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Latin name	Citharexylum discolor Turcz.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Citharexylum glandulosum Urb. & Ekman
English name	discolor fidlewood
French name	bois-guitare discolore
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Latin name	Citharexylum donnell-smithii Greenm.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	fr
Synonym	Citharexylum ghiesbreghtii Moldenke
English name	DonnellSmith fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare de Donnell-Smith
Spanish name	buena noche, cola de pava, coral negro; coralillo (Guatemala); cordoncillo, damas, moca de pava, palo paloma, paraiso, seguilla, uva
Other name	cuul, chuul (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Citharexylum ellipticum D.Don
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Tabasco, Campeche)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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English name	elliptic fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare elliptique
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Latin name	Citharexylum glabrum (S.Watson) Greenm.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Jalisco, Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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Synonym	Gonzalea glabra S.Watson
English name	glabrous fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare glabre
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Latin name	Citharexylum guatemalense (Moldenke) D.N.Gibson
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala: Izabal; Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Citharexylum hirtellum var. guatemalense Moldenke
English name	Guatemala fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare du Guatemala
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Latin name	Citharexylum hexangulare Greenm.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg calc
Use	fd (fruits) fr (fruits)
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English name	sixangled fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare hexangulaire
Spanish name	chicharron (Nicaragua)
Other name	kanakche (Mexico)
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Latin name	Citharexylum hidalgense Moldenke
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Hidalgo)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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English name	Hidalgo fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare de Hidalgo
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Latin name	Citharexylum hirtellum Standl.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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English name	hairy fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare hérissé
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Latin name	Citharexylum lankesteri Moldenke
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Lankester fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare de Lankester
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Latin name	Citharexylum ligustrinum Van Houtte
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Hidalgo)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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English name	privetlike fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare faux-troène
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Latin name	Citharexylum macradenium Greenm.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	mes
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English name	biggland fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare glanduleux
Spanish name	dama, damas, danna
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Latin name	Citharexylum macrochlamys Pittier
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology	mes
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Synonym	Citharexylum macranthum Pittier non Hayek
English name	largeflower fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare à grandes fleurs
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Latin name	Citharexylum matudae Moldenke
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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English name	Matuda fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare de Matuda
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Latin name	Citharexylum micradenium Greenm.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama: Chiriqui)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Chiriqui fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare de Chiriqui
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Latin name	Citharexylum mocinnii D.Don
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	Mociño fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare de Mociño
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Latin name	Citharexylum mocinnii var. longibracteolatum Moldenke
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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English name	longbracteolate fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare à longues bractéoles
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Latin name	Citharexylum mocinii D.Don var. mocinii
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M?
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English name	typical Mociño fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare de Mociño typique
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Latin name	Citharexylum recurvatum Greenm.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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English name	backwardscurved fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare recourbé
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Latin name	Citharexylum schottii Greenm.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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English name	Schott fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare de Schott
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Latin name	Citharexylum spinosum L.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) NC South America (Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela to French Guiana)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg->xer calc
Use	dr (abortion: bark, lung infection, cold, bronchitis: leaves drink and flower syrup taken orally) fd fw ma pl sa ti
Synonym	Citharexylum americanum Mill. Citharexylum bahamense Millsp. Citharexylum caudatum Sagra Citharexylum caudatum Sw. non L. Citharexylum caudatum var. obtusifolium Hornem. ex Moldenke Citharexylum cinereum Jacq. ex Griseb. Citharexylum cinereum L. Citharexylum coriaceum Desf. Citharexylum fruticosum L. Citharexylum fruticosum var. smallii Moldenke Citharexylum fruticosum var. subserratum (Sw.) Moldenke Citharexylum fruticosum var. subvillosum Moldenke Citharexylum fruticosum var. villosum (Jacq.) O.E.Schultz Citharexylum fruticosum f. bahamense Moldenke Citharexylum hostmannii Klotzsch ex Moldenke Citharexylum laevigatum Host ex Griseb. Citharexylum lucidum Griseb. non Cham. & Schltdl. Citharexylum pentandrum Cham. Citharexylum pentandrum Vent. Citharexylum quadrangulare Jacq. non Sessé & Moç. Citharexylum quadrangulare L. non Sessé & Moç. Citharexylum spicatum Rusby ex Moldenke Citharexylum spinosum var. brittonii Moldenke Citharexylum subserratum Sw. Citharexylum surrectum Griseb. Citharexylum teres Jacq. Citharexylum villosum Jacq. Citharexylum villosum var. glaberrimum C.Wright ex Moldenke Hadongia eberhardtii Gagnep.
