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Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.

Leguminosae

M S North America (USA: California to Florida; Mexico to Panama, Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics) int MW S Eurasia, Africa and N M Oceania (tropics and subtropics)

MW MC ME SW SC SE

S[M]

D[E]

mes->xer calc sili neut

dr (bark against rheumatic pain, crushed fruits juice for diarrhea, dried or pulverized leaves applied on wounds, eye and throat infection, flower tea for stomachache, flowers and essential oil are basis of a perfume industry in France, flowers infusion is a digestive tonic, good for arthritic hyperestesia, circulatory and nervous system, malaria, malicious fever, neuralgia, incense, leaves decoction against bladder infection, leaves used for toothache, bladder pain and to cure any hurts, roots decoction against tuberculosis and gangrene, roots against fever, typhus and antidote for seed consumption, used as odoriferant among stored linens in Central America, used in Burma as antiparasitic for horses) fd fr (leaves) fw (fuel) ma (bark, pod and fruits are rich in tannin, dye, lac from the pods is used as glue in mending pottery, mucilaginous fruits can be used to mend broken dishes, resin or gums used for cement, toothbrushes) pl (ornamental) sa (hedges, shade and shelter, wind breaks) ti (marquetry, posts, tool and umbrella handles, turned work) tx (seeds)

Acacia acicularis Willd. Acacia ferox M.Martens & Galeotti Acacia pedunculata Willd. Acacia scorpioides Forssk. Acacia tortuosa Willd. Farnesia odora Gasp. Mimosa farnesiana L. Mimosa odorata-farnesiana L. Poponax farnesiana (L.) Raf. Vachelia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn.

sweet acacia; aroma (Bahamas); casha (Virgin Islands); casha tree (Virgin Gorda); cashaw (Belize); cashia (Bahamas); cassia (Virgin Islands); cassic; cassie (Jamaica, USA); cassie flower, cassie-flower (Jamaica); cuntich (Belize); honey-ball (USA); iron wood (tropics); mealy wattle; opoponax (Bahamas, USA); popinac, sweet briar, Texas huisache

acacia odorant; acacia (Haiti); acacia de Farnèse; acacia jaune (Haiti); casse, cassie, cassier, mimosa cassie, mimosa de Farnèse, pompon jaune

acacia (Bolivia, Ecuador); aroma (Argentina, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Puerto Rico); aroma amarilla, aroma amarillo (Cuba); aromita (Argentina, Colombia); aromo (Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama); aromo macho (Costa Rica); bayahonda (Hispaniola); binorama (Mexico); cachito de aroma (Central America); cachito de aromo (Honduras, Nicaragua); cambrón, carambomba (Hispaniola); carambuco (Spain); churgui, churqui (Argentina); cicao (Bolivia); cimarrón (Colombia); clavito (Nicaragua); cornezuelo (Honduras); corona de Cristo (Colombia); cuernito (Panama); cují aromo (Venezuela); cují cimarrón (Colombia); espinal (Guatemala); espinillo (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay); espino (Honduras); espino blanco (Argentina, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua); espino Mexico; espino ruco (El Salvador); espinoso (Colombia); esponjeira (Spain); finisache, flor de niño, gavia; huisache (Mexico); huranga (Peru); mimosa (Spain); pashaco (Peru); pauji (Venezuela); pela (Colombia); pelá (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Nicaragua); quisache (Mexico); subin (Guatemala); subín (Guatemala, Honduras); tusca (Argentina); uña de cabra (Colombia); vinorama (Mexico)

