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Latin name	Cercocarpus Kunth
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution
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English name	cercocarpus; hardtack, mountain mahoganies, mountain-mahogany, sweetbrush
French name	cercocarpe
Spanish name	lentisco, ramon
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Latin name	Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MW MC North America (USA: Washington to Montana, California to Colorado; Mexico: N Baja California)
North America distribution zone	MW MC
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel xer
Use	fr fw sa
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English name	curlleaf cercocarpus; curlleaf mountain-mahogany, curlleaf mountainmahogany, desert cercocarpus, desert mountain-mahogany; feather-bush, mountain mahogany (USA)
French name	cercocarpe à feuilles ondulées
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Latin name	Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intercedens C.K.Schneid.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MW MC North America (USA: Washington to Montana, California to Colorado)
North America distribution zone	MW MC
Height	tree?
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English name	intercedens curlleaf cercocarpus
French name	cercocarpe à feuilles ondulées intercedens
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Latin name	Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt. var. ledifolius
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MW MC North America (USA: Oregon to Montana to Utah and Colorado)
North America distribution zone	MW MC
Height	M
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Synonym	Cercocarpus hypoleucus Rydb. Cercocarpus ledifolius var. hypoleucus (Rydb.) M.Peck Cercocarpus ledifolius f. hirsutus C.K.Schneid.
English name	typical curlleaf cercocarpus
French name	cercocarpe à feuilles ondulées typique
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Latin name	Cercocarpus montanus Raf.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MW MC SC North America (USA: Montana to South Dakota, Arizona to Oklahoma; Mexico: N Sonora)
North America distribution zone	MW MC SC
Height	S?
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Ecology	hel
Use	ti
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English name	alderleaf cercocarpus; alderleaf mountain, mahogany, true mountain mahogany, true mountainmahogany
French name	cercocarpe de montagne
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Latin name	Cercocarpus montanus var. blancheae (C.K.Schneid.) F.L.Martin
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MW North America (USA: SW California)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	S
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Cercocarpus alnifolius Rydb. Cercocarpus betulaefolius var. blancheae (C.K.Schneid.) Little Cercocarpus montanus ssp. blancheae (C.K.Schneid.) Thorne Cercocarpus betuloides var. blancheae (C.K.Schneid.) Little
English name	Blanche alderleaf cercocarpus
French name	cercocarpe de montagne de Blanche
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Latin name	Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber (S.Watson) F.L.Martin
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MW SW North America (USA: Oregon, California, Arizona; Mexico: N Baja California)
North America distribution zone	MW SW
Height	S
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	xer
Use	cl(ob) fr sa ti
Synonym	Cercocarpus betuloides Nutt. Cercocarpus betuloides var. multiflorus Jeps. Cercocarpus parvifolius var. glaber S.Watson
English name	glabrous alderleaf cercocarpus; alderleaf cercocarpus p.p., alderleaf mountain-mahogany, birchleaf cercocarpus, birchleaf mountain-mahogany, hardtack, plume-tree
French name	cercocarpe de montagne glabre; cercocarpe à feuilles de bouleau
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Latin name	Cercocarpus montanus var. macrourus (Rydb.) F.L.Martin
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MW North America (USA: Oregon, N California)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	S?
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Synonym	Cercocarpus betuloides ssp. macrourus (Rydb.) E.Murray Cercocarpus betuloides var. macrourus (Rydb.) Jeps. Cercocarpus macrourus Rydb.
English name	longtailed alderleaf cercocarpus
French name	cercocarpe de montagne à long pétiole
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Latin name	Cercocarpus montanus Raf. var. montanus
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MW SC North America (USA: Oregon to Montana to South Dakota, California to Oklahoma; Mexico: N Baja California, N Sonora)
North America distribution zone	MW SC
Height	S
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides Little Cercocarpus douglasii Rydb. Cercocarpus montanus var. flabellifolius (Rydb.) Kearny & Peebles Cercocarpas parvifolius Nutt. p.p.
English name	typical alderleaf cercocarpus
French name	cercocarpe de montagne typique
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Latin name	Cercocarpus montanus var. paucidentatus (S.Watson) F.L.Martin
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MW MC SW SC North America (USA: Arizona to Texas; Mexico: Sonora to Nuevo León, Zacatacas)
North America distribution zone	MW MC SW SC
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer sili
Use	ti
Synonym	Cercocarpus breviflorus A.Gray Cercocarpus breviflorus var. eximius C.K.Schneid. Cercocarpus eximius Rydb. Cercocarpus parvifolius var. breviflorus (A.Gray) M.E.Jones Cercocarpus parvifolius var. paucidentatus S.Watson Cercocarpus paucidentatus (S.Watson) Britton
English name	hairy alderleaf cercocarpus; hairy cercocarpus, hairy mountain-mahogany, shaggy mountain mahogany, Wright mountain-mahogany, Wright mountainmahogany
French name	cercocarpe de montagne velu; cercocarpe velu
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Latin name	Cercocarpus traskiae Eastw.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MW North America (end USA: Santa Catalina Is.)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	S
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology
Use	ex fr
Synonym	Cercocarpus betuloides ssp. traskiae (Eastw.) E.Murray Cercocarpus betuloides var. traskiae (Eastw.) Dunkle Cercocarpus montanus var. traskiae (Eastw.) F.L.Martin
English name	Catalina cercocarpus; bigleaf mountain mahogany, Catalina island mountain-mahogany, Catalina mountain mahogany, Catalina mountainmahogany
French name	cercocarpe de Catalina
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Latin name	Cespedesia Goudot
Family	Ochnaceae
Distribution
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English name	cespedesia
French name	cespedésie
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Latin name	Cespedesia spathulata (Ruiz & Pav.) Planch.
