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Latin name	Calyptronoma Griseb.
Family	Palmae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	calyptronoma
French name	calyptronome
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Latin name	Calyptronoma clementis (Léon) A.D.Hawkes
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Calyptrogyne clementis Léon
English name	Clement calyptronoma
French name	calyptronome de Clement
Spanish name	manaca (Cuba)
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Latin name	Calyptronoma dulcis (Wright ex Griseb.) L.H.Bailey
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Calyptrogyne dulcis (Wright ex Griseb.) M.Gómez Geonoma dulcis Wright ex Griseb.
English name	sweet calyptronoma
French name	calyptronome douce
Spanish name	manaca (Cuba); manacla colorada (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Calyptronoma intermedia (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) H.Wendl.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Calyptrogyne intermedia (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) M.Gómez Geonoma intermedia Griseb. & H.Wendl.
English name	intermediate calyptronoma
French name	calyptronome intermédiaire
Spanish name	manaca (Cuba)
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Latin name	Calyptronoma microcarpa (Léon) A.D.Hawkes
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Calyptrogyne microcarpa Léon
English name	smallfruit calyptronoma
French name	calyptronome à petits fruits
Spanish name	manaca (Cuba)
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Latin name	Calyptronoma occidentalis (Sw.) H.E.Moore
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Calyptrogyne occidentalis (Sw.) M.Gómez Calyptronoma swartzii Griseb. Elaeis occidentalis Sw.
English name	longthatch calyptronoma; long thatch
French name	calyptronome occidentale
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Latin name	Calyptronoma rivalis (O.F.Cook) L.H.Bailey
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg calc
Use	ex
Synonym	Calyptrogyne rivalis (O.F.Cook) Léon Calyptrogine quisqueyana (L.H.Bailey) Léon Calyptronoma quisqueyana L.H.Bailey Cocops rivalis O.F.Cook
English name	manacpalm calyptronoma; manac palm, Puerto Rican manac
French name	calyptronome des ruisseaux; palme à vin (Haiti); palmiste à vin
Spanish name	coquillo, coquito, manaca, manacha (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); palma (Haiti); palma manaca (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); palmilla
Other name	palma (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Cameraria L
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Cameraria Boehm. Cameraria Fabr.
English name	cameraria
French name	cameraria
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Latin name	Cameraria angustifolia L.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Dominican Republic: Constanza, Samanà, Los Haitises, Isla Beata)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	narrowleaf cameraria
French name	cameraria à feuilles étroites
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Latin name	Cameraria latifolia L.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hel hyg calc
Use	dr (the latex is used to stop dental caries and avoid extraction) tx (the latex is toxic)
Synonym	Cameraria angustifolia Griseb. non L. Cameraria oblongifolia Britton Cameraria ovalis Urb. Cameria belizensis Standl. Cameria retusa Griseb. Neriandra havanensis Müll.Arg. Skytanthus havanensis (Müll.Arg.) Miers
English name	bastardmanchineel cameraria; bastard manchineel; white poisonwood (Belize); savana white poisonwood (Guatemala); savanna white, savanna white poisonwood (Belize)
French name	cameraria laitier; bois lait (Haiti); haitier; hatier, laitia (Haiti); laitier
Spanish name	chechem de caballo (Belize); chechém, chechém de caballo, iquiché (Guatemala); maboa (Cuba, Dominican Republic); maboa de montaña, maboa de sabana, maboa prieta (Cuba); palo de leche (Dominican Republic)
Other name	ayitye, bwa lèt (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Cameraria linearifolia Urb.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Dominican Republic: Cabo Rojo to Pedernales and Haiti)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	narrowleaf cameraria
French name	cameraria à feuilles linéaires
Spanish name	palo de leche (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Cameraria orientensis Bisse
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Oriente cameraria
French name	cameraria de l'Oriente
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Latin name	Campnosperma Thwaites
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Cyrtospermum Benth. Drepanospermum Benth.
English name	campnosperma
French name	campnosperma
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Other name	ketang (kaian); nyaletang (kenyah); telatang (berawan timegon murut); terentang (malay); tetang (bukar sadong)
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Latin name	Campnosperma panamensis Standl.
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Esmeraldas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	pp ti
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English name	orey campnosperma
French name	campnosperma du Panama
Spanish name	sajo, voguera (Colombia); oré, orey (Panama)
Other name	nusmas (kuna, Panama)
Trade name	orey, sajo

Latin name	Canella P.Browne
Family	Canellaceae
Distribution
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English name	canella; cinnamon p.p. (Bahamas); cinnamon bark, wild-cinnamon
French name	faux-cannelier
Spanish name	canella
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Latin name	Canella winterana (L.) Gaertn.
Family	Canellaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Campeche; USA: Florida; West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes xer calc
Use	dr (bark decoction taken orally for fever and as abortifacient, bark used as tonic and stimulant and for flavouring tobacco, macerated bark in alcohol for massage against rheumatism) fd (bark used as condiment) fr pl ti tx (bark used as a fish poison in Puerto Rico)
Synonym	Canella alba Murray Canella laurifolia Lodd. Laurus winterana L. Winterana canella L.
