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Latin name	Capparis hastata Jacq.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles) N South America (N Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	[hel] xer
Use	pl ti(ob)
Synonym	Capparis coccolobaefolia Mart. Capparis coccolobifolia Mart. ex Eichler Capparis cynophallophora var. latifolia Griseb. Capparis ferruginea auct. non L. Capparis flexuosa f. coccolobifolia (Mart. ex Eichler) H.H.Iltis & Dugand Capparis flexuosa f. hastata (Jacq.) Dugand Capparis latifolia Stahl
English name	broadleaved caper; broad-leaved capertree (Puerto Rico)
French name	câprier mabouya; mabouya
Spanish name	arará (Venezuela); burro (Puerto Rico); contra, dormilón, paniagua, rabo pelado (Venezuela); sapo (Puerto Rico); vela de muerto
Other name	mabouya (Trinidad)
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Latin name	Capparis hexandra S.F.Blake
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	sixstamen caper
French name	câprier à six étamines
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Latin name	Capparis heydeana Donn.Sm.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala, Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	CostaRica caper
French name	câprier du Costa Rica
Spanish name	cacao montero (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Capparis incana Kunth
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Linnaeobreyania incana (Kunth) Hutch.
English name	gray caper
French name	câprier gris
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Latin name	Capparis indica (L.) Druce
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) NW NC South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel xer
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Synonym	Breynia indica L. Capparis amygdalifolia Jacq. Capparis amygdalina Lam. Capparis breynia L. Capparis indica (L.) Fawc. & Rendle Linnaeobreynia indica Hutch.
English name	whitewillow caper; linguam (Virgin Gorda); white willow (Barbados, Jamaica)
French name	câprier bois-de-mêche; bois de mèche; bois de mêche (Guadeloupe); bois noir (Martinique); bois puant (Guadeloupe); bois-puant, cosmaya bord de mer
Spanish name	burro (Puerto Rico); colorin (Mexico); curumo (El Salvador, Panama); endurece maìz (Nicaragua); guacoco (El Salvador, Panama); humashnaca (El Salvador); linguam; naranjuelo (Colombia); olivo (Colombia, Nicaragua); olivo macho, pachaca (Colombia); palo zapo (Mexico); sapo prieto, sapoprieto; taiche, vara prieta (Mexico)
Other name	paabe, pretoe, raba, stokki
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Latin name	Capparis izabalana Lundell
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Izabal caper
French name	câprier d'Izabal
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Latin name	Capparis lankesteri Standl.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Lankester caper
French name	câprier de Lankester
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Latin name	Capparis lundellii Standl.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala: Petén)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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English name	Lundell caper
French name	câprier de Lundell
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Latin name	Capparis macrophylla Kunth
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama: Darién, Veraguas) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Capparidastrum macrophyllum (Kunth) Hutch. Capparis magnifica Gilg ex Ule
English name	bigleaf caper
French name	câprier à grandes feuilles
Spanish name	achiote, lisiador (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Capparis mirifica Standl.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	mirific caper
French name	câprier mirifique
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Latin name	Capparis mollicella Standl.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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English name	soft caper
French name	câprier soyeux
Spanish name	pólvora (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Capparis odoratissima Jacq.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer
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Synonym	Quadrella odoratissima (Jacq.) Hutch.
English name	olivewood caper; olive wood
French name	câprier odorant
Spanish name	naranjuelo (Colombia); olivero (Venezuela); olivo (Colombia, Venezuela); olivo negro (Colombia)
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Latin name	Capparis pachaca Kunth
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Campeche; Nicaragua to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Capparidastrum pachaca (Kunth.) Hutch.
English name	Pachaca caper
French name	câprier de Pachaca
Spanish name	manzanillo (Nicaragua); naranjito (Colombia)
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Latin name	Capparis pachaca ssp. oxysepala (C.Wright ex Radlk.) H.H.Iltis
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Campeche; Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Capparis oxysepala C.Wright ex Radlk.
English name	pointedsepal Pachaca caper
French name	câprier de Pachaca à sépales pointus
Spanish name	limoncillo, naranjillo (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Capparis panamensis H.H.Iltis
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Panama caper
French name	câprier du Panama
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Latin name	Capparis pittieri Standl.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Pittier caper
French name	câprier de Pittier
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Other name	kaobi, sapar naba (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Capparis pringlei Briq.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Linnaeobreyania pringlei (Briq.) Hutch.
English name	Pringle caper
French name	câprier de Pringle
Spanish name	repollo (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Capparis quiriguensis Standl.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
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English name	Quiriguá caper
French name	câprier de Quiriguá
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Latin name	Capparis tuerckheimii Donn.Sm.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	vonTürckheim caper
French name	câprier de von Türckheim
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Latin name	Capparis verrucosa Jacq.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Capparis trinitensis Urb.
