn (shuar, Ecuador); tsintach (Ecuador); twompèt mal (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Schefflera morototoni (Aubl.) Maguire, Steyerm. & Frodin
Family	Araliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; Greater Antilles) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel [hyg] acid
Use	dr (leaves treated with warm water compress for broken bone and dislocation, leaves decoction taken orally for lumbago and rheumatism) fr fw ma pl pp ti (boxes, crates, furniture, general carpentry, interior construction, match boxes and sticks, plywood corestock, veneer)
Synonym	Aralia micans Humb. & Bonpl. Aralia micans Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Didymopanax calophyllum Decne. & Planch. Didymopanax chrysophyllum Decne. & Planch. Didymopanax micans Krug & Urb. Didymopanax morototoni (Aubl.) Decne. & Planch. Didymopanax morototoni var. poeppigii (Decne. & Planch.) Marchal Didymopanax poeppigii Decne. & Planch. Didymopanax speciosum (Willd.) Decne. & Planch. Didymopanax speciosus Eggers Didymopanax undulatum Decne. & Planch. Didymopanax undulatum Wr.? Panax chrysophyllum Vahl Panax morototoni Aubl. Panax speciosum Eggers Panax speciosum Willd. Panax spinosa Poir. non L.f. Panax splendens Kunth Panax undulata Aubl. Sciadophyllum paniculatum Britton
English name	Morototon schefflera; jereton; match-wood (Belize, Trinidad); matchwood (Guyana, Puerto Rico); mountain trumpet (Belize, Trinidad)
French name	schefflera de Morototon; aralie grandes feuilles (Haiti); aralie-grandes feuilles, arbre de St-Jean (French Guiana); bois canot (Haiti); bois de mai, bois de St-Jean, bois flot (French Guiana); bois trembler (Haiti); cordovan (French Guiana); le tremble; tobitoutou (French Guiana); tremble, trembler, trompette mâle (Haiti)
Spanish name	anonillo (Dominican Republic, Peru); arbol lenteja (Ecuador); arriero (Cuba, Venezuela); badana (Cuba); candelero (Mexico); chancarro blanco (Cuba, Mexico); cordobán (Cuba); costilla de danto (Nicaragua, Panama); gargoran, gargorán (Panama); gavalán, gavilan (Cuba); gavilán (Mexico); gorgoram (Mexico, Panama); gorgorán (Puerto Rico); grayumo (Mexico, Panama); guarumo macho (Cuba, Honduras); guarumon (Colombia); guitarrero (Bolivia, Venezuela); higuareto (Panama, Venezuela); higuerete, higueroton (Venezuela); jagueme (Nicaragua, Panama); jagueme macho (Panama); jereton (Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad); jeretón (Trinidad); lantidis (Ecuador); manabé (Costa Rica, Panama); mandioquiera; mangabe (Panama); mangabé (Panama, Puerto Rico); mano de danta (Mexico); mano de león (Honduras); mano de trabajo? (Nicaragua); marota (Mexico, Venezuela); mirasol (Mexico, Panama); morototo; morototó (Venezuela); orumo macho (Mexico, Venezuela); padero (Cuba, Honduras); palo de sable (Argentina, Dominican Republic); palo de viento (Dominican Republic); palo de yagua, palo gallo; pana cimarrona (Puerto Rico); papayón (Cuba, Panama); pata de gallina, pategallina (Colombia); pava (Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela); pava cimarróna (Panama, Venezuela); pava cinuanoria (Panama, Puerto Rico); pavilha (Costa Rica, Panama); pavilla (Costa Rica); pavo (Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico); pavo probado (Costa Rica); pié de gallo (Mexico, Panama); pino del general (Costa Rica, Venezuela); probado (Costa Rica, Panama); puyme macho (Colombia); pyume (Costa Rica, Panama); pyume macho (Panama); roble (Mexico); roble blanco (Costa Rica, Mexico); sablito (Dominican Republic, Peru); sanch-uva (Colombia, Peru); sapatón (Cuba); sun-sun (Bolivia, Venezuela); sunsun, sunsún (Venezuela); suyo (Bolivia); tinajero (Cuba, Venezuela); tortolito (Colombia); yagruma macho (Panama, Puerto Rico); yagrume (Colombia, Panama); yagrume macho (Panama); yagrumo, yagrumo colorado (Venezuela); yagrumo macho (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad); yarumero (Panama); yarumo (Costa Rica, Venezuela); yarumo de savana, yarumo macho (Venezuela); yrumero (Colombia, Peru); zapatón (Cuba)
Other name	ambay-guazu; ambay-guazú (Argentina, Dominican Republic); bigi boesie (Suriname); bwa kano (creole, Haiti); cacheta, cachete; caixeta (Brazil); cassavehout (Suriname); chiacópiqui (campa asháninca, Peru); fosforo (Ecuador); huarmi-huarmi (Brazil); karohoro (Guyana); kasabahoedoe, kasavahout (Suriname); korobora (Guyana); mandiocaim, mandiocão (Brazil); mandioci, mandioqueira, marupá, marupaúba, marupaúba-falso (portuguese, Brazil); matatauba (Brazil); morototo (Guyana, Suriname; portuguese, Brazil); morototó, mucutatú (portuguese, Brazil); mucutuba (Brazil); mucututu, mucututú (portuguese, Brazil); nahuabexë (Bolivia); papaja-hoedoe, papajahoedoe (Suriname); para-para (Brazil); pará-pará (portuguese, Brazil); parapara (Brazil); pau-caixeta (portuguese, Brazil); pau-mandioca (Brazil); paunayek (arecuna, Venezuela); pixixica (portuguese, Brazil); pumamaqui (Ecuador); sacha-wa (Brazil); sambacuim (portuguese, Brazil); sapallucaspi (Ecuador); sapi wila (kuna, Panama); tobitoutou (Brazil); tseasn (shuar, Ecuador); tsintach (Ecuador); twompèt mal (creole, Haiti)
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