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Latin name	Brunfelsia nitida Benth.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology
Use	pl
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English name	glossy raintree
French name	brunfelsia luisant; jazmin des Alpes (Haiti)
Spanish name	dama de noche, jazmín de Calcuta (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Brunfelsia splendida Urb.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
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English name	brilliant raintree
French name	brunfelsia brillant
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Latin name	Brunfelsia undulata Sw.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama, Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Use	pl
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English name	undulate raintree
French name	brunfelsia ondulé
Spanish name	galán de noche, huele de noche, huele noche (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Brya P.Browne
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
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English name	cocuswood
French name	brya
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Latin name	Brya ebenus (L.) DC.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida; West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	calc
Use	ti (musical instruments) ti(ob) (door handles)
Synonym	Aspalathus ebenus L.
English name	ebony cocuswood; brown ebony (Jamaica); cocos wood; cocus (Jamaica); green ebony, Jamaican ebony, torchwood, tropical American ebony, West Indian ebony (Jamaica)
French name	brya faux-ébène
Spanish name	espino de sabana, granadillo (Cuba)
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Trade name	American ebony, coccus wood, cocos wood, Jamaica ebony

Latin name	Brya microphylla Bisse
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	smallleaf cocuswood
French name	brya à petites feuilles
Spanish name	granadillo (Cuba)
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Latin name	Buchenavia Eichler
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution
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English name	buchenavia
French name	buchenavia
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Latin name	Buchenavia costaricensis Stace
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hel
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English name	CostaRica buchenavia
French name	buchenavia du Costa Rica
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Latin name	Buchenavia tetraphylla (Aubl.) R.A.Howard
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hel hyg xer acid
Use	ma pl sa ti (boat, flooring, house construction)
Synonym	Buchenavia capitata (Vahl) Eichler Buchenavia ptariensis Steyerm. Buchenavia vaupesana Cuatrec. Bucida capitata Vahl Cordia tetraphylla Aubl. Pseudolmedia bucidaefolia Bello
English name	yellowsanders buchenavia; golden crumbly berk (St. Vincent); mountain wild olive, wild olive (Jamaica); yellow olivier (Trinidad and Tobago); yellow sanders (Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago)
French name	buchenavia angouchi-des-sables; angouchi des sables, arbre aux trésors, bois arcoquois; bois gli-gli (Lesser Antilles); bois gri-gri (Guadeloupe); bois grigri (Haiti, Lesser Antilles); bois gris, bois gris-gris, bois margot (Haiti); bois olivier (Guadeloupe); bois rada (Haiti, Lesser Antilles); bois-rada; gligli (Lesser Antilles); gri-gri, gris-gris, gris-gris jaune, olivier; olivier grand bois (French Guiana, Lesser Antilles); z'olivier (Lesser Antilles)
Spanish name	almendro (Colombia); amarillo, amarillo boj, amarilloboj (Venezuela); boquete, buquete; chicharro (Venezuela); ciruelillo (Dominican Republic); comeyo (Venezuela); fruta de palo, fuquete; granadillo, granaolillo (Puerto Rico); gri-gri (Dominican Republic); guaragua; guaraguao (Dominican Republic); jocuma, jucarillo, jucaro mastelero, júcaro amarillo (Cuba); mago; olivo negro (Venezuela); palo amarillo; pata de danto (Venezuela); yacusha pana (Peru)
Other name	bwa grigri, bwa mago, bwa mango (creole, Haiti); gemberhout (Suriname); gri-gri jòn, grigri (creole, Haiti); katoelime, matakki (Suriname); mirindiba, periquiteira (Brazil); tockodi, toekoeli (Suriname)
Trade name	yellow sanders

Latin name	Bucida L.
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution
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English name	bucida
French name	bucida
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Latin name	Bucida buceras L.
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	S North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D[E]
Ecology	hyg calc
Use	dr (bark and leaves decoction taken orally for fever) fw ma (tannin) pl sa ti
Synonym	Buceras bucida Crantz Bucida angustifolia DC. Myrobalanus buceras (L.) Kuntze Terminalia buceras C.Wright.