English name	wild canella; Bahama whitewood; caneel (Virgin Islands); canella (Puerto Rico, USA); canella bark; cilliment-bush (Virgin Islands); cinnamon bark, cinnamon-bark (Bahamas); pepper cinnamon (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands); white wood bark (Bahamas, Jamaica); whitewood bark (Puerto Rico); wild cinnamon (Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico); wild-cinamon (Bahamas, Jamaica); winter bark (Puerto Rico)
French name	faux-cannelier blanc; bois canelle (Guadeloupe); bois-cannelle; camille, canelle poivrée (Haiti); canellier bâtard, canellier blanc (Guadeloupe); canille, cannelle (Haiti); cannellier
Spanish name	aman saguapo (Cuba); barbasco (Puerto Rico); canela (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); canela blanca (Cuba); canela de la tierra, canelilla (Dominican Republic); canella (Puerto Rico); canella blanca; cúrbana (Puerto Rico); malambo (Cuba); pepper cinnamon (Puerto Rico); pica-pica (Cuba)
Other name	kanèl, kamil, kanèl pwavre, kanil (creole, Haiti)
Trade name	Bahama whitewood

Latin name	Canotia Torr.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution
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English name	canotia
French name	canotia
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Latin name	Canotia holacantha Torr.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	MW North America (USA: Arizona, Utah; Mexico: Sonora)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel xer calc
Use	fr (flowers are much visited by bees)
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English name	crucifixionthorn canotia; canotia, crucifixion-thorn, mohavethorn
French name	canotia épineux; canotia
Spanish name	corona de ereito, juneo (Mexico)
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Latin name	Capparis L.
Family	Capparidaceae
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Synonym	Calanthea (DC.) Miers Capparidastrum Hutch. Capparis sect. Calanthea DC. Capparis sect. Quadrella DC. Linnaeobreyna Hutch. Neocalyptrocalyx Hutch. Quadrella (DC.) J.Presl
English name	caper; caper bush, capertree, coper, coper bush, coper tree
French name	câprier
Spanish name	azaharillo, azucena del monte (Argentina)
Other name	bwa kaka, bwa Mao, bwa Senegal (creole, Haiti); cappero, coppero (italian); Kapernstrauch (german)
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Latin name	Capparis amplissima Lam.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama, Hispaniola to Dominica) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil : Acre, Rondónia; Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer
Use	ti
Synonym	Capparis cynophallophora Bello Capparis nitida Ruiz & Pav. ex DC. non Sessé & Moç. Capparis pendula Triana & Planch. Capparis portoricensis Urb.
English name	verylarge caper
French name	câprier grandissime
Spanish name	burro (Puerto Rico); burro blanco; burro muerto (Venezuela); matabecerro (Dominican Republic); palinguán (Puerto Rico); rabipelao (Venezuela); sapo (Puerto Rico); toco, trompillo (Venezuela)
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Latin name	Capparis avicennifolia Kunth
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama: Darién) MW South America (Ecuador: Coast; Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Capparis avicenniifolia Kunth Capparis ovalifolia Ruiz & Pav. ex DC. Capparis ovalifolia Ruiz & Pav. ex E.A.López Colicodendron avicenniaefolium (Kunth) Seem.
English name	avicennialeaf caper
French name	câprier à feuilles d'avicennia
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Latin name	Capparis cynophallophora L.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer calc [sili]
Use	dr fw ti
Synonym	Capparis breynia Sw. non L. Capparis cynophallophora var. normalis (L.) Eichl. Capparis emarginata A.Rich. Capparis intermedia Kunth Capparis jamaicensis Jacq. Capparis longifolia Sw. Capparis odoratissima Spreng. Capparis torulosa Sw. Quadrella cynophallophora Hutch.
English name	Jamaica caper; black wattle, black widow, black willow p.p.; black-willow (Bahamas, Jamaica); caper wood; capertree (USA); headachebush, Jamaica capertree, white oak p.p.; wild orange (Bahamas); zebrawood (USA)
French name	câprier de la Jamaïque; bois caca, bois cacá (Haiti); bois couiller; bois couleuvre, bois d'argent, bois de couilles, bois félide (Haiti); bois noir (Guadeloupe); bois puant, bois Sénegal, caca chien, cacache, caprier rampant (Haiti); mabouge, mabouya
Spanish name	bejuco inglés (Puerto Rico); burroprieto; carbonero, ciguarayo (Cuba); endurece maíz (Nicaragua); frijol (Dominican Republic); frijolillo; mostacilla (Cuba); olivo, olivo frigol (Dominican Republic); palo diablo (Cuba); sapo (Puerto Rico); zic (Guatemala)
Other name	azar-rá (Argentina); bwa dajan, bwa kaka, bwa fetid, bwa koulèv, bwa kwil, bwa pwiant, kaka chenn, kakad (creole, Haiti); totumito (Argentina)
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Latin name	Capparis discolor Donn.Sm.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Veracruz to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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English name	discolor caper
French name	câprier discolore
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Latin name	Capparis dolichopoda Helwig
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Anse à Veau, Archaie and Dominican Republic)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	longstalked caper
French name	câprier à longs pétioles; avocat marron (Haiti)
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Other name	zaboka mawon (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Capparis ferruginea L.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Grand Cayman, Hispaniola, Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	xer calc
Use	dr (flower tea taken orally for nerve disorders, leaves decoction gargled for thrush, taken orally for venereal disease, rooth bath for hysteria, shock and mourning, strong leaves decoction applied externally for skin disease and herpes)
Synonym	Capparis incana Spreng. non Kunth Capparis octandra Jacq. Linnaeobreynia ferruginea (L.) Hutch.
