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Latin name	Cecropia Loefl.
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Ambaiba Barrère Coilotapalus P.Browne
English name	pumpwood; congo pump, snakewood tree; trompet tree, trompy (Panama); trumpettree p.p.
French name	cécropie; bois bouchon, bois canon (French Guiana); bois trompette (French Guiana, Haiti); parasolier (France)
Spanish name	guaramo (Central America); guarumo (Panama); hormiguera, selico, setico; yagrumo (Venezuela); yarumo (Central America)
Other name	Ameisenbaum (german); boesipapaja; boshpapaja, bospapaja (dutch, Suriname); cecropia (italian); diapapaia, diapapaye (aukaans); imbauba (portuguese, Brazil); mamboesipapaja, soro-soro, wana-soro
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Latin name	Cecropia garciae Standl.
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Garcia pumpwood
French name	cécropie de Garcia
Spanish name	guarumbo, guaramo (Ecuador); nuarumo (Peru)
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Latin name	Cecropia hispidissima Cuatrec.
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Coast, Andes)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
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English name	hispid pumpwood
French name	cécropie hispide
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Latin name	Cecropia insignis Liebm.
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Coast)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fr
Synonym	Cecropia eximia Cuatrec. Cecropia polyandrophora Cuatrec. Cecropia sandersoniana P.H.Allen Cecropia standleyana P.H.Allen
English name	remarkable pumpwood
French name	cécropie remarquable
Spanish name	guarumo (Costa Rica); guarumo blanco (Panama)
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Latin name	Cecropia longipes Pittier
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fr
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English name	longstalk pumpwood
French name	cécropie du Panama
Spanish name	guarumo (Colombia); guarumo poludo (Panama)
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Latin name	Cecropia membranacea Trécul
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SE North America N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Coast, Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	pp (the timber is used to some extent as a source of paper pulp) ti (rafts, troughs)
Synonym	Cecropia bifurcata Huber Cecropia laetivirens Huber Cecropia occidentalis Cuatrec. Cecropia robusta Huber Cecropia setico Snethl. ex J.F.Macbr. Cecropia tessmannii Mildbr. Cecropia vageleri Burret
English name	membranous pumpwood
French name	cécropie membraneuse
Spanish name	ambaibo, ambaibo blanco (Bolivia); celico, cetico, pungara, setico, setico de oyada (Peru); yagrumo morado, yagrumo rojo (Venezuela)
Other name	bokarawae (waorani, Ecuador); dundu (quichua, Ecuador); tsitica dundu (quichua, Ecuador); satic (aguaruna, Peru)
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Latin name	Cecropia obtusifolia Bertol.
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (general) int NE Oceania
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg->xer calc sili
Use	cl fd fr ma (bark contains a tough fiber used for making coarse rope) pp ti (water troughs)
Synonym	Cecropia alvarezii Cuatrec. Cecropia burriada Cuatrec. Cecropia dabeibana Cuatrec. Cecropia mexicana Hemsl. Cecropia mexicana var. macrostachya Donn.Sm. Cecropia obtusifolia ssp. burriada (Cuatrec.) C.C.Berg & P.Franco Cecropia panamensis Hemsl. Cecropia radlkoferiana J.A.Richt.
English name	medicinal pumpwood; trumpet (Belize); trumpet tree (Panama)
French name	cécropie à feuilles obtuses; parasolier mexicain
Spanish name	chancarro (Mexico); guaramo (Belize); guarumbo (Mexico); guarumo (Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama); guaruno? (Mexico); gunrumo (Panama); hormiguillo (Mexico); jarsilla; nospedero de hormigas (El Salvador); palo de violín; trompeta, trompetillo (Mexico); yagruma (Cuba); yagrumo (Venezuela)
Other name	chupacté (tzeltal); juaquequistli (nahuatl, Mexico); kochlé (maya); quiquiscuáhuitl, (nahuatl, Mexico); tiquiscuáhuitl (nahuatl, Mexico); tzulte (huasteco, Mexico)
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Latin name	Cecropia palmata Willd.
