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North America distribution zone

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Symphonia globulifera L.f.

Guttiferae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Lesser Antilles) South America (general) Africa (tropics)

SC SE

E[D]

hel sci hyg->mes

dr (latex for cicatrization of ulcer and skin abscess, poultice, resin used as diuretic, tonic) dr(ob) (latex used medicinally by indigenous peoples) fd (fruits) fr (flowers: hummingbirds, fruits: bats) fw (resinous exudate is burned as a source of light) ma (boiling and drying the sap produces a wax used in tool manufacture and maintenance, candles, dye, latex for caulking boats, resin, torches) ma(ob) (sap has been used by Piaroa Amerindians to caulk canoes and as general purpose glue) pl pp sa ti (athletic and sports equipment, barrel for solid food, boat framing, roofing and planking, boxes, bridge boards and structure, cabinet work, cooperage, crates, fence posts, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, general construction, industry and artisan uses, installations, paneling and interior trim, piling, plywood, posts cutting, railroad ties, ship building, stick and boxe matches, tuns, turned work)

Moronobea coccinea Aubl. Moronobea coccinea sensu Duss Moronobea globulifera Schtdl. Moronobea grandiflora Choisy Symphonia gabonensis (Vesque) Pierre Symphonia globulifera var. gabonensis Vesque Symphonia microphylla R.E.Schult. Symphonia ultissima R.E.Schult.

Guiana symphonia; boarwood (Jamaica, USA); bogum (Panama); brick-waxtree (Guyana); chewstick (USA); hog doctor, hog gum tree (Jamaica); hog plum; mangue (Tobago, Trinidad); manni (Guyana); sambo gum (Panama); waika chewstick, wycot (Belize); yellow mangle

manil marécage; bois à cochon (Haiti); bois cochon (French Guiana); mang blanc, mang jaune; mangle blanc (Dominica); mangle jaune, nom onié à fleurs rouges; palétuvier jaune (Guadeloupe)

amarillo (Honduras); azufre (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru); azufre caspi (Peru); barillo, bario (Central America); bogum (Panama); botoncillo (Costa Rica); brea amarilla (Bolivia); brea-caspi (Peru); cerillo, cero (Costa Rica, Panama); chuchuy (Venezuela); corbán (Belize); corbian (Belize); kulura; leche amarilla (Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela); leche amarillo (Guatemala, Honduras); leche amarillo macho (Belize); leche mana (Honduras); leche Maria (Nicaragua); machare (Colombia, Ecuador); machasi, madroño (Colombia); mani, mani peraman (Venezuela); manil (Ecuador, Honduras); marillo (Costa Rica); ojoru (Venezuela); palo azufre (Peru); paraman, paramán (Venezuela); paraquina macho (Bolivia); peramán, peramancillo (Venezuela); pimientillo (Guatemala, Honduras); piraquina macho (Bolivia); puenga (Ecuador); resina amarilla (Bolivia); sambogum (Panama); sapute (Ecuador); tomé (Colombia, Ecuador); tometo (Colombia); varillo (Guatemala, Honduras); yapi, zaputi (Ecuador)

agben (yoruba); agberigbedi, agbérigbedi (Nigeria); anani (portuguese, Brazil); anany (Brazil); bangu bangu (Dem. Rep. of the Congo); beu (Ivory Coast); bolaka, bolongo (kundu); bombiko (gombe); bon (Ivory Coast); botele (babua); bulungu (kitetela); bwa kochon (creole, Haiti); can-i-lech (maya, Belize); canadi (portuguese, Brazil); dake (gombe); gambé (Cameroon); gambé (pybi?); guanandi (Brazil); inse (shuar, Ecuador); k'han-leech (maya, Belize); kalukula (kimbuba); kayungu (kibembe?); kirungu (kisongola); leche amarilla (Brazil); lungu (lokele, Dem. Rep. of the Congo); mani (portuguese, Brazil; Suriname, Venezuela); manil (Congo; creole, French Guiana); maniou dou (saramaccan); manioudou (portuguese, Brazil); manni, manniballi (Guyana); mataaki (aukaans?); mataki, matakkie (Suriname); mbiko (gombe); moamba mbuaki (kiyombe); mokoa (Cameroon); monianga (Gabon); mulimba (swahili); mulungu (kirega); mutu (kuna, Panama); mvanga mvanga (kiyombe); ndimba (kikumu); nianga, nianga nianga (Congo); nkuazi (kikongo); nom-onié (Cameroon); nsongia (kikongo); nungu (kiswahili); oanani (Brazil); okilolo (ljaw); onié (Cameroon); onongo (lombo); ossol (Cameroon and Gabon); ovien edun eze (edo, Nigeria); pau-breu, pitiá-de-lagoa (Brazil); puenka (shuar, Ecuador); saban mataaki (aukaans?); shineri (campa asháninca, Peru); sisako (Cameroon); ulungu (kikusu, kitetela); vanahi (Brazil); vanani (portuguese, Brazil)

