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Tapirira guianensis Aubl.

Anacardiaceae

SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N M SC South America (Colombia to Guianas, Trinidad, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)

hel hyg

cl (primary host of the venomous caterpillar Lonomia achelous venom of which injected by the spines of the insect causes extensive hemorrhage and may be fatal) fd (drupe edible when ripe, nuts) fr (birds) pl sa ti

Comocladia tapaculo Kunth Joncquetia paniculata Willd. Mauria multiflora Mart. ex Benth. Mauria subbijuga Mart. ex Benth. Odina francoana Netto Tapiria fanshawei Sandwith Tapirira bijuga Hook.f. ex Marchand Tapirira guianensis var. cuneata Engl. Tapirira guianensis var. elliptica Engl. Tapirira myriantha Triana & Planch. Tapirira pao-pombo Marchand

Guiana tapirira

tapirira de la Guyane; gommier, gommier viande biche (Trinidad and Tobago)

caobina (Honduras); cazabe (Venezuela); cedrillo (Colombia, Costa Rica); cedro dulce (Costa Rica); cedro macho, cuarupayo, fresno (Colombia); fruta de paloma (Guyana); guarupayo (Colombia); huira caspi, huira caspi colorado (Peru); ichiramillo (Bolivia); jabón (Colombia); jobillo (Venezuela); kenim (Ecuador); manteco (Colombia); maquero (Ecuador); mara macho (Bolivia); maro (Venezuela); mata piojo, matapiojo (Honduras); ovillo, palo de mosquito, patillo (Venezuela); piojo (Honduras); tapaculo, zapacuro (Venezuela)

agaghamaïe (aukaans); aroeirana (Brazil); basa onopé (Suriname); bom-nome, camboatá, cedro-novo, cedroí, cedrói, copiúva, cupiúva, fruta-de-pombo, fruto-de-pombo, guapiruba (Brazil); isa paritsi (Peru); jobo (Brazil); maculuuchii (Ecuador); makarinyek (Venezuela); mombin blanc, mombin sauvage (creole); ñemewe (waorani, Ecuador); nihibimi (Bolivia); paopombo; pau-pombo, peito-de-pombo (Brazil); tamú ñe mën (panare, Venezuela); tapirirá, tapiriri, tatapiriraca, tatapiririca (Brazil); urgia, urguia (kuna, Panama); warima (Guyana, Suriname)

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Latin name	Tapirira guianensis Aubl.
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N M SC South America (Colombia to Guianas, Trinidad, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	cl (primary host of the venomous caterpillar Lonomia achelous venom of which injected by the spines of the insect causes extensive hemorrhage and may be fatal) fd (drupe edible when ripe, nuts) fr (birds) pl sa ti
Synonym	Comocladia tapaculo Kunth Joncquetia paniculata Willd. Mauria multiflora Mart. ex Benth. Mauria subbijuga Mart. ex Benth. Odina francoana Netto Tapiria fanshawei Sandwith Tapirira bijuga Hook.f. ex Marchand Tapirira guianensis var. cuneata Engl. Tapirira guianensis var. elliptica Engl. Tapirira myriantha Triana & Planch. Tapirira pao-pombo Marchand
English name	Guiana tapirira
French name	tapirira de la Guyane; gommier, gommier viande biche (Trinidad and Tobago)
Spanish name	caobina (Honduras); cazabe (Venezuela); cedrillo (Colombia, Costa Rica); cedro dulce (Costa Rica); cedro macho, cuarupayo, fresno (Colombia); fruta de paloma (Guyana); guarupayo (Colombia); huira caspi, huira caspi colorado (Peru); ichiramillo (Bolivia); jabón (Colombia); jobillo (Venezuela); kenim (Ecuador); manteco (Colombia); maquero (Ecuador); mara macho (Bolivia); maro (Venezuela); mata piojo, matapiojo (Honduras); ovillo, palo de mosquito, patillo (Venezuela); piojo (Honduras); tapaculo, zapacuro (Venezuela)
Other name	agaghamaïe (aukaans); aroeirana (Brazil); basa onopé (Suriname); bom-nome, camboatá, cedro-novo, cedroí, cedrói, copiúva, cupiúva, fruta-de-pombo, fruto-de-pombo, guapiruba (Brazil); isa paritsi (Peru); jobo (Brazil); maculuuchii (Ecuador); makarinyek (Venezuela); mombin blanc, mombin sauvage (creole); ñemewe (waorani, Ecuador); nihibimi (Bolivia); paopombo; pau-pombo, peito-de-pombo (Brazil); tamú ñe mën (panare, Venezuela); tapirirá, tapiriri, tatapiriraca, tatapiririca (Brazil); urgia, urguia (kuna, Panama); warima (Guyana, Suriname)
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