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama?) NC MW MC South America (Guyana, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hel mes->xer?
Use	fr
Synonym	Ambaiba palmata Kuntze Cecropia bureauiana A.G.Richt.
English name	silverleaf pumpwood; pumpwood, snakewood, trumpet tree
French name	cécropie palmée; bois trompette, cécropie
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Other name	Ameisenbaum, Kanonenbaum (german); cecropia (italian)
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Latin name	Cecropia peltata L.
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hel
Use	dr (astringent made from inner bark and shoots for dysentry, hemorrhage and toothache, bark infusion taken orally for diarrhea, caustic latex applied externally for gangrene, skin ulcer and wart, diuretic, increase heart contraction, leaves decoction taken orally for fever, asthma, Parkinson's disease, spleen ailments and epilepsy, poultices to reduce swelling, pulverized leaves decoction applied as a bath or poultice for inflammation, roots extract heal wounds and eczemas) fd fr fw (tinder, when wood is rubed you can light fire) ma (abrasives for cleaning utensils, bark for tannin) pl (ornamental) pp (glassine paper when mixed for newsprints, pulp and paper) sa (binding nutrients for long periods of time, open shade) ti (boxes, canoes, carpentry, cork in bottle stoppers, crates, fisching nets floats, gutters, life preservers, light construction, matchsticks, particleboards, raft, substitute of balsa in toy and model manufacturing, toughs) tx (contains ursolic acid with diarrheic properties)
Synonym	Ambaiba humboldtiana Kuntze Ambaiba peltata Kuntze Ambaiba surinamensis Kuntze Cecropia arachnoidea Pittier Cecropia asperrima Pittier Cecropia dielsiana Snethl. Cecropia goodspeedii Cuatrec. Cecropia hondurensis Standl. Cecropia humboldtiana Klotzsch Cecropia obtusa Duss. non Trécul Cecropia peltata var. candida Velásquez Cecropia sericea Snethl. Cecropia surinamensis Miq.
English name	shieldleaf pumpwood; congo-pump (Guyana); pop-a-gun (Barbados); pumpwood (Jamaica, USA); shield-shaped (USA); snakewood (Jamaica, USA); trumpet (Belize); trumpet tree (Panama); trumpet wood (Trinidad and Tobago); trumpet-tree, trumpet-wood (Honduras); wanasoro (Guyana); wild papaw (Netherlands Antilles)
French name	cécropie peltée; bois canon (Haiti); bois canot; bois trompette (Guadeloupe, Haiti); bois-canon (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad); bois-trompette; trompette (Haiti)
Spanish name	ambahú (Argentina); cetico (Peru); guaramo (Belize); guarumo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama); guarumo hembra (Honduras); igarata (Guatemala); imbauba (Trinidad and Tobago); juarumo (Belize); llagrumo (Puerto Rico); tacuna (Peru); tuaromo, warumo (Belize); yagruma, yagruma hembra (Cuba); yagrumo (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); yagrumo blanco (Venezuela); yagrumo hembra (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); yagrumo-hembra (Jamaica); yarumo (Colombia)
Other name	a'kl (maya, Belize); boessi papaja, bospapaja (Suriname); bwa kanon, bwa twompèt (creole, Haiti); cho-otz (maya, Belize); imbauba (Brazil); po-hór, pohór (maya, Belize); twompèt (creole, Haiti)
Trade name	trumpet wood

Latin name	Cecropia pittieri B.L.Rob.
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Costa Rica: Cocos Island)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Pittier pumpwood
French name	cécropie de Pittier
Spanish name	guarumo (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Cecropia polyphlebia Donn.Sm.
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) MW South America (Ecuador: Andes; Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Cecropia villosa C.C.Berg & P.Franco
English name	manyvein pumpwood
French name	cécropie à plusieurs nervures
Spanish name	guarumo (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Cecropia reticulata Cuatrec.
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Coast, Andes; Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology
Use	ma (bark to make handbags)
Synonym	Cecropia bracteata Cuatrec. Cecropia reticulata f. alboreticulata Cuatrec. Cecropia scutata Cuatrec.
