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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Triplaris melaenodendron (Bertol.) Standl. & Steyerm.

Polygonaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)

SC SE

M[L?]

pp (good for paper pulp) ti (boxes, carpentry, general construction, posts)

Triplaris macombii Donn.Sm. Vellasquesia melaenodendron Bertol.

black anttree

bois-fourmi noir

canilla de mula (El Salvador); canilla de mula-callito (Costa Rica); flor de arco, flor de garrobo (Nicaragua); gallito (El Salvador); guayabito (Nicaragua); guayabo hormiguero (Costa Rica, Panama); hormigo (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua); mulato (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras); palo mulato (Guatemala); palo santo (Panama); Santa Rosa (Nicaragua); tabaco, tabaco de monte, tabacon (Costa Rica); tabacón (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); tabasco (Costa Rica); vara santa (Panama)

turi-svan-kra (boruca)

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Latin name	Triplaris melaenodendron (Bertol.) Standl. & Steyerm.
Family	Polygonaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L?]
Foliage
Ecology
Use	pp (good for paper pulp) ti (boxes, carpentry, general construction, posts)
Synonym	Triplaris macombii Donn.Sm. Vellasquesia melaenodendron Bertol.
English name	black anttree
French name	bois-fourmi noir
Spanish name	canilla de mula (El Salvador); canilla de mula-callito (Costa Rica); flor de arco, flor de garrobo (Nicaragua); gallito (El Salvador); guayabito (Nicaragua); guayabo hormiguero (Costa Rica, Panama); hormigo (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua); mulato (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras); palo mulato (Guatemala); palo santo (Panama); Santa Rosa (Nicaragua); tabaco, tabaco de monte, tabacon (Costa Rica); tabacón (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); tabasco (Costa Rica); vara santa (Panama)
Other name	turi-svan-kra (boruca)
Trade name