English name	verrucose caper
French name	câprier verruqueux
Spanish name	arara (Colombia); azaharillo (Honduras)
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Latin name	Carapa Aubl.
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Amapa Steud. Granatum Rumph. ex Kuntze p.p. Marshallia Schreb. Persoonia Willd. non Smith Racapa M.Roem. Touloucouna M.Roem. Zurloa Ten.
English name	crabwood
French name	carapa
Spanish name	cedro bateo, tangaré (Panama)
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Latin name	Carapa guianensis Aubl.
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	sci hyg [mes] calc acid
Use	cl (oil from seed named andiroba for shrinking heads) dr (fruits rind decoction taken orally for fever and intestinal worms, leaves boiled in water applied as lotion for skin itch, oil from seeds for insect-repellent, seed oil decoction or soap applied externally for skin disease and ringworm, seed oil decoction taken orally for hepatitis and tetanus) fd? fr fw ma (seeds are a source of oil "andiroba" for lamps, soap and candle-making) pl (wood production) pp (good for pulp and paper) sa (agroforestry) ti (agricultural goods, beams, boat, bridge boards, cabinet, civil construction, fence posts, finishing, furniture, general carpentry, general construction, laminated plywood, moulding, ornament, pencils, plinth, plywood, rafter, turned work, veneer)
Synonym	Amapa guianensis (Aubl.) Steud. Carapa guyanensis auct. non Baker Carapa latifolia Willd. ex C.DC. Carapa macrocarpa Ducke Carapa nicaraguensis C.DC. Carapa slateri Standl. Granatum guianense (Aubl.) Kuntze Granatum nicaraguensis (C.DC.) Kuntze Guarea mucronulata C.DC. Persoonia guareoides Willd. Xylocarpus carapa Spreng.
English name	Guiana crabwood; banhan mahogany; bastard mahogany (Belize); Brazilian, Brazilian mahogany; cappot? (Trinidad); carapa (Guyana); crab wood (Belize, Guyana); crabwood (Ecuador, Guyana, Puerto Rico); crapo; crappo (Ecuador, Grenada, Trinidad); crappowood (Ecuador, Grenada); demerara, demerara mahogany, Guiana crabwood, guyana, para, Surinam mahogany; warawere (Belize); wild cashew (Belize, Guyana)
French name	carapa rouge; acajou (Dominica, Dominican Republic); bois caille (French Guiana); bois carapat; bois rouge (Guadeloupe, Martinique); bois rouge carapat (Guadeloupe); cachipou (French Guiana); carapa (Guadeloupe, Martinique); carapá, carapá blanc; carapa blanche (French Guiana); carapá rouge; carapate, carapote (Guadeloupe); crappo, lángelin
Spanish name	acajou (Dominican Republic); andiroba (Peru); bateo (Panama); cabirma de Guiana, cabirma de Guinea (Dominican Republic); caobilla (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); carapa (Costa Rica, Guyana, Venezuela); carapa lisa (Venezuela); carapai (Peru); cedro bateo (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama); cedro güino (Colombia); cedro macho (Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama); figueroa (Colombia, Ecuador); flor de abril (Honduras); guino, masábalo, masábolo (Colombia); medroño (Ecuador); najesí, nazasi (Cuba); orinoco (Venezuela); saba (Panama); tallicona; tanca obialla (Costa Rica); tanca obilla (Nicaragua); tangara (Colombia); tangare, tangaré (Colombia, Ecuador); tángare, tangarillo (Colombia)
Other name	andiroba (portuguese, Brazil); andiroba branca, andiroba do igapó, andiroba vermelha, andiroba-saruba (Brazil); angiroba (portuguese, Brazil); bateo; camacari (Brazil); camapa, carapa (creole); carapá, carapinha (Brazil); carapote (Guadeloupe); Crabbaum (german); iandirova (Brazil); ietjoenban karaäpa (Suriname); jandiroba, kaapa (Brazil); kaäpa (Suriname); karaba; karabayek, kelaba (Suriname); krapa; krappa, krappaboom, krappe (Suriname); mandiroba (Brazil); mazabalo; nandiroba (Brazil); randiroba (portuguese, Brazil); surinaamch, surineamsch-mahonie (Suriname); warawere (maya, Belize)
Trade name	andiroba, carapa, cedro macho, crabwood, figueroa, tangare

Latin name	Carica L.