Family	Ochnaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Coast, Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg xer
Use	ma ti (construction, posts, tools)
Synonym	Cespedesia amazonica Huber Cespedesia excelsa Rusby Cespedesia macrophylla Seem. Cespedesia sprucei Tiegh. Godoya spathulata Ruiz & Pav.
English name	JohnCrow cespedesia; John Crow wood (Panama)
French name	cespedésie spatulée
Spanish name	apay (Ecuador); cacho (Colombia); cola de pava (Honduras); lengua de vaca (Ecuador); membrillo, membrillo macho (Panama); pacó (Colombia); pacora (Colombia, Ecuador); tabacón (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua)
Other name	amarun caspi (quichua, Ecuador); eero (crossbred, Colombia); magkuak (aguaruna, Peru); orentarigue (waorani, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Cestrum L.
Family	Solanaceae
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Synonym	Lomeria Raf. Meyenia Schltdl. Parqui Adans. Wadea Raf.
English name	cestrum; jessamine
French name	cestreau
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Other name	cestro (italian); Hammerstrauch (german)
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Latin name	Cestrum alternifolium (Jacq.) O.E.Schulz
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Use	ti (infusion for headache)
Synonym	Cestrum alternifolium var. mitanthum O.E.Schulz Cestrum alternifolium var. pendulinum (Jacq.) O.E.Schulz Cestrum amelanchier Dunal Cestrum aronioideum St.-Lag. Cestrum confertum Mill. Cestrum depauperatum Dunal Cestrum foetidum Medik. Cestrum frutescens Aubl. Cestrum jamaicense Lam. Cestrum jasminiflorum Dunal Cestrum latifolia Duss Cestrum macrophyllum Griseb. Cestrum pendulinum Jacq. Cestrum peruvianum Hort. Roth. ex Dunal Cestrum terminale var. parvifolium Dunal Cestrum vespertinum Dunal Cestrum vespertinum L. Ixora alternifolia Jacq.
English name	alternateleaf cestrum
French name	cestreau à feuilles alternes
Spanish name	clavito, dama de noche, fruto de culebra, puta de noche, putica de noche, tapacamino, tinte, uvito gallinero (Venezuela)
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Latin name	Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Cestrum aurantiacum var. chaculanum (Loes.) Francey Cestrum chaculanum Loes. Cestrum paucinervium Francey
English name	orange cestrum
French name	cestreau orangé
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Latin name	Cestrum cahosianum Urb. & Ekman
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Massif des Cahos)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Cahos cestrum
French name	cestreau des Cahos
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Latin name	Cestrum daphnoides Griseb.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola, St. Thomas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
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English name	Cestrum daphnoides var. laxiflorum O.E.Schulz
French name	cestreau daphnoïde
Spanish name	galan de costa (Cuba); mata gallina (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Cestrum diurnum L.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Texas, Florida; Bahamas, Mexico: Yucatán; West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel
Use	pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Cestrum album Ferrero & Dunal Cestrum diurnum var. fasciatiflorum Dunal Cestrum diurnum var. fastigiatum (Jacq.) Stehlé Cestrum diurnum var. odontospermum (Jacq.) O.E.Schulz Cestrum diurnum var. tinctorium (Jacq.) M.Gómez Cestrum diurnum var. venenatum (Mill.) O.E.Schulz Cestrum elongatum hort. ex Steud. Cestrum fastigiatum Jacq. Cestrum fastigiatum Jan Cestrum laurifolium Fawc. Cestrum odontospermum Jacq. Cestrum pallidum Lam. Cestrum tinctorium Jacq. Cestrum venetatum Mill. Cestrum vespertitum Lunan
English name	day cestrum; day flowering-jassamine, day jessamine; ink bush, wild jasmine (Jamaica)
French name	cestreau diurne
Spanish name	dama de día (Puerto Rico); galán de día (Cuba, Spain); galan de noche (Mexico); galandiolia (Cuba); Juan de noche (Mexico); miel (Venezuela); parqui de algunos (Spain); ruñana (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Cestrum diurnum L. var. diurnum
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (USA: Florida, Texas; West Indies?) South America (tropics?)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
Foliage	E
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English name	typical day cestrum
French name	cestreau diurne typique
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Latin name	Cestrum diurnum var. portoricense O.E.Schulz
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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English name	Cestrum nocturnum Griseb.
