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Latin name	Callicarpa acuminata Kunth
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg->xer
Use	dr
Synonym	Callicarpa bonplandiana Schult. Callicarpa minutiflora Rusby Callicarpa schlimii Turcz. Callicarpa subintegerrima Kunth
English name	acuminate beautyberry; John Crow bead berries, John crowfoot (Belize)
French name	callicarpe acuminée
Spanish name	cucaracha (Costa Rica); ceniciento, fruta de chacha (Guatemala)
Other name	ok-choom (maya, Belize); xpucyim (Guatemala); yok-chom, yok-osb-om (maya, Belize); zacpukim (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Callicarpa ampla Schauer
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	ex
Synonym
English name	ample beautyberry; caparosa (Puerto Rico)
French name	callicarpe ample
Spanish name	péndula cimarrona (Puerto Rico); capá rosa (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Callicarpa ferruginea Sw.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	rustybrown beautyberry
French name	callicarpa brun-rouille
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Latin name	Callicarpa selleana Urb. & Ekman
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Massif de la Selle, Morne Cabaio)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Selle beautyberry
French name	callicarpe du massif de la Selle
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Latin name	Calocedrus Kurz
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Austrocedrus Florin & Boutelje Heyderia K.Koch Libocedrus Endl. p.p. Libocedrus sensu Benth. & Hook. p.p. Papuacedrus H.W.Li
English name	incense-cedar; incense cedar, libocedrus
French name	calocèdre; libocèdre
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Other name	Flusszeder, Weihrauchzeder, Schuppenzeder (german); calocedro, libocedro (italian)
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Latin name	Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	MW North America (USA: Oregon, California and Nevada; Mexico: Baja California) int MW Europe (UK)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	L[G]
Foliage
Ecology	calc acid->neut
Use	fr ma pl (ornamental tree) ti (chests, fence posts, furniture, landscape timber, lumber, millwork, novelties, pencils, plywood, poles, railroad ties, shingles, veneer, woodenware)
Synonym	Heyderia decurrens (Torr.) K. Koch Libocedrus decurrens Torr.
English name	California incense-cedar; American incense cedar, Californian incense cedar, heyderie (USA); incense, incense cedar; incense-cedar (USA); post-cedar, white cedar
French name	calocèdre à encens; arbre à encens, calocèdre, cèdre à encens, cèdre blanc de Californie, libocèdre, libocèdre à encens
Spanish name	cedro bastardo, cedro blanco de California, cedro incisio, libocedro; florin (Spain)
Other name	Flusszeder, Kalifornische Flusszeder, Weihrauch-Zeder (german); cipresso del Nord, libocedro (italian)
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Latin name	Calophyllum L.
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	beautyleaf
French name	calophylle
Spanish name	Santa Maria (Central America)
Other name	jacareuba (Brazil)
Trade name	bintangor

Latin name	Calophyllum brasiliense Cambess.
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	sci[hel] hyg->xer calc acid
Use	dr (bark stimulates pulmonary mucous membrane, flowers are used to make an expectorant, peasants use resin to avoid tetanus, apply on recent breaks and add a truss on scars, resine can be used for fever and hurts) fd fr (fruits for hogs, birds and rodents) fw ma (oil from seeds, resine for breastplate) pl (cities, gardens, hedge, ornamental, wood production) pp (very good for pulp and paper) sa (agroforestry, shade tree for coffee and cacao, windbreaks) ti (adorment, agricultural implements, agricultural tools, arms tools, boat construction, boat finishing, bridge construction, cabinet making, carpentry, cross ties, decorative laminated plywood, finishing, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, general construction, handles, house beams, house framing, installations, joinery, matches, plywood, poles, post stake, railroad ties, shingles, shipbuilding, structural timbers, turned work, tuns, vehicles, veneer)
Synonym	Calophyllum antillanum Britton Calophyllum brasiliense auct. non Cambess. Calophyllum brasiliense var. antillanum (Britton) Standl. Calophyllum calaba Jacq. non L. Calophyllum ellipticum Rusby Calophyllum jacquinii Fawc. & Rendle Calophyllum lucidum Benth. Calophyllum mariae Cambess. Calophyllum mariae Triana & Planch. Calophyllum piaroanum An.Castillo & C.Gil