Family	Caricaceae
Distribution
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English name	papaya; melon tree
French name	papayer; arbre à melon
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Other name	Melonenbaum, Papaya (german); carica (italian)
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Latin name	Carica goudotiana (Triana & Planch.) Solms
Family	Caricaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Use	dr fd tx (seed)
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English name	sylvan papaya
French name	papayer silvestre
Spanish name	chilacuán, papaya silvestre, papayote, papayuela, tapaculo (Colombia)
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Latin name	Carica jamaicensis Urb.
Family	Caricaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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English name	Jamaica papaya; wild papaw
French name	papayer de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Carica papaya L.
Family	Caricaceae
Distribution	S North America (tropics) South America (tropics) NC [NE] Oceania (Republic of Palau, Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands) int MW Africa
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes xer neut
Use	dr (the juice of the papaw leaves and fruits, particulary the young fruits, contains a proteolytic enzyme complex, -papain-, which is used medicinally as antibacterial; dried leaves are used as a substitute for tobacco, fruits used for control of termites) fd (fruits are used to make ice-cream and chewing-gum flavour and to reduce cloudiness in beer, wrapping meat in papaw leaves for a few hours before cooking is said to make it tender) ma (dried latex for tenderizing meat, fruits for shrinkproof wool and silk)
Synonym	Carica hermaphrodita Blanco Carica jimenezii (Bertoni) Bertoni Carica papaya var. jimenezii Bertoni Carica pinnatifida Heilborn Carica sativa Tussac Papaya carica (L.) Gaertn. Papaya edulis Bojer Papaya edulis var. macrocarpa Bojer Papaya edulis var. pyriformis Bojer Papaya papaya (L.) H.Karst. Papaya sativa Tussac Papaya vulgaris A.DC.
English name	common papaya; melon tree; papao (Netherlands Antilles); papaw (Belize, USA); papay (Netherlands Antilles, Virgin Islands); papaya (Bahamas, Micronesia, Netherlands Antilles, USA); pawpaw (Micronesia, USA, Virgin Islands); wild papaya (Belize)
French name	papayer commun; arbre à melon, papaye, papayer, papayer femelle, papayer mâle, pied-papaye
Spanish name	ababaya (Caribbean); arbol de melón, chamburo (Colombia); fruta bomba (Cuba); lechosa (Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); lechoza (Venezuela); mamón, manón (Argentina); melón (Colombia); melón zapote (Mexico); papaya (Antilles, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); papaya calentana (Colombia); papaya cimarrona (Mexico); papayo (Argentina, Guatemala); papayo calentano (Colombia); papayo macho (Mexico); pocha (Peru); zapote papaya (Colombia)
Other name	babai (palauan, Micronesia); budibaga (fuuta jalon); bumpapa (jola); chichput (maya, Mexico); es (kusaie, Micronesia); keinabbu, kenabu, kinapau (marshallese, Republic of the Marshall Islands); mamáo, mamão, mamoeiro (Brazil); manayi (senoufo and senoufo, Mali); mãndé (bambara); manje (bambara, Mali); maye (bwamu, Burkina Faso and Mali); Melonen Baum, Melonnenbaume (german); mpapakèy (non); o rabana (basari); ochonitli (nahuatl, Mexico); papai (Haiti); papaia (italian); papao (Netherlands Antilles); papay (creole, Haiti); papaya (nahuatl, Mexico; Netherlands Antilles); Papayabaum (german); papayi (fulfulde and toucouleur); papayo (serer, wolof); papia (konyagi); pupa (mandyak); put (maya, Belize and Mexico); trokon papaya (chamorro, Micronesia); útzun (huasteco, Mexico)
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Latin name	Carica pennata Heilborn
Family	Caricaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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English name	pinnate papaya
French name	papayer penné
Spanish name	papayillo de venado (Costa Rica); papayo de monte (Costa Rica, Guatemala); papayo de montaña (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Cariniana Casar.
Family	Lecythidaceae
Distribution
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English name	cariniana
French name	cariniana
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Trade name	jequitiba, jiquitiba

Latin name	Cariniana pyriformis Miers
Family	Lecythidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	G
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg acid
Use	ma ti (furniture, flooring, heavy and light construction, plywood, turned work, veneer)
Synonym	Carinaria clavata Novikova Carinaria exigua Miers
English name	albarco cariniana; Colombian mahogany
French name	cariniana abarco
Spanish name	abarco, albarco (Colombia); bacu, bacú (Venezuela); chibogá (Colombia); chibugá (Panama); chibuguá, chibuya, coco abarco, coco arbro (Colombia); jequicibá, piloncillo?
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Trade name	abarco, albarco, jequitiba

Latin name	Carnegiea Britton & Rose
Family	Cactaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Carnegiea Perkins
English name	carnegiea
French name	carnégie
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