English name	reticulate pumpwood
French name	cécropie réticulée
Spanish name	cosedera (Ecuador)
Other name	futmu teiug (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Cecropia schreberiana Miq.
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies except Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology
Use	dr (used by Caribs in medicine) pp (glassine paper when mixed for newsprint) ti (excelsior for bonding with cement, insulating and structural boards, used by Caribs for making catamarans) sa (binding nutrients for long periods of time)
Synonym	Cecropia peltata Schreb. ex Miq. non L.
English name	Schreber pumpwood; trumpet tree, trumpet wood
French name	cécropie de Schreber; bois canon
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Latin name	Cedrela P.Browne
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Cedrela L. Cedrela Scop. Cedrus Mill. Johnsonia Adans. Pterosiphon Turcz. Surenus Rumph.
English name	cedrela; mahogany p.p.
French name	cédrela; acajou p.p., cedrelo
Spanish name	cedrela, cedro rojo
Other name	Mahagonibaum, Mahoganibaum, Mogano (german)
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Latin name	Cedrela angustifolia Sessé & Moç. ex DC.
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel mes xer
Use	pl sa ti (carpentry, boat framing, furniture)
Synonym
English name	narrowleaf cedrela
French name	cédrela à feuilles étroites
Spanish name	cedro (Colombia, Panama, Paraguay); cedro blanco (Paraguay, Peru); cedro cebollo (Colombia); cedro colorado, cedro común, cedro criollo (Paraguay); cedro del cerro, cedro orán; cedro rojo (Guyana, Venezuela); cedro rosada (Paraguay); cedro rosado (Colombia)
Other name	aká já (guarani, Paraguay); cedro-branco, cedro-rosa, cedro-vermelho (Brazil); coccó; pororó (Colombia)
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Latin name	Cedrela fissilis Vell.
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) South America
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	sci->hel mes
Use	[ex] pl ti (cabinet work, cigar boxes, furniture, pencils, turned work)
Synonym	Cedrela alliacea Ducke Cedrela balansae C.DC. Cedrela barbata C.DC. Cedrela brasiliensis A.Juss. Cedrela brasiliensis var. australis A.Juss. Cedrela brunellioides Rusby Cedrela caldasana C.DC. Cedrela elliptica Rizzini & Heringer Cedrela fissilis var. glabrior C.DC. Cedrela fissilis var. macrocarpa C.DC. Cedrela hirsuta C.DC. Cedrela huberi Ducke Cedrela longiflora C.DC. Cedrela macrocarpa Ducke Cedrela pachyrhachis C.DC. Cedrela pilgeri C.DC. Cedrela regnelli C.DC. Cedrela tubiflora Bertoni Cedrela tubiflora ssp. bertoniensis Bertoni Cedrela tubiflora ssp. bertoniensis f. angustifolia Bertoni Cedrela tubiflora Bertoni ssp. tubiflora Cedrela tubiflora var. grandifolia Bertoni Cedrela tubiflora var. intermedia Bertoni Cedrela tubiflora var. lagenaria Bertoni Cedrela tubiflora f. angustifolia Bertoni Cedrela tubiflora f. grandifolia (Bertoni) Buchinger & Falc. Cedrela tubiflora f. parvifolia Buchinger & Falc. Surenus fissilis (Vell.) Kuntze
English name	divided cedrela
French name	cédrela divisé
Spanish name	cedro (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru); cedro Alto Paraná (Paraguay); cedro amargo (Panama, Venezuela); cedro blanco, cedro colorada (Peru); cedro colorado (Paraguay, Peru); cedro de altura (Peru); cedro grenadino (Panama); cedro misionero (Argentina); cedro paraguayo, cedro pytá (Paraguay); cedro real (Costa Rica, Panama); cedro rosada, cedro rosado (Argentina); igary, ygary (Paraguay)
Other name	cedo-cetim, cedro amarelo, cedro branco, cedro diamantina, cedro rosa, cedro vermelho, cedro-batata, cedro-cetim, cedro-da-varzae, cedro-da-varzea (Brazil); santari (campa asháninca, Peru); yuyrá ñamandù (guarani, Paraguay)
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Latin name	Cedrela oaxacensis C.DC. & Rose
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Cedrela montana var. mexicana C.DC. Cedrela saxatilis C.DC. & Rose
English name	Oaxaca cedrela
French name	cédrela d'Oaxaca
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Latin name	Cedrela odorata L.
