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Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

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Spanish name

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Ulmus mexicana (Liebm.) Planch.

Ulmaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)

SC SE

L[G]

hel hyg

ma pp ti (boat construction, boxes, cabinet work, cart-wheel, crates, decorative veneer, farm building, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, interior construction, manual goods, ornament and interior finishing, plywood, railroad ties, tool handles, trench, veneer)

Chaetoptelea mexicana Liebm.

Mexican elm

orme du Mexique

capulín (Costa Rica); careto, cedrillo (Honduras); ceniza, cenizo (Panama); chaperno, cuerillo, cuero (Mexico); cuero de toro (Honduras); ilite (Mexico); manteco, membrillo (Honduras); mezcal (Mexico); mezcalillo (Honduras); palo de baqueta, papalote, petatillo (Mexico); terrá, tirra, tirrá (Costa Rica)

chuchum, nuculpat, sacpacché, sacpucté; tiacacuáhuitl (nahuatl, Mexico); tlacacuahuitl; tza (huasteco, Mexico); tzapasnaca; zempoalehuatl (Mexico)

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Latin name	Ulmus mexicana (Liebm.) Planch.
Family	Ulmaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	ma pp ti (boat construction, boxes, cabinet work, cart-wheel, crates, decorative veneer, farm building, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, interior construction, manual goods, ornament and interior finishing, plywood, railroad ties, tool handles, trench, veneer)
Synonym	Chaetoptelea mexicana Liebm.
English name	Mexican elm
French name	orme du Mexique
Spanish name	capulín (Costa Rica); careto, cedrillo (Honduras); ceniza, cenizo (Panama); chaperno, cuerillo, cuero (Mexico); cuero de toro (Honduras); ilite (Mexico); manteco, membrillo (Honduras); mezcal (Mexico); mezcalillo (Honduras); palo de baqueta, papalote, petatillo (Mexico); terrá, tirra, tirrá (Costa Rica)
Other name	chuchum, nuculpat, sacpacché, sacpucté; tiacacuáhuitl (nahuatl, Mexico); tlacacuahuitl; tza (huasteco, Mexico); tzapasnaca; zempoalehuatl (Mexico)
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