English name	oxhorn bucida; Antigua whitewood; black olive (Bahamas, Jamaica); black-olive (Jamaica); bucida, bullet; bullet-tree, bully tree, bully wood (Belize); inagua oak (Bahamas); olive-bark-tree (Jamaica)
French name	bucida grignon; bois gli-gli (Guadeloupe); bois-gli, bois gri-gri, bois grigri (Haiti); bois gris-gris (French Guiana, Haiti); bois margot (Haiti); gri-gri; grignon (French Guiana); gris-gris des montagnes, gué gué, gué-gué (Haiti)
Spanish name	búcida (Colombia); cacho de toro (Mexico); gregre (Puerto Rico); gri-gri (Dominican Republic); guamacho; guaraguao (Dominican Republic); júcar caracolí de Puerto Rico; jucarillo (Cuba); jucaro; jucaro negro (Puerto Rico); júcaro (Central America, Cuba); júcaro negro, júcaronegro, júcaro prieto (Cuba); maríon (Panama); pucté (Mexico); ucar (Puerto Rico)
Other name	bwa grigri, bwa mago, gege, grigri, grigri mòn (creole, Haiti); disapi, durgab (kuna, Panama); leertouwarsboom (Suriname); pucte (maya, Belize); pukjte, pukjté (maya); pukote (maya, Belize); pukte, pukté (maya)
Trade name	jucaro, oxhorn, oxhorn bucida

Latin name	Bucida macrostachya Standl.
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Ecology	xer
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Synonym	Bucida megaphylla Exell
English name	largespike bucida
French name	bucida à grand épi
Spanish name	almendro de cerro, roble (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Bucida molinetii (M.Gómez) Alwan & Stace
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, SE Mexico, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	ti (construction of mayan houses)
Synonym	Bucida angustifolia A.Rich. non DC. Bucida correlliana Wilbur Bucida molineti Alwan & Stace Bucida ophiticola Bisse Bucida spinosa (North.) Jenn. Terminalia molineti M.Gómez Terminalia molinetti M.Gómez Terminalia spinosa Northr.
English name	spiny bucida; brier tree, prickly tree, spiny black olive (Bahamas)
French name	bucida à épines
Spanish name	guara guao (Dominican Republic); guaraguao; jacaro espinoso, jucarillo (Cuba)
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Latin name	Bucida palustris Borhidi & O.Muñiz
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	marshy bucida
French name	bucida palustre
Spanish name	júcaro (Cuba)
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Latin name	Bucida subinermis Bisse
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	subinermis bucida
French name	bucida subinerme
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Latin name	Buddleja L.
Family	Loganiaceae
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Synonym	Buddleia Houston ex L. Nicodemia Ten.
English name	butterflybush; butterfly bush
French name	buddléia
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Other name	Buddleie, Schmetterlingsstrauch (german); buddleia (italian)
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Latin name	Buddleja americana L.
Family	Loganiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	[S]
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	cl dr (cigarettes) fd ma
Synonym	Buddleja americana var. albiflora M.Gómez Buddleja americana var. rothschuhii Loes. Buddleja callicarpoides Kunth Buddleja cana Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Buddleja dentata Kunth Buddleja floribunda Kunth Buddleja occidentalis L. Buddleja rufescens Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Buddleja spicata Ruiz & Pav. Buddleja verbascifolia Kunth
English name	American butterflybush; American bush
French name	buddléia d'Amérique
Spanish name	carpales, gavilán, lengua de vaca; sactzam, salva santa (Guatemala); salvia (Costa Rica, Guatemala); tepozán (Mexico)
Other name	jacte (huasteco, Mexico); jankko-kolli (aymara, Bolivia); orkoko kiswara (quichua, Bolivia); teposán (nahuatl, Mexico)
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Latin name	Buddleja cordata Kunth
Family	Loganiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg mes
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Synonym	Buddleja acuminata Kunth Buddleja astralis Standl. & Steyerm. Buddleja cordata ssp. cordata (Kunth) Norman Buddleja cordata var. teposan Loes. Buddleja decurrens Schltdl. & Cham. Buddleja floccosa Kunth Buddleja floccosa var. crassifolia Loes. Buddleja humboldtiana Schult. & Schult.f. Buddleja macrophylla Kunth Buddleja ovalifolia Kunth Buddleja propinqua Kunth Buddleja spectabilis Kunth & Bouché
English name	cordate butterflybush
French name	buddléia cordé
Spanish name	soyolisco; tepozánn (Mexico)
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Latin name	Buddleja crotonoides A.Gray
Family	Loganiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Costa Rica) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
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Synonym	Buddleja amplexicaulis Standl. & Steyerm. Buddleja crotonoides ssp. amplexicaulis (Standl. & Steyerm.) Norman Buddleja purpusii Standl. Buddleja stenoptera Standl. & Steyerm. Buddleja tuxtlica Loes.