English name	Brazil beautyleaf; Brazil beauty-leaf (USA); calaba beautyleaf; false mamey (Virgin Islands); false-mamey (Virgin Islands); galba (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago); river marble; Santa Maria (Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, UK); wild calabash (Guyana); wild mammee; wild-mamee (Jamaica)
French name	calophylle du Brésil; baume vert d'Amérique; calaba (Guadeloupe); came-marie, dalemarie, dalmarie, dalnagre, damage, dame Marie (Haiti); galba (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent); galba odorant (Guadeloupe); mangue (Brazil)
Spanish name	aceita Maria, aceite, aceite cachicama, aceite cachicamo (Colombia); aceite de María (Puerto Rico); aceite Maria, aceite María, aceite Mario, acuje (Colombia); alfaro (Peru); anime, animecillo, animes (Colombia); balsamaria (Bolivia); bálsamo María (Puerto Rico); baré (Dominican Republic, Mexico); bari (Mexico); barí (Dominican Republic, Mexico); baria (Cuba, Dominican Republic); barillo (Central America, Mexico); bella Maria (Ecuador); beni (Bolivia); cachicamo (Colombia, Venezuela); cachicamo de altura, cachicano (Venezuela); calaba (Colombia, Puerto Rico, Central America); calambuca (Colombia); cedro cimarrón (Mexico); cedro Maria (Costa Rica); cedro María (Costa Rica, Honduras); chagualo, chaqualo (Colombia); cojon, cojón (Venezuela); galba (Central America, Colombia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico); guaya (Mexico); jaca (Honduras); jacare-úba (Peru); jacareùba (Argentina, Peru); krassa (Nicaragua); lagarto (Argentina, Peru); lagarto caspi, lagarto caspi blanco, lagarto-caspi, lagarto-caspiblanco (Peru); leche (Guatemala); leche amarilla, leche de Maria, leche de María, leche María, limoncillo de Córdoba (Mexico); malagueta (Cuba); mara (Cuba, Dominican Republic); Maria (Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Venezuela); María (Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico); Mariá (Bolivia, Ecuador); Maria-Santa Maria (Nicaragua); Mario (Colombia, El Salvador); ocuje, ocuje blanco (Cuba); ocuje colorado (Antilles); ocuje hembra, ocuje macho (Cuba); palo de cachíbano (Guyana); palo de cachicamo (Venezuela); palo de Maria (Bolivia, Puerto Rico); palo de María (Colombia, Puerto Rico); palo María (Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Puerto Rico); palo Maria (Central America, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); palo María (Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador); palo Marie (Central America); palodemaria (Puerto Rico); palomaría (Costa Rica, Honduras); santa cruz (Bolivia); Santa Maria (Central America, Nicaragua); Santa María (Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, Puerto Rico); varilla (Dominican Republic); vario (El Salvador)
Other name	aca (Brazil); babe (warao, Venezuela); cedro de pantano, cedro do pantano, cedro-do-pântano (Brazil); edaballi (French Guiana, Guyana); galandim, guanande (Brazil); guanandi, guanandi rosa (portuguese, Brazil); guanandi-carvalho, guanandi-cedro, guanandi-piolho, gulande-carvalho, jacareaba, jacareuba, jacareúba (Brazil); jacareùba, jacareùba (portuguese, Brazil); kapakek, kapo-yek, kapodék (arecuna, Venezuela); karahura, koelarie, koerahara, koerali (Suriname); krassa (Nicaragua); kurahara (Guyana); kurahura (Suriname); landi (portuguese, Brazil); landim (Brazil); mani kwaha (Suriname); olandi (portuguese, Brazil); olandim (Brazil); sakbalamté (tzeltal); shirímpito (campa asháninca, Peru); sun-sun (Venezuela)
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Latin name	Calophyllum brasiliense var. rekoi Standl.
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N South America
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg mes
Use	dr fw ma ti (bridge decking, cabinet work, canoes, fence posts, flooring, furniture, general construction, millwork, railroad ties, sash, ship masts and decks, siding, wheel stock)
Synonym	Calophyllum chiapense Standl. Calophyllum rekoi Standl.
English name	Reko Brazil beautyleaf
French name	calophylle du Brésil de Reko
Spanish name	barí (Mexico); barillo (El Salvador); lech, leche, leche amarilla (Guatemala); leche María, lechoso (Mexico); Maria (Costa Rica, Honduras); María (Nicaragua); Maria colorado (Costa Rica); Marío (El Salvador, Guatemala); ocú (Mexico); palo de Maria (Honduras); Santa Maria (Costa Rica, Honduras); Santa María (Guatemala, Nicaragua); varillo (El Salvador)
Other name	guanandi, jacarenda (Brazil); koeraharo (Suriname); krassa (Nicaragua); pau de Maria (Brazil)
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Latin name	Calophyllum longifolium Willd.
