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Sterculia apetala (Jacq.) H.Karst.

Sterculiaceae

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

SC SE

L[G]

D E

hyg calc sili

cl (emblem tree of Panama) dr (bark used for malaria, decoction of leaves prevent badness and is employed for chest ailments and cold, flower decoction taken orally for cough and insomnia, flower syrup taken orally for flu, bronchitis, chronic cough and asthma, leaves decoction taken orally for rheumatism, seed decoction is a diuretic used as a tonic for nervous and cardiac disease, seed decoction tonic as stimulant) fd (food industry with oil, fruits, seed ground and mixed with water are used as beverage or to flavor chocolate, seeds contain oil as what is found in cashews and peanuts, seeds named chesnuts are eaten boiled or roasted) fr (honey, seed used to fatten pigs) fw (firewood) ma (manufacture of soap with the seed) pl (fruits, honey, shade) sa (shade tree) ti (boxes, cabinet work, crates, fence posts, general carpentry, interior construction, matchboxes, matchsticks, medicine spatula, moulding, packaging, particleboards, piquet, plywood, posts, rude seat, tooth-pick, veneer, wrapping) tx

Clompanus apetala Kuntze Helicteres apetala Jacq. Sterculia carthagenensis Cav. Sterculia elata Ducke

coolie sterculia; panama; Panama tree (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); Panama wood

mahot apétale; maho (Antilles); maho cochon (French Guiana); pistache des Indes (Haiti)

anaca huita (Dominican Republic); anacagüita (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); anacahuita (Cuba, Dominican Republic); bellota (Guatemala, Mexico, Panama); cacaguillo (Venezuela); cacaito (Colombia); cacaíto (Venezuela); cama jorú, camajón, camajón duro, camajonduro, camajuru, camajurú (Colombia); camaruca (Cuba); camoruco (Guyana, Venezuela); castaño (Central America); chiapas (Guatemala, Mexico, Panama); chicha (Honduras); coco de monte (Ecuador); esterculia (Cuba); huarmi caspí (Peru); kobé (Honduras); majao (Colombia); panama (Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama); panamá (Honduras); pata de danta (Venezuela); pinón (Costa Rica); suán (Colombia); sujo (Bolivia); sunsún; sun-sún (Venezuela); tepetaca (Mexico)

bajirri (Colombia); chicha (Brazil); comótsontoc (campa asháninca, Peru); exixa (portuguese, Brazil); joyo (Bolivia); kobé (Honduras, Suriname); pistach (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Sterculia apetala (Jacq.) H.Karst.
Family	Sterculiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hyg calc sili
Use	cl (emblem tree of Panama) dr (bark used for malaria, decoction of leaves prevent badness and is employed for chest ailments and cold, flower decoction taken orally for cough and insomnia, flower syrup taken orally for flu, bronchitis, chronic cough and asthma, leaves decoction taken orally for rheumatism, seed decoction is a diuretic used as a tonic for nervous and cardiac disease, seed decoction tonic as stimulant) fd (food industry with oil, fruits, seed ground and mixed with water are used as beverage or to flavor chocolate, seeds contain oil as what is found in cashews and peanuts, seeds named chesnuts are eaten boiled or roasted) fr (honey, seed used to fatten pigs) fw (firewood) ma (manufacture of soap with the seed) pl (fruits, honey, shade) sa (shade tree) ti (boxes, cabinet work, crates, fence posts, general carpentry, interior construction, matchboxes, matchsticks, medicine spatula, moulding, packaging, particleboards, piquet, plywood, posts, rude seat, tooth-pick, veneer, wrapping) tx
Synonym	Clompanus apetala Kuntze Helicteres apetala Jacq. Sterculia carthagenensis Cav. Sterculia elata Ducke
English name	coolie sterculia; panama; Panama tree (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); Panama wood
French name	mahot apétale; maho (Antilles); maho cochon (French Guiana); pistache des Indes (Haiti)
Spanish name	anaca huita (Dominican Republic); anacagüita (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); anacahuita (Cuba, Dominican Republic); bellota (Guatemala, Mexico, Panama); cacaguillo (Venezuela); cacaito (Colombia); cacaíto (Venezuela); cama jorú, camajón, camajón duro, camajonduro, camajuru, camajurú (Colombia); camaruca (Cuba); camoruco (Guyana, Venezuela); castaño (Central America); chiapas (Guatemala, Mexico, Panama); chicha (Honduras); coco de monte (Ecuador); esterculia (Cuba); huarmi caspí (Peru); kobé (Honduras); majao (Colombia); panama (Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama); panamá (Honduras); pata de danta (Venezuela); pinón (Costa Rica); suán (Colombia); sujo (Bolivia); sunsún; sun-sún (Venezuela); tepetaca (Mexico)
Other name	bajirri (Colombia); chicha (Brazil); comótsontoc (campa asháninca, Peru); exixa (portuguese, Brazil); joyo (Bolivia); kobé (Honduras, Suriname); pistach (creole, Haiti)
Trade name	chicha