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Bahamas, West Indies) South America int M S Africa (tropics) and N M Oceania (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg->xer acid->basi calc sili
Use	cl (in Haiti, protection against witches by planting the tree at the entrance of house-and-yard compound, bathing in a bark bath, or placing pieces of wood and bark above windows and doors) dr (roots bark is used to reduce fever and pain, trunk bark is harvested to prepare a decoction for inducing abortions and the seeds are believed to have vemifugal properties) [ex] fd (honey) fr (flowers are visited by bees) fw (fuel) ma pl (border trees, living fences, ornamental) pp sa (shade and windbreaks tree in garden and coffee groves) ti (boat, boxes, cabinet work, canoe, cigar boxes, coffins manufacturing, construction, cupboard, decorative veneer, doors, furniture, general carpentry, interior trim, interior veneer, jewelry boxes, light construction, musical instruments, ornamental boxes, paneling, plywood, ship building, storage containers, toothpick, turned work, veneer, wardrobes, wooden novelties)
Synonym	Cedrela adenophylla Mart. Cedrela brachystachya (C.DC.) C.DC. Cedrela ciliolata S.F.Blake Cedrela cubensis Bisse Cedrela dugesii S.Watson Cedrela glaziovii C.DC. Cedrela guianensis A.Juss. Cedrela hassleri (C.DC.) C.DC. Cedrela longipes S.F.Blake Cedrela longipetiolulata Harms Cedrela mexicana M.Roem. Cedrela mexicana var. puberula C.DC. Cedrela mourae C.DC. Cedrela occidentalis C.DC. & Rose Cedrela odorata var. xerogeiton Rizzini & Heringer Cedrela palustris Handro Cedrela paraguariensis Mart. Cedrela paraguariensis var. hassleri C.DC. Cedrela rotunda S.F.Blake Cedrela sintenisii C.DC. Cedrela velloziana M.Roem. Cedrela whitfordii S.F.Blake Cedrela yucatana S.F.Blake Surenus brownii (Loefl. ex Kuntze) Kuntze Surenus glaziovii (C.DC.) Kuntze Surenus guianensis (A.Juss.) Kuntze Surenus mexicana (M.Roem.) Kuntze Surenus velloziana (M.Roem.) Kuntze
English name	cigarbox cedrela; cedar (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago); cedrela; cedrela cigarbox (Puerto Rico); cedrela-cigar box (USA); cedrela-cigarbox (Puerto Rico, USA); Central American cedar, cigar box cedar; cigar-box cedar (Panama); cigarbox, cigarbox cedar; cigarbox-cedar (Puerto Rico, USA); Cuban cigar box, Cuban-cigarbox (UK); Honduras cedar, Honduras-cedar, Jamaican cedar, Jamaican-cedar (Jamaica); Mexican cedar, Mexican cedrela, Méxican cedar (UK); Mexican-cedar (UK, Jamaica); red cedar (Guyana, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago); Spanish cedar (Bahamas, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico, USA); Spanish cigarbox (UK); Spanish-cedar (USA); Spanish-cigar box; Spanish-cigarbox (UK); West Indian cedar; West-Indies cedar (UK); West-Indies-cedar (Bahamas, UK)
French name	cédrela rouge; acajou (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad); acajou à meuble; acajou à meubles (Guadeloupe); acajou à planches (Haiti); acajou amer p.p. (Guadeloupe); acajou femelle (Haiti); acajou pays (Guadeloupe); acajou rouge (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad); acajou senti (Guadeloupe); acajou-bois, acajou-meuble, acajou-pays, acajou-senti, cedre rouge; cedre spagnol, cèdre blanc, cèdre espagnol (Haiti); cèdre odorant; cèdre, cèdre rouge (Haiti); cédrel