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Coast, Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	fr
Synonym	Calophyllum brasiliense ssp. longifolium (Willd.) Vesque Calophyllum longifolium Kunth
English name	longleaf beautyleaf
French name	calophylle à longues feuilles
Spanish name	aceite Maria, anime, animecillo, animes (Colombia); calaba (Panama); Maria (Colombia); María (Panama); Mario (Colombia)
Other name	narba (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Calophyllum nubicola D'Arcy & R.C.Keating
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution	SE North America (end Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	redish beautyleaf
French name	calophylle rougeâtre
Spanish name	Maria (Panama)
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Latin name	Calophyllum pinetorum Bisse
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	acid
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English name	pinewoods beautyleaf
French name	calophylle des pinèdes
Spanish name	ocuje (Cuba)
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Latin name	Calophyllum rivulare Bisse
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
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English name	waterside beautyleaf
French name	calophylle riverain
Spanish name	ocuje blanco (Cuba)
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Latin name	Calophyllum utile Bisse
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	ti
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English name	useful beautyleaf
French name	calophylle utile
Spanish name	ocuje colorado (Cuba)
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Latin name	Calycogonium DC.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution
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English name	calycogonium
French name	calycogonium
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Latin name	Calycogonium angulatum Griseb.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Miconia angulata M.Gómez
English name	angled calycogonium
French name	calycogonium anguleux
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Latin name	Calycogonium ellipticum Sauvalle
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Miconia elliptica M.Gómez non Macfad.
English name	elliptic calycogonium
French name	calycogonium elliptique
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Latin name	Calycolpus O.Berg
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution
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English name	calycolpus
French name	calycolpe
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Latin name	Calycolpus excisus (Urb.) Bisse
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Eugenia excisa Urb.
English name	excise calycolpus
French name	calycolpe excisée
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Latin name	Calycolpus nipense (Urb.) Bisse
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Calycolpus nipensis (Urb.) Bisse Eugenia nipensis Urb.
English name	SierraNipe calycolpus
French name	calycolpe de la Sierra Nipe
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Latin name	Calycolpus warscewiczianus O.Berg
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW South America (Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	hyg->mes?
Use	fr
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English name	Warscewicz calycolpus
French name	calycolpe de Warscewicz
Spanish name	guayabillo (Panama)
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Latin name	Calycophyllum DC.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Enkylista Benth.
English name	calycophyllum
French name	calycophylle
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Latin name	Calycophyllum candidissimum (Vahl) DC.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel mes->xer calc
Use	cl (national tree of Nicaragua) dr (diarrhea can be cured with infusion of flowers) fd (honey) fw (charcoal) ma pl (ornamental tree) pp sa ti (archery bows, boat framing, farm tools, fence posts, fine-toothed combs, flooring, furniture, general construction, railroad ties, tool handles, thooth picks, turned work)
Synonym	Macrocnemum candidissimum Vahl Mussaenda candida (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. Mussaenda candida Poir.
English name	degame calycophyllum; degame; degame lance wood (UK); degame-lancewood (UK); degami; lancewood (Panama, USA); lemon wood (Honduras); lemonwood (Panama, USA)
French name	calycophylle candide
Spanish name	alazano (Colombia, Panama); araguato, betún (Venezuela); calan, calán (Guatemala, Honduras); camarón (Mexico); canela (Guatemala); canelo (Mexico); cáscara de salamo (Guatemala); chacalí (Mexico); colorado (Honduras, Mexico); conejo (Costa Rica); dágam (Cuba); dagame (Colombia, Cuba, Mexico); dágame, (Cuba); degame (Cuba, Colombia); guatagire (Colombia, Venezuela); guayabillo (Guatemala); guayabo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela); guayabo colorado, guayabo joveroso (Colombia); harino (Panama, Costa Rica); madrón (Mexico); madroña (Costa Rica); madroño (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama); palo calabaza, palo camarón, palo colorado, palo de camarón (Mexico); palo de peine (Guatemala); salamo (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras); sálamo (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua); sàlamo, salomo, solano (Guatemala, Honduras); surrá (Costa Rica); uca, ucá chulub (Guatemala); urraco (Guatemala, Honduras, Panama)
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Trade name	degame-lancewood; degame-spars

Latin name	Calyptranthes Sw.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution
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English name	lidflower; spicewood
French name	calyptranthe
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Latin name	Calyptranthes acutissima Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica: Hanover)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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English name	acute lidflower
French name	calyptranthe aigu
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Latin name	Calyptranthes amarulenta B.Holst
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	bitter lidflower
French name	calyptranthe amer
Spanish name	coralillo, corallilo (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Calyptranthes arborea Urb. & Eckman
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Bayeux)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
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English name	treelike lidflower
French name	calyptranthe arborescent
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Latin name	Calyptranthes arenicola Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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English name	arenicolous lidflower
French name	calyptranthe arénicole
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Latin name	Calyptranthes barkeri Ekman & Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Hinche, Saint-Michel-de-l'Atalaye and Dominican Republic : El Cercado, Río Banilejo to Arroyo Hondo)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Barker lidflower
French name	calyptranthe de Barker
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Latin name	Calyptranthes bartlettii Standl.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Belize)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology
Use	dr
Synonym
English name	Bartlett lidflower
French name	calyptranthe de Bartlett
Spanish name	contramor (Belize)
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