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Latin name	Symphonia globulifera L.f.
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Lesser Antilles) South America (general) Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel sci hyg->mes
Use	dr (latex for cicatrization of ulcer and skin abscess, poultice, resin used as diuretic, tonic) dr(ob) (latex used medicinally by indigenous peoples) fd (fruits) fr (flowers: hummingbirds, fruits: bats) fw (resinous exudate is burned as a source of light) ma (boiling and drying the sap produces a wax used in tool manufacture and maintenance, candles, dye, latex for caulking boats, resin, torches) ma(ob) (sap has been used by Piaroa Amerindians to caulk canoes and as general purpose glue) pl pp sa ti (athletic and sports equipment, barrel for solid food, boat framing, roofing and planking, boxes, bridge boards and structure, cabinet work, cooperage, crates, fence posts, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, general construction, industry and artisan uses, installations, paneling and interior trim, piling, plywood, posts cutting, railroad ties, ship building, stick and boxe matches, tuns, turned work)
Synonym	Moronobea coccinea Aubl. Moronobea coccinea sensu Duss Moronobea globulifera Schtdl. Moronobea grandiflora Choisy Symphonia gabonensis (Vesque) Pierre Symphonia globulifera var. gabonensis Vesque Symphonia microphylla R.E.Schult. Symphonia ultissima R.E.Schult.
English name	Guiana symphonia; boarwood (Jamaica, USA); bogum (Panama); brick-waxtree (Guyana); chewstick (USA); hog doctor, hog gum tree (Jamaica); hog plum; mangue (Tobago, Trinidad); manni (Guyana); sambo gum (Panama); waika chewstick, wycot (Belize); yellow mangle
French name	manil marécage; bois à cochon (Haiti); bois cochon (French Guiana); mang blanc, mang jaune; mangle blanc (Dominica); mangle jaune, nom onié à fleurs rouges; palétuvier jaune (Guadeloupe)
Spanish name	amarillo (Honduras); azufre (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru); azufre caspi (Peru); barillo, bario (Central America); bogum (Panama); botoncillo (Costa Rica); brea amarilla (Bolivia); brea-caspi (Peru); cerillo, cero (Costa Rica, Panama); chuchuy (Venezuela); corbán (Belize); corbian (Belize); kulura; leche amarilla (Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela); leche amarillo (Guatemala, Honduras); leche amarillo macho (Belize); leche mana (Honduras); leche Maria (Nicaragua); machare (Colombia, Ecuador); machasi, madroño (Colombia); mani, mani peraman (Venezuela); manil (Ecuador, Honduras); marillo (Costa Rica); ojoru (Venezuela); palo azufre (Peru); paraman, paramán (Venezuela); paraquina macho (Bolivia); peramán, peramancillo (Venezuela); pimientillo (Guatemala, Honduras); piraquina macho (Bolivia); puenga (Ecuador); resina amarilla (Bolivia); sambogum (Panama); sapute (Ecuador); tomé (Colombia, Ecuador); tometo (Colombia); varillo (Guatemala, Honduras); yapi, zaputi (Ecuador)
Other name	agben (yoruba); agberigbedi, agbérigbedi (Nigeria); anani (portuguese, Brazil); anany (Brazil); bangu bangu (Dem. Rep. of the Congo); beu (Ivory Coast); bolaka, bolongo (kundu); bombiko (gombe); bon (Ivory Coast); botele (babua); bulungu (kitetela); bwa kochon (creole, Haiti); can-i-lech (maya, Belize); canadi (portuguese, Brazil); dake (gombe); gambé (Cameroon); gambé (pybi?); guanandi (Brazil); inse (shuar, Ecuador); k'han-leech (maya, Belize); kalukula (kimbuba); kayungu (kibembe?); kirungu (kisongola); leche amarilla (Brazil); lungu (lokele, Dem. Rep. of the Congo); mani (portuguese, Brazil; Suriname, Venezuela); manil (Congo; creole, French Guiana); maniou dou (saramaccan); manioudou (portuguese, Brazil); manni, manniballi (Guyana); mataaki (aukaans?); mataki, matakkie (Suriname); mbiko (gombe); moamba mbuaki (kiyombe); mokoa (Cameroon); monianga (Gabon); mulimba (swahili); mulungu (kirega); mutu (kuna, Panama); mvanga mvanga (kiyombe); ndimba (kikumu); nianga, nianga nianga (Congo); nkuazi (kikongo); nom-onié (Cameroon); nsongia (kikongo); nungu (kiswahili); oanani (Brazil); okilolo (ljaw); onié (Cameroon); onongo (lombo); ossol (Cameroon and Gabon); ovien edun eze (edo, Nigeria); pau-breu, pitiá-de-lagoa (Brazil); puenka (shuar, Ecuador); saban mataaki (aukaans?); shineri (campa asháninca, Peru); sisako (Cameroon); ulungu (kikusu, kitetela); vanahi (Brazil); vanani (portuguese, Brazil)
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