Spanish name	cedrelo (Colombia); cedro (Bolivia, Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela); cedro amargo (Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela); cedro amarillo (Venezuela); cedro del país (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico); cedro hembra (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cedro blanco (Colombia, Costa Rica); cedro caoba (Colombia, Cuba); cedro cara (Ecuador); cedro cebolla (Panama); cedro cebollo, cedro clavel (Colombia); cedro cóbano, cedro cobono (Central America); cedro colorado (Mexico, Peru, Venezuela); cedro cubano (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic); cedro de altura (Peru); cedro de Castilla (Ecuador, Venezuela); cedro dulce (Costa Rica); cedro español (Puerto Rico); cedro macho (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cedro olorosa (Colombia); cedro oloroso (Colombia, Honduras); cedro paraiso (Argentina); cedro pardo; cedro real (El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua); cedro rojo (Belize, Mexico, Venezuela); cedro rosa; cedro rosado (Venezuela); cedro vermelho, cedro-hembra, cedrovermehlo; cóbano (Costa Rica); culche (Mexico); mogno (Bolivia)
Other name	acajou de Cayenne (creole, Haiti); acajú (Brazil); cédé (aukaans); ceder (Suriname); cédrat (French Guiana); cèdre rouge (creole, Haiti); Cedrelholz (german); cedro, cedrovermelho (Brazil); chujté (tzeltal); icte, icté (huasteco, Mexico); kajou femèl, kajou planch (creole, Haiti); kurana; leli (Curaçao); mogno (Bolivia); sèd, sèd blanc, sèd panyol (creole, Haiti); tiocuáhuitl (nahuatl, Mexico); Westindisches Zedernholz, Zuckerkistenholz (german)
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Latin name	Cedrela salvadorensis Standl.
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	calc
Use	pl ti (valuable wood)
Synonym	Cedrela poblensis Miranda
English name	ElSalvador cedrela
French name	cédrela d'El Salvador
Spanish name	cedrillo (El Salvador); cedro (Central America); cedro dulce (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico); cedro macho (El Salvador, Mexico); cuachichile, nogal (Mexico)
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Latin name	Cedrela tonduzii C.DC.
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg mes
Use	ex (in Costa Rica) pp (good for pulp and paper) ti (cabinet work, carpentry, construction, furniture, interior trim, musical instruments, paneling, plywood, rotary veneer, siding)
Synonym	Cedrela pacayana Harms
English name	Tonduz cedrela
French name	cédrela de Tonduz
Spanish name	cedrillo (Mexico); cedro (Central America); cedro amargo, cedro atlántico (Costa Rica); cedro cebolla (Panama); cedro colorado, cedro dulce (Costa Rica); cedro granadino (Panama); cedro macho (El Salvador); cedro peludo, cedro pochota, cedro pochote (Honduras)
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Latin name	Ceiba Mill.
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Ceiba Adans. Ceiba L.W.Medicus Ceiba Gaertn. Chorisia Kunth Eriodendron DC.
English name	ceiba; kapok tree
French name	ceiba; kapokier
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Other name	Kapokbaum (german); ceiba (italian)
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Latin name	Ceiba acuminata (S.Watson) Rose
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Sonora, Sinaloa)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	fd (oil rich seeds are edible and have nutlike flavor, Yaqui and other Indians harvest the tuberous roots at the end of the rainy season and roast them in hot coals)
Synonym	Eriodendron acuminata S.Watson
English name	acuminate ceiba
French name	ceiba acuminé
Spanish name	ceiba, kapok, pochote (Mexico)
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Latin name	Ceiba aesculifolia (Kunth) Britten & Baker f.
