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Taxodium mucronatum Ten.

Taxodiaceae

SC SE North America (USA: Texas; Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras)

SC SE

E[D]

hyg acid->neut

cl (emblem tree of Mexico) dr (acid resin exuded by the trunk was used to cure ulcers, gout and headache, infusion obtained from cooking the bark is used as home remedy to bring on menstruation and as diuretic) fw ma pl (ornamental, shade in park and garden) ti (beams, dugouts, posts, rural construction)

Taxodium distichum var. mexicanum (Carrière) Gordon Taxodium distichum var. mucronatum (Ten.) A.Henry Taxodium mexicanum Carrière Taxodium montezumae Decne.

Montezuma baldcypress; cypress, Mexican cypress p.p., Mexican swamp cypress, Montezuma bald cypress, Montezuma baldcypress of Mexico, tule tree

taxode de Montézuma; ciprès, cyprès de Montezuma

ahuehuete, bochil, cedro (Mexico); camphoreta, ciprés; el gigante ciprés, naciño (Mexico); sabino

ahoéhuetl (aztec, Mexico); ahuehuetl, ahuéhuetl, chuché, hauoli (Mexico); Mexikanische Sumpfzypress, Mexikanische Zypresse (german); ndaxinda, pénhawu, quitsincui, sabino; t-nuyucul (Mexico); tassodio mucronato (italian); tnugucu, watéoco, yaayitz, yacunda, yaga-chichicina, yaga-chiciña, yaga-guichicina, yaga-quichi, yucu-ndatura (Mexico)

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Latin name	Taxodium mucronatum Ten.
Family	Taxodiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (USA: Texas; Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hyg acid->neut
Use	cl (emblem tree of Mexico) dr (acid resin exuded by the trunk was used to cure ulcers, gout and headache, infusion obtained from cooking the bark is used as home remedy to bring on menstruation and as diuretic) fw ma pl (ornamental, shade in park and garden) ti (beams, dugouts, posts, rural construction)
Synonym	Taxodium distichum var. mexicanum (Carrière) Gordon Taxodium distichum var. mucronatum (Ten.) A.Henry Taxodium mexicanum Carrière Taxodium montezumae Decne.
English name	Montezuma baldcypress; cypress, Mexican cypress p.p., Mexican swamp cypress, Montezuma bald cypress, Montezuma baldcypress of Mexico, tule tree
French name	taxode de Montézuma; ciprès, cyprès de Montezuma
Spanish name	ahuehuete, bochil, cedro (Mexico); camphoreta, ciprés; el gigante ciprés, naciño (Mexico); sabino
Other name	ahoéhuetl (aztec, Mexico); ahuehuetl, ahuéhuetl, chuché, hauoli (Mexico); Mexikanische Sumpfzypress, Mexikanische Zypresse (german); ndaxinda, pénhawu, quitsincui, sabino; t-nuyucul (Mexico); tassodio mucronato (italian); tnugucu, watéoco, yaayitz, yacunda, yaga-chichicina, yaga-chiciña, yaga-guichicina, yaga-quichi, yucu-ndatura (Mexico)
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