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Virola surinamensis (Rol. ex Rottb.) Warb.

Myristicaceae

SE North America (Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Lesser Antilles) South America (tropics)

hel hyg

dr fd fr fw ma (seed oil) pl pp ti (boxes, buildings, concrete forms, crates, general carpentry, interior construction, laminated, plywood)

Myristica fatua Sw. Myristica sebifera var. longifolia Lam. Myristica surinamensis Rol. ex Rottb. Palala surinamensis (Rol. ex Rottb.) Kuntze Virola glaziovii Warb.

Suriname virola; dalli, delli (Guyana); wild nutmeg (Tobago, Trinidad)

virole marécage; guingamadou; yayamadou (French Guiana); yayamadou marécage

camaticaro (Venezuela); candelo (Honduras); chalviande (Ecuador); cuajo (Guyana, Venezuela); cumala blanca (Peru); fruta dorada (Costa Rica, Honduras); palo santo negro (Bolivia); shempo (Ecuador)

andiroba, árvore-do-sebo (Brazil); baboen (dutch, Suriname); bicuiba (portuguese, Brazil); bicuíba (Brazil); cajuca (Trinidad and Tobago); chucum (Ecuador); moulomba (aukaans and saramaccan); nós-moscada (Brazil); sabdurgia (kuna, Panama); tzemfo (shuar, Ecuador); ucuúba, ucuúba branca (portuguese, Brazil); ucuúba-amarela, ucuúba-branca, ucuúba-cheirosa, ucuúba-verdadeira (Brazil); uncuúba-branca (portuguese, Brazil); uncuúba-da-várzea, urucurana (Brazil)

baboen (Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago)

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Latin name	Virola surinamensis (Rol. ex Rottb.) Warb.
Family	Myristicaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Lesser Antilles) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	dr fd fr fw ma (seed oil) pl pp ti (boxes, buildings, concrete forms, crates, general carpentry, interior construction, laminated, plywood)
Synonym	Myristica fatua Sw. Myristica sebifera var. longifolia Lam. Myristica surinamensis Rol. ex Rottb. Palala surinamensis (Rol. ex Rottb.) Kuntze Virola glaziovii Warb.
English name	Suriname virola; dalli, delli (Guyana); wild nutmeg (Tobago, Trinidad)
French name	virole marécage; guingamadou; yayamadou (French Guiana); yayamadou marécage
Spanish name	camaticaro (Venezuela); candelo (Honduras); chalviande (Ecuador); cuajo (Guyana, Venezuela); cumala blanca (Peru); fruta dorada (Costa Rica, Honduras); palo santo negro (Bolivia); shempo (Ecuador)
Other name	andiroba, árvore-do-sebo (Brazil); baboen (dutch, Suriname); bicuiba (portuguese, Brazil); bicuíba (Brazil); cajuca (Trinidad and Tobago); chucum (Ecuador); moulomba (aukaans and saramaccan); nós-moscada (Brazil); sabdurgia (kuna, Panama); tzemfo (shuar, Ecuador); ucuúba, ucuúba branca (portuguese, Brazil); ucuúba-amarela, ucuúba-branca, ucuúba-cheirosa, ucuúba-verdadeira (Brazil); uncuúba-branca (portuguese, Brazil); uncuúba-da-várzea, urucurana (Brazil)
Trade name	baboen (Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago)