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Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

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Symplocos martinicensis Jacq.

Symplocaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Nicaragua; Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles) N South America (Colombia, Trinidad, Guianas)

SC SE

hyg->xer calc

fw ti

Symplocos apiculata Brand Symplocos bicolor L.O.Williams Symplocos jamaicensis Krug & Urb. Symplocos latifolia Krug & Urb.

Martinique sweetleaf; blueberry (St. Eustatius, Saba); candle wood; male pigeon plum (Belize); white-beech (Montserrat); white-box (St. Kitts); whitewood (Nevis)

symploque graines-bleues; bois blanc (Grenada); bois blay (St. Vincent); bois bleu (St. Lucia); bois gros cendre (St. Vincent); caca rat, caca-rat (St. Lucia); graines bleues (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique); graines-bleues-grand-bois, pruneau

aceituna blanca, aceituna cimarrona (Puerto Rico)

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Latin name	Symplocos martinicensis Jacq.
Family	Symplocaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Nicaragua; Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles) N South America (Colombia, Trinidad, Guianas)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg->xer calc
Use	fw ti
Synonym	Symplocos apiculata Brand Symplocos bicolor L.O.Williams Symplocos jamaicensis Krug & Urb. Symplocos latifolia Krug & Urb.
English name	Martinique sweetleaf; blueberry (St. Eustatius, Saba); candle wood; male pigeon plum (Belize); white-beech (Montserrat); white-box (St. Kitts); whitewood (Nevis)
French name	symploque graines-bleues; bois blanc (Grenada); bois blay (St. Vincent); bois bleu (St. Lucia); bois gros cendre (St. Vincent); caca rat, caca-rat (St. Lucia); graines bleues (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique); graines-bleues-grand-bois, pruneau
Spanish name	aceituna blanca, aceituna cimarrona (Puerto Rico)
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