English name	crotonlike butterflybush
French name	buddléia faux-croton
Spanish name	salvia (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Buddleja euryphylla Standl. & Steyerm.
Family	Loganiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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English name	broadleaf butterflybush
French name	buddléia à larges feuilles
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Latin name	Buddleja megalocephala Donn.Sm.
Family	Loganiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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Synonym	Buddleja hypsophila I.M.Johnst. Buddleja megalocephala Moldenke
English name	largehead butterflybush
French name	buddléia à grandes têtes
Spanish name	salvia (Guatemala)
Other name	patushé (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Buddleja nitida Benth.
Family	Loganiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia to Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
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Use	fw (firewood) pp (very good for paper pulp) ti (general carpentry)
Synonym	Buddleja alpina Oerst.
English name	glossy butterflybush
French name	buddléia luisant
Spanish name	hoja de salve, salvia, tabaquillo (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Buddleja skutchii C.V.Morton
Family	Loganiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Buddleja matudae Standl.
English name	Skutch butterflybush
French name	buddléia de Skutch
Spanish name	flor de Santa Maria, salvia, salvia blanca (Guatemala)
Other name	saclajac (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Buddleja skutchii ssp. costaricensis E.M.Norman
Family	Loganiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	CostaRica Skutch butterflybush
French name	buddléia de Skutch du Costa Rica
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Latin name	Bunchosia Kunth
Family	Malpighiaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Bunchosia Rich. ex Juss.
English name	bunchosia
French name	bunchosia
Spanish name	cereza, cereza de monte (Panama)
Other name	bwa santi (creole, Haiti); marmelo (Brazil)
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Latin name	Bunchosia argentea (Jacq.) DC.
Family	Malpighiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N MW South America (Colombia,Venezuela, Ecuador: Coast, Andes, Amazonas; Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology
Use	pl
Synonym	Malpighia argentea Jacq.
English name	silvery bunchosia
French name	bunchosia argenté
Spanish name	abio (Ecuador); ciruela de monte (Venezuela)
Other name	cumal muyo, huacu ruya (quichua, Ecuador); sacha ambi yura (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Bunchosia cornifolia Kunth
Family	Malpighiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Coast, Andes)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	mes
Use	fr
Synonym	Bunchosia glauca Kunth
English name	hornedleaf bunchosia
French name	bunchosia corniculé
Spanish name	cereza (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Bunchosia costaricensis Rose
Family	Malpighiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	CostaRica bunchosia
French name	bunchosia du Costa Rica
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Latin name	Bunchosia diphylla (Jacq.) Cuatrec. & Croat
Family	Malpighiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW South America (N Colombia, NW Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Bunchosia columbica Nied. Byrsonima diphylla (Jacq.) DC. Malpighia diphylla Jacq.
English name	twoleaf bunchosia
French name	bunchosia à deux feuilles
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Latin name	Bunchosia diphylla ssp. brevisurcularis (Dobson) Cuatrec. & Croat
Family	Malpighiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	mes
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Synonym	Bunchosia brevisurcularis Dobson
English name	shortshoot twoleaf bunchosia
French name	bunchosia à deux feuilles à rameaux courts
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