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Tetragastris panamensis (Engl.) Kuntze

Burseraceae

SE North America (Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) NC M South America (Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)

[D]

hyg

dr (bark decoction for mushroom and skin disease) fd fr fw ma ti (boat building, bridge structure and timbers, fence posts, finish for yacht, flooring, framing, general carpentry, general heavy construction, light construction, plywood corestock, railroad ties, ship building, tool handles)

Hedwigia balsamifera Engl. non Sw. Hedwigia panamensis Engl. Protium crassifolium Engl. Tetragastris panamensis var. grandifolia Swart Tetragastris panamensis var. hirtella Swart Tetragastris paraensis Cuatrec. Tetragastris stevensonii Standl.

Panama tetragastris; copal, mountain copal, red copal (Belize)

sucrier du Panama; baume à cochon, cèdre rouge, gommier de montagne, sali, sucrier de montagne

anime, animé (Panama); aracho, aracho blanco, azucarito, azucarito blanco, biscochuelo (Venezuela); canfin (Costa Rica, Honduras); caramacate blanco, caraño, caraño negro (Venezuela); carbón (Belize); catamajaca tierra firme (Venezuela); copal caspi, copal colorado (Peru); isigo (Bolivia); kerosen (Brazil, Guyana, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela); kerosén (Honduras); lagunero (Bolivia); sali (Honduras); zucarito (Venezuela)

almesca (Brazil); guapichuna, guira (carijona); haiawaballi (Guyana); sali (Suriname); tserinayek (arecuna, Venezuela)

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Latin name	Tetragastris panamensis (Engl.) Kuntze
Family	Burseraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) NC M South America (Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	[D]
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr (bark decoction for mushroom and skin disease) fd fr fw ma ti (boat building, bridge structure and timbers, fence posts, finish for yacht, flooring, framing, general carpentry, general heavy construction, light construction, plywood corestock, railroad ties, ship building, tool handles)
Synonym	Hedwigia balsamifera Engl. non Sw. Hedwigia panamensis Engl. Protium crassifolium Engl. Tetragastris panamensis var. grandifolia Swart Tetragastris panamensis var. hirtella Swart Tetragastris paraensis Cuatrec. Tetragastris stevensonii Standl.
English name	Panama tetragastris; copal, mountain copal, red copal (Belize)
French name	sucrier du Panama; baume à cochon, cèdre rouge, gommier de montagne, sali, sucrier de montagne
Spanish name	anime, animé (Panama); aracho, aracho blanco, azucarito, azucarito blanco, biscochuelo (Venezuela); canfin (Costa Rica, Honduras); caramacate blanco, caraño, caraño negro (Venezuela); carbón (Belize); catamajaca tierra firme (Venezuela); copal caspi, copal colorado (Peru); isigo (Bolivia); kerosen (Brazil, Guyana, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela); kerosén (Honduras); lagunero (Bolivia); sali (Honduras); zucarito (Venezuela)
Other name	almesca (Brazil); guapichuna, guira (carijona); haiawaballi (Guyana); sali (Suriname); tserinayek (arecuna, Venezuela)
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