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North America distribution zone

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Terminalia amazonia (J.F.Gmel.) Exell

Combretaceae

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

SC SE

L[G]

E[D]

hyg [xer] calc sili

fw ma (tanbark) pl (wood production) pp (pulp) ti (barrels, beams, boat and ship building, bridge boards, cabinet work, doors, fences, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, general construction, heavy construction, house framing, laminated plywood, posts, railroad ties, structure, turned work, veneer, walls, windows)

Chuncoa amazonia J.F.Gmel. Chuncoa amazonica J.F.Gmel. Chuncoa obovata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. Gimbernatea obovata Ruiz & Pav. Myrobalanus obovatus (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze Terminalia excelsa Liebm. ex Hemsl. Terminalia hayesii Pittier Terminalia obovata (Ruiz & Pav.) Steud. non Cambess. Terminalia odontoptera Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.

nargusta terminalia; ballywood (Belize); bolitree (Honduras); bully tree (Belize); coffee mortar (Guyana); nargusta (Honduras); pine ridge bully tree, white nargosta (Belize); white oliver (Trinidad); white olivier (UK)

terminalier nargusta

aceituno (Venezuela); almendro (Belize, Honduras); amarillo (Argentina, Costa Rica, Panama); amarillo carabazuelo, amarillo real (Panama); amarillon (Costa Rica); amarillón (Argentina, Costa Rica); arbol del chuncho, arbol del chunchu (Peru); arispin (Venezuela); aurito (Ecuador); bolador (Guatemala, Honduras); bulitri (Honduras); canolté; canotté, canshán (Mexico); carboncillo (Panama); chemin, chicharrón (Venezuela); chuncho, chunchu (Peru); cochum, cochun, cortés amarillo (Mexico); cumbillo (Honduras); curichi (Colombia); guacharaco (Venezuela); guarabo, guatuso (Honduras); guavo (Cuba); guayabillo (Guatemala, Honduras); guayabo (Belize, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela); guayabo de montana (Panama); guayabo del monte (Costa Rica); guayabo león (Colombia); guayabo negro (Costa Rica); guayabo volador (Guatemala); guayabon (Nicaragua); guayabón (Honduras); guayacán, guayacán amarillo, macano (Colombia); mara macho (Bolivia); mashipe (Ecuador); membrillo (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras); mezcla (Venezuela); nagusta (Tobago, Trinidad); naranjo (Honduras, Guatemala); nargusta (Belize, Honduras, Panama); nargusta terminalia; nogal amarillo (Peru); palo prieto (Colombia); papayo (Costa Rica); pardillo negro, pardo amarillo, pata de danta amarillo, pata de danto, pata de danto amarillo (Venezuela); quebracho (Guatemala); raya (Honduras); roble (Ecuador); roble coral (Costa Rica); sisín (Guatemala); sombrerete, suchi amarillo, tapesuchil, tepesúchil (Mexico); vara de León (Colombia); verdolago, verdolago amarillo, verdolago blanco, verdolago colorado (Bolivia); volador (Guatemala, Honduras); yacushapana (Peru)

anangostii (Guianas); araca (Brazil); boesi-amandra (Suriname); canxan (maya, Guatemala); canxun (maya, Belize); canxún (maya); caolté (Mexico); caxun (Guatemala); durgab (kuna, Panama); fukadi (Guyana); girija hoeke (Suriname); pau-mulato brancho (Brazil); pookadi (Guyana); pucte (Guatemala); tepesúchil (Mexico); yumbigue (shuar, Ecuador)

nargusta, white oliver

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Latin name	Terminalia amazonia (J.F.Gmel.) Exell
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hyg [xer] calc sili
Use	fw ma (tanbark) pl (wood production) pp (pulp) ti (barrels, beams, boat and ship building, bridge boards, cabinet work, doors, fences, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, general construction, heavy construction, house framing, laminated plywood, posts, railroad ties, structure, turned work, veneer, walls, windows)
Synonym	Chuncoa amazonia J.F.Gmel. Chuncoa amazonica J.F.Gmel. Chuncoa obovata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. Gimbernatea obovata Ruiz & Pav. Myrobalanus obovatus (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze Terminalia excelsa Liebm. ex Hemsl. Terminalia hayesii Pittier Terminalia obovata (Ruiz & Pav.) Steud. non Cambess. Terminalia odontoptera Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
English name	nargusta terminalia; ballywood (Belize); bolitree (Honduras); bully tree (Belize); coffee mortar (Guyana); nargusta (Honduras); pine ridge bully tree, white nargosta (Belize); white oliver (Trinidad); white olivier (UK)
French name	terminalier nargusta
Spanish name	aceituno (Venezuela); almendro (Belize, Honduras); amarillo (Argentina, Costa Rica, Panama); amarillo carabazuelo, amarillo real (Panama); amarillon (Costa Rica); amarillón (Argentina, Costa Rica); arbol del chuncho, arbol del chunchu (Peru); arispin (Venezuela); aurito (Ecuador); bolador (Guatemala, Honduras); bulitri (Honduras); canolté; canotté, canshán (Mexico); carboncillo (Panama); chemin, chicharrón (Venezuela); chuncho, chunchu (Peru); cochum, cochun, cortés amarillo (Mexico); cumbillo (Honduras); curichi (Colombia); guacharaco (Venezuela); guarabo, guatuso (Honduras); guavo (Cuba); guayabillo (Guatemala, Honduras); guayabo (Belize, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela); guayabo de montana (Panama); guayabo del monte (Costa Rica); guayabo león (Colombia); guayabo negro (Costa Rica); guayabo volador (Guatemala); guayabon (Nicaragua); guayabón (Honduras); guayacán, guayacán amarillo, macano (Colombia); mara macho (Bolivia); mashipe (Ecuador); membrillo (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras); mezcla (Venezuela); nagusta (Tobago, Trinidad); naranjo (Honduras, Guatemala); nargusta (Belize, Honduras, Panama); nargusta terminalia; nogal amarillo (Peru); palo prieto (Colombia); papayo (Costa Rica); pardillo negro, pardo amarillo, pata de danta amarillo, pata de danto, pata de danto amarillo (Venezuela); quebracho (Guatemala); raya (Honduras); roble (Ecuador); roble coral (Costa Rica); sisín (Guatemala); sombrerete, suchi amarillo, tapesuchil, tepesúchil (Mexico); vara de León (Colombia); verdolago, verdolago amarillo, verdolago blanco, verdolago colorado (Bolivia); volador (Guatemala, Honduras); yacushapana (Peru)
Other name	anangostii (Guianas); araca (Brazil); boesi-amandra (Suriname); canxan (maya, Guatemala); canxun (maya, Belize); canxún (maya); caolté (Mexico); caxun (Guatemala); durgab (kuna, Panama); fukadi (Guyana); girija hoeke (Suriname); pau-mulato brancho (Brazil); pookadi (Guyana); pucte (Guatemala); tepesúchil (Mexico); yumbigue (shuar, Ecuador)
Trade name	nargusta, white oliver