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	mes->xer
Use	dr fd fw ma (fiber used for mattress, pillows and cushions) pl pp sa ti (construction, furniture)
Synonym	Bombax aesculifolium Kunth
English name	pochotte ceiba
French name	ceiba à feuilles de marronnier
Spanish name	ceiba pochote, pochote de altura, pochote de lugares frescos; pochote de pelota (Costa Rica); ceibillo (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras); algodón de monte, palo lagarto (Guatemala); ceiba, ceibo (Honduras); pochote (Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua); cedro pochote (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	S North America (tropics) South America (tropics) S Eurasia (tropics) Africa (tropics) N M Oceania (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	D[E]
Ecology	hel hyg->xer calc sili
Use	cl (adored as a symbol of life, national tree of Guatemala, worshipped by the Mayas quiche as the "tree of life", the sacred tree of the Mayans is known as the "ladder to the heavens") cl(ob) dr (antispasmodic, diuretic, gum exude by the trunk used as intestinal ailments, infusion obtained from boiling the bark, soap and cosmetics) fd (fruits) fr fw ma (cotton like fiber surrounding the seeds is called kapok and used in industry as thermal and acoustic insulation, fiber for stuffing, filling pillows and mattresses, flotation and insulation applications, gum, oil from seed) pl pp (good for pulp and paper) sa ti (boats, buoy, carpentry, wood carving, cases, cheap packing boxes, coffins, construction, core stock, crates, crating, dugout canoes, furniture, laminated panel, matches sticks, moulding, ornamental boxes, packaging, packing cases, plywood, rafts, sports equipement, toys, turned work, veneers, wood shoes)
Synonym	Bombax anfractuosa (DC.) M.Gómez Bombax ceiba sensu Maycock Bombax guineense Thonn. Bombax mompoxense Kunth Bombax occidentale Spreng. Bombax orientale Spreng. Bombax pentandrum L. Ceiba anfractuosa (DC.) M.Gómez Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A.Chev. Ceiba casearia Medik. Ceiba guineensis (Thonn.) A.Chev. Ceiba guineensis var. ampla A.Chev. Ceiba guineensis f. grisea A.Chev. Ceiba occidentalis Burke Ceiba occidentalis (Spreng.) Burkill Ceiba pentandra var. caribaea (DC.) Bakh. Ceiba pentandra var. clausa Ulbr. Ceiba pentandra var. dehiscens Ulbr. Ceiba pentandra var. indica (DC.) Bakh. Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. var. pentandra Ceiba pentandra f. albolana Ulbr. Ceiba pentandra f. grisea Ulbr. Ceiba thonnerii A.Chev. Eriodendron anfractuosum DC. Eriodendron anfractuosum var. africanum DC. Eriodendron anfractuosum var. caribaeum DC. Eriodendron anfractuosum var. indicum DC. Eriodendron caribaeum (DC.) G.Don ex Loud. Eriodendron guineense (Thonn.) G.Don ex Loud. Eriodendron occidentale (Spreng.) G.Don Eriodendron orientale (Spreng.) Kostel. Eriodendron pentandrum (L.) Kuntze Gossampinus alba Ham. Gossampinus rumphii Schott & Endl. Xylon pentandrum (L.) Kuntze
English name	kapok ceiba; balsa, balsa-wood (USA); bombast mahoe (Jamaica); ceiba (Belize, UK, USA, Virgin Gorda); corkwood (Jamaica, UK); cotton tree (Belize, Jamaica, Panama, West Indies); cottontree (Panama, West Indies); downtree (Jamaica); egungun; false cork-tree (Virgin Islands); fromager (UK); Honduras cottonwood; kapok (Puerto Rico); kapok tree (Micronesia); lama, lana (Panama); pintree; silk cotton (Guyana, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago); silk-cotton tree (Bahamas, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Virgin Gorda); polak (Belize); silk-cotton-tree; silkcotton (Lesser Antilles); silkcotton tree (Panama)