English name	mustardshrub caper; devil head; mustard shrub (Jamaica)
French name	câprier balai-four; balai four, balai velour, balai velours (Haiti); bois caca, bois puant (Martinique and Guadeloupe); bois rave, bois Sénégal (Haiti)
Spanish name	frijol (Dominican Republic); mostachilla chica (Cuba); mostacillo (Cuba); olivo (Cuba, Dominican Republic)
Other name	bwa senegal, balay fou, bwa velou (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Capparis filipes Donn.Sm.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	treadfoot caper
French name	câprier filiforme
Spanish name	colpachi (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Capparis flexuosa (L.) L.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer sili?
Use	dr fd fw ma
Synonym	Capparis cynophallophora L. 1759 non sp.pl. 1753 Capparis didymobotrys Ruiz & Pav. ex DC. Capparis didymobotrys Ruiz & Pav. ex E.A.López Capparis eucalyptifolia Haught. Capparis flexuosa L. Capparis guayaquilensis Kunth Capparis hastata L. non Jacq. Capparis laevigata Mart. Capparis lanceolata Ruiz & Pav. ex DC. Capparis lanceolata Ruiz & Pav. ex E.A.López Capparis longifolia Sw. Capparis mollis Kunth Capparis polyantha Triana & Planch. Capparis saligna Vahl Capparis sinclairii Benth. Capparis pauciflora Kunth Morisonia flexuosa L.
English name	dog caper; bay-leaved caper, baylea, baylea capertree, bayleaf caper; bayleaf capertree (Bahamas); black willow p.p., bloody bones, bloody head capertree, bottle wiss (Tortola); bottle-cod root (Jamaica); caper (Bahamas); caper tree (Puerto Rico); caper-tree (Bahamas); dogcaper, dogwillow, false teeth (USA); limber caper, limber tree (Puerto Rico); rat's bane, rat's gore, raw bones, raw head, white willow
French name	câprier souple; bois caca (Haiti); bois malouge (Guadeloupe); bois moutarde, bois rave (Haiti); bois-couleuvre, mabouge; mabouya (Trinidad and Tobago)
Spanish name	burro (Puerto Rico); cansa caballo (Venezuela); frijol de monte, huevo de perra, huevo de perro (Dominican Republic); jos (Mexico); limpia diente (Ecuador); mostacilla (Cuba); mostarzo, mostazo (Dominican Republic); naranjuelo (Colombia); palinguán, palo barba de Indio; palo de burro (Puerto Rico); pan y agua (Venezuela); paniagua (Colombia); potal (Guatemala); sebastián (Ecuador)
Other name	bwa kaka, bwa moutad (creole, Haiti); thíuth (huasteco, Mexico)
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Latin name	Capparis frondosa Jacq.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	S North America (NE Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Coast, Amazonas; Peru, Brazil: Amazonas to Rio de Janeiro)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel? xer calc
Use	fr
Synonym	Capparis badduca sensu auct. non Rheede ex L. Capparis baducca L. Capparis commutata Spreng. Capparis cuneata DC.
English name	rope caper; capertree; churchblossom (Puerto Rico); rat-bean; ratbean (Puerto Rico); rope (Grenadines)
French name	câprier bois-bourrique; bois bourique, bois bourrique (Haiti); câprier, mabouge, mabouya; Saint-Esprit (Haiti)
Spanish name	azaharillo sapo, burro (Puerto Rico); palo verraco (Cuba); quita-calzón (El Salvador); sapo (Puerto Rico); sebastián (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Capparis gonaivensis Helwig
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	xer
Use	dr (roots decoction taken orally for gout)
Synonym	Quadrella gonaivensis (Hervig) Hutch.
English name	Gonaives caper
French name	câprier des Gonaïves; bois rave (Haiti)
Spanish name	frigol, huevo de perro, mostazo (Dominican Republic)
Other name	bwa rav (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Capparis grisebachii Eichler
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, S Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	xer
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Synonym	Linnaeobreynia grisebachii (Eichler) Hutch.
English name	Grisebach caper
French name	câprier de Grisebach
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