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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

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Spanish name

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Trade name

Virola koschnyi Warb.

Myristicaceae

SC SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador)

SC SE

[D]

hyg

dr fd ma (oil: potential for exportation, seeds oil for candles) pp (good for paper pulp) ti (boat construction, boxes, cabinet work, concrete forms, crates, fiber board, furniture, general carpentry, interior construction, light construction, moulding, ornamental and interior finishing, ornamental boxes, packaging, particleboards, plaque, plywood, plywood corestock, posts, sawn timber, scaffolding, veneer, wrapping)

Virola merendonis Pittier

Koschny virola; black banak (Belize); merendon virola

virole de Koschny

achiotillo (Costa Rica); banak (Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua); banak colorado; bogamani (Panama); cedrillo, drago (Guatemala); fruta dorada (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); fruta dorado (Costa Rica); palo de sangre (Belize, Honduras); sangre (Guatemala, Honduras); sangre colorada (Honduras); sangre drago (Nicaragua); sangre real, sangro rojo (Honduras); sebo (Colombia, Nicaragua); soto (Colombia); virola (Honduras)

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Latin name	Virola koschnyi Warb.
Family	Myristicaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	[D]
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr fd ma (oil: potential for exportation, seeds oil for candles) pp (good for paper pulp) ti (boat construction, boxes, cabinet work, concrete forms, crates, fiber board, furniture, general carpentry, interior construction, light construction, moulding, ornamental and interior finishing, ornamental boxes, packaging, particleboards, plaque, plywood, plywood corestock, posts, sawn timber, scaffolding, veneer, wrapping)
Synonym	Virola merendonis Pittier
English name	Koschny virola; black banak (Belize); merendon virola
French name	virole de Koschny
Spanish name	achiotillo (Costa Rica); banak (Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua); banak colorado; bogamani (Panama); cedrillo, drago (Guatemala); fruta dorada (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); fruta dorado (Costa Rica); palo de sangre (Belize, Honduras); sangre (Guatemala, Honduras); sangre colorada (Honduras); sangre drago (Nicaragua); sangre real, sangro rojo (Honduras); sebo (Colombia, Nicaragua); soto (Colombia); virola (Honduras)
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Trade name