French name	ceiba kapokier; arbre à boure, arbre à bourre, arbre à kapok; bois coton (Guyana); bois flot (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St.Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago); bois liège, bois lièvre, bois pripri (Guadeloupe); ceiba à cinq étamines; coton fleurs (Haiti); cotonnier soyeux; fromager (Cameroon, France, French West Indies, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Lesser Antilles, Mali, Rwanda); fromager mapou (Guadeloupe); fromagier (French West Indies); kapokier (Guyana, Rwanda); kapotier (Zaire); mahaudème (Haiti); mahot coton (Guyana); mapon coton (Haiti); mapou (Guadeloupe, Haiti); mapou coton (Haiti); mapou rouge, patte lapin (Guadeloupe)
Spanish name	algodon (El Salvador); árbol de algodon (Costa Rica); árbol sagrado de la vida; balsa, balso (Spain); bonga (Colombia); bongo (Panama); botija (Cuba); cajeto (Colombia); catejo (Guatemala); ceiba blanca, ceiba bonga, ceiba bruja, ceiba de lana (Colombia); ceiba macho (Venezuela); ceiba rosado (Colombia); ceiba uchuputu (Ecuador); ceiba yuca, ceiba yucca (Venezuela); ceibadelana (Colombia); ceibo (Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua); ceibo macho (Venezuela); ceibon (Central America, Nicaragua); ceibón (Cuba); corcho (Guatemala, Mexico); corvcho (Colombia); gatillo (Nicaragua); guambush (Ecuador); guano (Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras); huampo (Peru); huimba (Peru, Venezuela); inup (Central America); jujul (Guatemala); jujull (Colombia); kapok (Honduras); kumaca (Caribbean); lama (Colombia, Dominican Republic); lamero (Cuba, Dominican Republic); lamilla (Colombia); lana (Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala); lanero (Cuba, Dominican Republic); lanilla (Guatemala); lano blanco, lano brujo (Colombia); mapajo (Bolivia); pachote (Mexico); palo de balsa (Spain); palo de lama, palo de lana (Dominican Republic); pana (Colombia); pishtin (Mexico); piton (Central America); pochota (Mexico); pochote (Mexico, Nicaragua); pochotta; seiba (Cuba); sumauna; tambor (Honduras); toborachi (Bolivia); toborochi ceiba (Bolivia, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); topa (Peru); tucumo (Colombia)
Other name	a mã, a mâna (konyagi); a ndin, ã din (basari); afalafase (ljaw); akha (Nigeria); akpu (igbo); algodon de Manila (chamorro, Micronesia); anié (Ivory Coast); araba (yoruba); araba okha (Nigeria); árvore-da-là, árvore-da-seda (Brazil); atagon di Manila (chamorro, Micronesia); amo pok (mandyak); balsa (Brazil); bana-bãndã (malinke); banam (Senegal); banan (bambara and malinke, Mali); banda (Sierra Leone); bântã (mandinka); bantachi (fuuta jalon); bãntãg (malinke); bãntigehi, bãntinévi (fulfulde); bâtã (fuuta jalon); be ntèn (mankanya); bèntanõ (socé); bentegnié (Ivory Coast); bentégnié (Senegal); bérin (badyara); bètntégné (wolof); bokum (bokyi); bokwakoso (Dem. Rep. of the Congo); bonga (Brazil, Colombia, Mexico); bosongu (Dem. Rep. of the Congo); bouma (do?; Cameroon, Gabon); bousana (Guinea); bu sana (jola and ejamat); bu tèn (bayot); buday, budèy (non); bulik (marshallese, Marshall Islands Republic); ceiba (italian); cuypishtin (popoluca, Mexico); djom (amo); doma (pyba ?); doum (ew?; Cameroon, Gabon); douma (bo); énia (Ivory Coast); fu gak (ejamat); fulugonga (babwana); fuma (Congo, Dem. Rep. of the Congo); fwomage (creole, Haiti); gãnki (fulfulde); ghé (Liberia); gi ndil (budik); gila (Central African Republic); gô (Ivory Coast); hoeipochotli; hoeiqochotli (Costa Rica); hounti (Benin); huo-yui (siona, Colombia); inup (maya, Belize; Guatemala); jujul (Guatemala); kalngebard, kalngebárd (palauan, Micronesia); kankantrie (Suriname); Kapok-baum, Kapokbaum (german); katangabudia (Dem. Rep. of the Congo); kerrekar ngebard (palauan, Micronesia); koemaka (Suriname); kondé (socé); kongi mutengela (central dusun); kotin (marshallese, Marshall