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North America distribution zone

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Brosimum guianense (Aubl.) Huber

Moraceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador: Coast, Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia)

SC SE

L[G]

dr ma ti (fancy articles, turned work, veneer, violin case)

Alicastrum guianense (Aubl.) Kuntze Brosimum aubletii Poepp. & Endl. Brosimum discolor Schott Brosimum lecointei Ducke Brosimum lemeei (Benoist) Lemée Brosimum palmarum Standl. Brosimum panamense (Pittier) Standl. & Steyerm. Brosimum rotundatum Standl. Brosimum tessmannii Mildbr. Brosimum velutinum (S.F.Blake) Ducke Piratinera discolor (Schott) Pittier Piratinera guianensis Aubl. Piratinera lemeei Benoist Piratinera mollis Killip Piratinera panamensis Pittier Piratinera scabridula S.F.Blake Piratinera velutina S.F.Blake

letterwood breadnuttree; bastard breadnut (Belize); gatea (Trinidad); leopard wood (Guyana, Trinidad); letterwood (Guyana, UK); mountain breadnut (Belize); snakewood (Guyana); specklewood, tortoiseshell wood; wild breadnut (Belize)

brosimum lettre-mouchette; amourette (France); bois d'amourette, bois de lettre (French Guiana); bois de lettre moucheté (France); lettre mouchette (French Guiana)

bachirao (Bolivia); cacique carey (Panama); cimarron (Belize); coloradillo (Bolivia); coquillo (Bolivia); huaira caspi, huaya caspi, huayracaspi (Peru); langua de siervo (Costa Rica); ma requende, marequende (Ecuador); masica (Honduras); masico (Belize); masiquilla (Honduras); ojochillo (Costa Rica); palisangre (Peru); palo de oro (Venezuela); quecho, quecho verde (Bolivia)

aita (portuguese, Brazil); bourra courra, burokoro (Guyana); gateado (portuguese, Brazil); imparinaqui (campa asháninca, Peru); kapiteinletterhout, letterhout (sranan, Suriname); man letterhout (Suriname); manletterhout (dutch, Suriname); muirapenima, muirapimina (portuguese, Brazil); paida (Caribbean); pakael (palikúr, Brazil); pakasa (wayampi); quiré (portuguese, Brazil); sokonè ibiberoe (arawak); tibicusi, tibikishe, tibikishi (Guyana)

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Latin name	Brosimum guianense (Aubl.) Huber
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador: Coast, Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage
Ecology
Use	dr ma ti (fancy articles, turned work, veneer, violin case)
Synonym	Alicastrum guianense (Aubl.) Kuntze Brosimum aubletii Poepp. & Endl. Brosimum discolor Schott Brosimum lecointei Ducke Brosimum lemeei (Benoist) Lemée Brosimum palmarum Standl. Brosimum panamense (Pittier) Standl. & Steyerm. Brosimum rotundatum Standl. Brosimum tessmannii Mildbr. Brosimum velutinum (S.F.Blake) Ducke Piratinera discolor (Schott) Pittier Piratinera guianensis Aubl. Piratinera lemeei Benoist Piratinera mollis Killip Piratinera panamensis Pittier Piratinera scabridula S.F.Blake Piratinera velutina S.F.Blake
English name	letterwood breadnuttree; bastard breadnut (Belize); gatea (Trinidad); leopard wood (Guyana, Trinidad); letterwood (Guyana, UK); mountain breadnut (Belize); snakewood (Guyana); specklewood, tortoiseshell wood; wild breadnut (Belize)
French name	brosimum lettre-mouchette; amourette (France); bois d'amourette, bois de lettre (French Guiana); bois de lettre moucheté (France); lettre mouchette (French Guiana)
Spanish name	bachirao (Bolivia); cacique carey (Panama); cimarron (Belize); coloradillo (Bolivia); coquillo (Bolivia); huaira caspi, huaya caspi, huayracaspi (Peru); langua de siervo (Costa Rica); ma requende, marequende (Ecuador); masica (Honduras); masico (Belize); masiquilla (Honduras); ojochillo (Costa Rica); palisangre (Peru); palo de oro (Venezuela); quecho, quecho verde (Bolivia)
Other name	aita (portuguese, Brazil); bourra courra, burokoro (Guyana); gateado (portuguese, Brazil); imparinaqui (campa asháninca, Peru); kapiteinletterhout, letterhout (sranan, Suriname); man letterhout (Suriname); manletterhout (dutch, Suriname); muirapenima, muirapimina (portuguese, Brazil); paida (Caribbean); pakael (palikúr, Brazil); pakasa (wayampi); quiré (portuguese, Brazil); sokonè ibiberoe (arawak); tibicusi, tibikishe, tibikishi (Guyana)
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