Antillen-Akazie, Antillenkassie (german); balibabulah (China); bihi (zapoteco, Mexico); cucca (maya, Mexico); cuntish (maya, Belize); Eisenholz (german, Germany); esponjeira (Brazil); gaggia (italian); gîglan; huisachi, huixache (nahuatl, Mexico); iai-do-no, k'antilis (Mexico); keo, keota (Indochina); kin nemu (japanese, Japan); kou kong, kraul, kumtai (Indochina); kunt-ich (Belize); laksana (Malaysia); man côi (Indochina); minza (otomí, Mexico); subinché (maya, Mexico); thujánun (huasteco, Mexico); tsurimbini (tarasco, Mexico); x cautiris (Mexico); xiri-xi (huichol, Mexico); xkantiriz (maya, Mexico); zakasya jòn (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	M S North America (USA: California to Florida; Mexico to Panama, Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics) int MW S Eurasia, Africa and N M Oceania (tropics and subtropics)
North America distribution zone	MW MC ME SW SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	D[E]
Ecology	mes->xer calc sili neut
Use	dr (bark against rheumatic pain, crushed fruits juice for diarrhea, dried or pulverized leaves applied on wounds, eye and throat infection, flower tea for stomachache, flowers and essential oil are basis of a perfume industry in France, flowers infusion is a digestive tonic, good for arthritic hyperestesia, circulatory and nervous system, malaria, malicious fever, neuralgia, incense, leaves decoction against bladder infection, leaves used for toothache, bladder pain and to cure any hurts, roots decoction against tuberculosis and gangrene, roots against fever, typhus and antidote for seed consumption, used as odoriferant among stored linens in Central America, used in Burma as antiparasitic for horses) fd fr (leaves) fw (fuel) ma (bark, pod and fruits are rich in tannin, dye, lac from the pods is used as glue in mending pottery, mucilaginous fruits can be used to mend broken dishes, resin or gums used for cement, toothbrushes) pl (ornamental) sa (hedges, shade and shelter, wind breaks) ti (marquetry, posts, tool and umbrella handles, turned work) tx (seeds)
Synonym	Acacia acicularis Willd. Acacia ferox M.Martens & Galeotti Acacia pedunculata Willd. Acacia scorpioides Forssk. Acacia tortuosa Willd. Farnesia odora Gasp. Mimosa farnesiana L. Mimosa odorata-farnesiana L. Poponax farnesiana (L.) Raf. Vachelia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn.
English name	sweet acacia; aroma (Bahamas); casha (Virgin Islands); casha tree (Virgin Gorda); cashaw (Belize); cashia (Bahamas); cassia (Virgin Islands); cassic; cassie (Jamaica, USA); cassie flower, cassie-flower (Jamaica); cuntich (Belize); honey-ball (USA); iron wood (tropics); mealy wattle; opoponax (Bahamas, USA); popinac, sweet briar, Texas huisache
French name	acacia odorant; acacia (Haiti); acacia de Farnèse; acacia jaune (Haiti); casse, cassie, cassier, mimosa cassie, mimosa de Farnèse, pompon jaune
Spanish name	acacia (Bolivia, Ecuador); aroma (Argentina, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Puerto Rico); aroma amarilla, aroma amarillo (Cuba); aromita (Argentina, Colombia); aromo (Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama); aromo macho (Costa Rica); bayahonda (Hispaniola); binorama (Mexico); cachito de aroma (Central America); cachito de aromo (Honduras, Nicaragua); cambrón, carambomba (Hispaniola); carambuco (Spain); churgui, churqui (Argentina); cicao (Bolivia); cimarrón (Colombia); clavito (Nicaragua); cornezuelo (Honduras); corona de Cristo (Colombia); cuernito (Panama); cují aromo (Venezuela); cují cimarrón (Colombia); espinal (Guatemala); espinillo (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay); espino (Honduras); espino blanco (Argentina, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua); espino Mexico; espino ruco (El Salvador); espinoso (Colombia); esponjeira (Spain); finisache, flor de niño, gavia; huisache (Mexico); huranga (Peru); mimosa (Spain); pashaco (Peru); pauji (Venezuela); pela (Colombia); pelá (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Nicaragua); quisache (Mexico); subin (Guatemala); subín (Guatemala, Honduras); tusca (Argentina); uña de cabra (Colombia); vinorama (Mexico)
Other name	Antillen-Akazie, Antillenkassie (german); balibabulah (China); bihi (zapoteco, Mexico); cucca (maya, Mexico); cuntish (maya, Belize); Eisenholz (german, Germany); esponjeira (Brazil); gaggia (italian); gîglan; huisachi, huixache (nahuatl, Mexico); iai-do-no, k'antilis (Mexico); keo, keota (Indochina); kin nemu (japanese, Japan); kou kong, kraul, kumtai (Indochina); kunt-ich (Belize); laksana (Malaysia); man côi (Indochina); minza (otomí, Mexico); subinché (maya, Mexico); thujánun (huasteco, Mexico); tsurimbini (tarasco, Mexico); x cautiris (Mexico); xiri-xi (huichol, Mexico); xkantiriz (maya, Mexico); zakasya jòn (creole, Haiti)
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