Islands Republic); kuchi (nupe, Nigeria); kule (pybi); kulo (Cameroon, Gabon); kulu (pybi); kumaka (Guyana); lèn (non); li-mis-gash-pupi (chontal, Mexico); liuma li libande (lombo); liyoa potamba (Dem. Rep. of the Congo); maó (Colombia); mapou, mapou koton (creole, Haiti); mbuday (serer); mfuma (Congo); mofumo (babwana); mosungu (lingala, Dem. Rep. of the Congo); mox (Guatemala); mulende (Dem. Rep. of the Congo); musufi (swahili); ngoué (Ivory Coast); ngwé (Sierra Leone); nkouma (Cameroon, Gabon); nuo (Guatemala); odouma, ogouma (Cameroon, Gabon); ogungun (yoruba, Nigeria); okha (edo; Nigeria); okhakhen (urhobo); paina-lisa (Brazil); painera (portuguese, Brazil); panaya (India); paneira (Brazil); panji-ilavu, panya (India); pe ntèn (mankanya); pelõ (portuguese creole); pentya (mandyak); piim (maya); pirii (bobo fing, Burkina Faso and Mali); pishtin (Mexico); pocheta; pochota (Brazil, Mexico); pochotl (nahuatl, Mexico); polõ (portuguese creole); psahé (balanta); púchute (totonaco, Mexico); pulun imbul (Sri Lanka); rimi (hausa, Ghana); rum (arabic and shuwa arabic); rumbum (balanta); shienge (senoufo, Mali); shinge (senoufo, Mali); si dèn (bainouk); sumauma (Brazil); sumaúma (portuguese, Brazil); sumaúma de várzea, sumaúma-da-várzea, sumaúma-verdadeira, sumaúmal, sumaumeira (Brazil); sumauna; tom (kanuri, Nigeria); tunuum (mixtec, Mexico); tyaa (bwamu, Burkina Faso and Mali); ukem (efik); ukim (ibibio); unup (huasteco, Mexico); vambe (tiv); vula (Dem. Rep. of the Congo); Wollbaum (german); yaga-xeni (zapoteco, Mexico); yaxché (maya, Belize, Guatemala and Mexico); yaxche
Trade name	balsa, balsa-wood, ceiba; kapok (India); kapok-tree, silk-cotton-tree

Latin name	Celastrus L.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	bittersweet; staff tree
French name	célastre
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Other name	Baummörder, Baumwürger (german); celastro (italian)
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Latin name	Celastrus molinae L.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Molina bittersweet
French name	célastre de Molina
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Latin name	Celastrus pringlei Rose
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes
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English name	Pringle bittersweet
French name	célastre de Pringle
Spanish name	cuero de vaca
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Latin name	Celastrus vulcanicola Donn.Sm.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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English name	volcanicolous bittersweet
French name	célastre volcanicole
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Latin name	Celtis L.
Family	Ulmaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Solenostigma Endl.
English name	hackberry; beaverwood (USA); nettle tree (Canada, USA); nettle-tree; sugarberry (USA)
French name	micocoulier; bois inconnu (Canada); bois raie (Haiti); bois-raie (Canada)
Spanish name	acibuche (Mexico, Paraguay); aguadita (Cuba, Paraguay); almez; anasillo (Dominican Republic, Paraguay); gallinosa, graciliano, guaseriano, guisacillo, hueso (Cuba, Paraguay); ramón (Paraguay); tala (Argentina, Paraguay); talt (Paraguay, Uruguay)
Other name	bagolaro (italian); diania, gurupiá, jauii, ohia; yoá-sí-y (Argentina, Paraguay); yuá-sí-y (Paraguay); Zürgelbaum (german)
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Latin name	Celtis berteroana Urb.
Family	Ulmaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	calc
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English name	Bertero hackberry
French name	micocoulier de Bertero; bois feuilles blanches
Spanish name	gallinasa (Cuba)
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