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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

Acacia macracantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Leguminosae

S North America (USA: Georgia and Florida; Mexico to Panama, Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics and subtropics)

SW SC SE

hel xer calc

cl? dr (crushed leaves mouthwash for gumdisease, leaves decoction taken orally or applied for dysentery, chronic diarrhea and gangrene, roots and leaves drink or warm water bath for fever, roots and leaves wash and compress for infected sore) fw ma pl ti

Acacia flexuosa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Acacia lutea (Mill.) Britton non Leavenw. Acacia lutea (Mill.) Hitch. Acacia macrantha Kunth Acacia macrantha Pittier Acacia macrantha var. glabrens Eggers Acacia macranthoides Bertero ex DC. Acacia obtusa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Acacia pellacantha Vogel Acacia subinermis Bertero ex DC. Mimosa flexuosa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Poir. Mimosa lutea Mill. Mimosa macrantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Poir. Poponax canescens Britton ex Britton & Killip Poponax flexuosa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Britton & Rose ex Britton & Killip Poponax lutea (Mill.) Britton & Rose Poponax macrantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Killip Poponax macranthoides (Bertero ex DC.) Britton & Rose Vachellia lutea f. thlipsacantha Speg.

longspine acacia; Creole casha (Netherlands Antilles); French casha, long-spine acacia; long spined acacia, long-spined acacia (Bahamas); parknut; park-nut (Jamaica); porknut; Spanish casha (Netherlands Antilles); steel acacia (USA); stinh casha (Virgin Islands); stink casha; strink casha (Virgin Islands); wild tamarind (Jamaica, Virgin Islands)

acacia piquant; acacia (Haiti); acacia savane p.p.; cambrón, carambouba (Haiti)

acacia (Hispaniola); acacia aroma (Dominican Republic); algarrobo (Ecuador, Venezuela); aroma (Dominican Republic); aromo (Ecuador); cambrion, cambrón (Hispaniola); carambomba (Dominican Republic); casha; cuji, cuji negro (Venezuela); espina (Peru); espino, faique, guarango (Ecuador, Peru); guatapaná (Cuba); kini, sirado-sirao (Bolivia); tamarindo (Cuba, Haiti); tamarindo silvestre; taque (Ecuador, Peru); vilca (Ecuador)

karambouba, zakasya pikan (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Acacia macracantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	S North America (USA: Georgia and Florida; Mexico to Panama, Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics and subtropics)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel xer calc
Use	cl? dr (crushed leaves mouthwash for gumdisease, leaves decoction taken orally or applied for dysentery, chronic diarrhea and gangrene, roots and leaves drink or warm water bath for fever, roots and leaves wash and compress for infected sore) fw ma pl ti
Synonym	Acacia flexuosa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Acacia lutea (Mill.) Britton non Leavenw. Acacia lutea (Mill.) Hitch. Acacia macrantha Kunth Acacia macrantha Pittier Acacia macrantha var. glabrens Eggers Acacia macranthoides Bertero ex DC. Acacia obtusa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Acacia pellacantha Vogel Acacia subinermis Bertero ex DC. Mimosa flexuosa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Poir. Mimosa lutea Mill. Mimosa macrantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Poir. Poponax canescens Britton ex Britton & Killip Poponax flexuosa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Britton & Rose ex Britton & Killip Poponax lutea (Mill.) Britton & Rose Poponax macrantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Killip Poponax macranthoides (Bertero ex DC.) Britton & Rose Vachellia lutea f. thlipsacantha Speg.
English name	longspine acacia; Creole casha (Netherlands Antilles); French casha, long-spine acacia; long spined acacia, long-spined acacia (Bahamas); parknut; park-nut (Jamaica); porknut; Spanish casha (Netherlands Antilles); steel acacia (USA); stinh casha (Virgin Islands); stink casha; strink casha (Virgin Islands); wild tamarind (Jamaica, Virgin Islands)
French name	acacia piquant; acacia (Haiti); acacia savane p.p.; cambrón, carambouba (Haiti)
Spanish name	acacia (Hispaniola); acacia aroma (Dominican Republic); algarrobo (Ecuador, Venezuela); aroma (Dominican Republic); aromo (Ecuador); cambrion, cambrón (Hispaniola); carambomba (Dominican Republic); casha; cuji, cuji negro (Venezuela); espina (Peru); espino, faique, guarango (Ecuador, Peru); guatapaná (Cuba); kini, sirado-sirao (Bolivia); tamarindo (Cuba, Haiti); tamarindo silvestre; taque (Ecuador, Peru); vilca (Ecuador)
Other name	karambouba, zakasya pikan (creole, Haiti)
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