French name	cestreau diurne de Porto Rico
Spanish name	PuertoRico day cestrum
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Latin name	Cestrum dumetorum Schltdl.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Cestrum dumetorum var. phyllobotryon Dunal Cestrum semivestitum Dunal
English name	tickets cestrum
French name	cestreau des broussailles
Spanish name	huele noche (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Cestrum glanduliferum Kerber ex Francey
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Cestrum pittieri Francey
English name	glandbearing cestrum
French name	cestreau glanduleux
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Latin name	Cestrum hirtum Sw.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Cestrum ferrugineum A.Rich.
English name	hairy cestrum
French name	cestreau velu
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Latin name	Cestrum latifolium Lam.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SC? SE North America (Guatemala, Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC? SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr (used in popular medicine against mange) fr
Synonym	Cestrum albo-punctatum Dunal Cestrum albopunctatum Dunal Cestrum billbergianum Beurl. Cestrum chloranthum Dunal Cestrum floribundum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Cestrum hirtum Sieber ex Sendtn. Cestrum latifolium var. genuinum Stehlé ex Fournet Cestrum latifolium var. tenuiflorum (Kunth) O.E.Schulz Cestrum oliganthum Dunal Cestrum oliganthum var. latifolium Dunal Cestrum ovatum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Cestrum poeppigii Sendtn. Cestrum prieurei Dunal Cestrum tenuiflorum Kunth Cestrum tenuifolium Francey Cestrum vespartitum Griseb.
English name	wildjasmine cestrum; wild jasmine
French name	cestreau jasmin-bois; jasmin bois, jasmin sauvage
Spanish name	barriga de sapo, bello de noche, bonita de noche, cazabe, ciruelilla, ciruelo de monte, clavito, coral blanco, hoja privada, huele de noche, mortiño, palo hediondo, quasimillo, rabo pelado, tepuru, uvito (Venezuela)
Other name	ke tipen (panare, Venezuela)
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Latin name	Cestrum laurifolium L'Hér.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Cestrum alaternoides Desf. Cestrum alaternoides var. lanceolatum Dunal Cestrum alaternoides var. obovato-orbiculare Dunal Cestrum angustifolium Lodd. Cestrum candidum Van Houtte ex Schltdl. Cestrum citrifolium Retz. Cestrum diurnum West Cestrum lamberti Dunal Cestrum latifolium Bello Cestrum laurifolium Stahl Cestrum laurifolium var. giganteum Dunal Cestrum laurifolium var. intermedium Kuntze Cestrum laurifolium var. macrophyllum Kuntze Cestrum laurifolium var. neglectum Kuntze Cestrum laurifolium var. normale Kuntze Cestrum laurifolium f. acutifolium O.E.Schultz ex Francey Cestrum laurifolium f. grandifolium O.E.Schulz ex Francey Cestrum laurifolium f. obovato-orbiculare (Dunal) O.E.Schultz ex Francey Cestrum macrophyllum hort. Par. ex Dunal Cestrum macrophyllum Vent. Cestrum porphyroneuron Schltdl. Cestrum subtriflorum Dunal Cestrum venenatum Lam. non Burm. non Mill.
English name	candlewood cestrum; candlewood, white calabash (Lesser Antilles)
French name	cestreau bois-savon; bois-flambeau, bois-poison, bois-savon, citronnier (Lesser Antilles)
Spanish name	galán del monte, galen del monte (Puerto Rico); rufiana (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Cestrum lewisii D'Arcy
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Cestrum acuminatum Francey non Sweet
English name	Lewis cestrum
French name	cestreau de Lewis
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Latin name	Cestrum megalophyllum Dunal
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador: Coast, Andes, Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg?
Use	fr
Synonym	Cestrum baenitzii Lingelsh. Cestrum clausseni Dunal Cestrum claussenii Dunal Cestrum faucheri Dunal Cestrum macrophyllum Griseb. Cestrum megalophyllum Witasek Cestrum nocturnum Duss. non L.
English name	giantleaf cestrum
French name	cestreau jasmin-grand-bois; bois cabrit, café maron (Dominican Republic); jasmin des bois, jasmin-bois, jasmin-grand bois, sureau bâtard, sureau des bois, suriau, suyau
Spanish name	bella de noche (Venezuela)
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Latin name	Cestrum microcalyx Francey
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Amazonas; Peru, Brazil: Acre; Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Cestrum donnell-smithii Francey Cestrum silvaticum Dunal Cestrum silvaticum Francey Cestrum standleyi Francey Cestrum sylvaticum Francey Cestrum tenuissimum Francey
English name	smallcalyx cestrum
French name	cestreau à petit calice
Spanish name	tapa camino (Venezuela)
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Latin name	Cestrum mononeurum Urb.& Ekman
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Hispaniola cestrum
French name	cestreau d'Hispaniola
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