English name	spiny fiddlewood; black fiddlewood; cutlet (Trinidad and Tobago); fairy, fairytree, fiddle-wood; fiddlewood (Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, USA); Florida fiddlewood (Puerto Rico, USA); juniper-berry; long-Tom (Bahamas); old woman's bitter (Puerto Rico); pasture fiddle wood, penda; red fiddle wood (Lesser Antilles); savanna wattle; spicate fiddlewood (Bahamas); sunsanaleche, Susanna (Virgin Islands); Susanna-berry (Netherlands Antilles); Susanna-tree, Susannatree, white fiddletree, white fiddlewood; yellow fiddle wood (Bahamas); zither-wood
French name	bois-guitare épineux; bois carré, bois carré jaune (Lesser Antilles); bois côtelette (Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago); bois de fer blanc (Lesser Antilles); bois de guiatre (Antilles, USA); bois fidèle; bois guitare (Guadeloupe); bois-guitare; coquelet (Lesser Antilles)
Spanish name	bálsamo (Puerto Rico); café cimarrón (Dominican Republic); canilla de venado, guayo blanco (Cuba); palo de guitarra (Puerto Rico); palo guitarro; penda (Cuba, Dominican Republic); penda roja, pendola, pendula (Dominican Republic); roble amarillo
Other name	grenad mawon, jijiri mawon (creole, Haiti); joumpa (Guiana); kafe mawon (creole, Haiti); Kalebashout (Suriname); madam klòd (creole, Haiti); pombeira
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Latin name	Citharexylum steyermarkii Moldenke
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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English name	Steyermark fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare de Steyermark
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Latin name	Citharexylum ternatum Moldenke
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	ternate fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare terné
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Latin name	Citharexylum tristachyum Turcz.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Citharexylum tristachyum f. urbanii (O.E.Schulz) Moldenke Citharexylum urbanii O.E.Schulz.
English name	threespike fiddlewood
French name	bois-guitare à trois épis
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Latin name	Citharexylum viride Moldenke
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	ti (fence posts)
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English name	green fiddlewood; wild lime
French name	bois-guitare vert
Spanish name	corrimiento (Panama)
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Latin name	Citronella D.Don
Family	Icacinaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Briquetina J.F.Macbr. Villaresia Ruiz & Pav.
English name	citronella
French name	citronelle
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Latin name	Citronella costaricensis (Donn.Sm.) R.A.Howard
Family	Icacinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	dr (grated seed boiled in water or chewed as treatment for bloody diarrhea and cholera)
Synonym	Villaresia costaricensis Donn.Sm.
English name	CostaRica citronella
French name	citronelle du Costa Rica
Spanish name	kakahuete (Peru)
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Latin name	Cladrastis Raf.
Family	Leguminosae
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English name	yellowwood; gopherwood, virgilia, yellow ash, yellow locust (USA); yellow-wood
French name	virgilier; cladrastis
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Other name	Gelbholz (german); cladrastide (italian)
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Latin name	Cladrastis kentukea (Dum.Cours.) Rudd
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MC ME North America (USA: Missouri to Maine, Oklahoma to Georgia)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel mes calc neut
Use	ma (heartwood for dye) pl ti (gun-stock)
Synonym	Cladrastis albiflora Raf. Cladrastis fragrans Raf. Cladrastis kentuckensis (Dum.Cours.) Raf. ex B.D.Jacks. Cladrastis kentuckensis Raf. Cladrastis lutea (Michx.) K.Koch Cladrastis lutea Raf. Cladrastis lutea f. tomentosa Steyerm. Cladrastis tinctoria Raf. Sophora kentukea Dum.Cours. Virgilia alba Raf. Virgilia kentuckensis Dum.Cours. ex Raf. Virgilia lutea Michx.
English name	American yellowwood; gopher wood, Kentucky-yellow-wood, virgilia, yellow ash, yellow locust, yellow wood, yellowwood
French name	virgilier jaune; bois jaune, virgilier à bois jaune
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Other name	Gelbholz (german); cladrastide, legno giallo, virgilia bianca (italian)
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Latin name	Clarisia Ruiz & Pav.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution
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English name	clarisia
French name	clarisie
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Latin name	Clarisia biflora Ruiz & Pav.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Nicaragua to Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	fd (fruits) ma (latex used as tar) ti
Synonym	Clarisia biflora ssp. mexicana (Liebm.) W.C.Burger Clarisia colombiana (Rusby) Lanj. Clarisia mattogrossensis Lanj. Clarisia mexicana (Liebm.) Lanj. Clarisia panamensis Woodson Sahangunia colombiana Rusby Sahangunia mexicana Liebm.
English name	twoflower clarisia
French name	clarisie biflore
Spanish name	ajoche rojo (Mexico); capinuri, caspi (Peru); chicle (Bolivia); cuchara (Peru); isirillo (Bolivia); leche caspi (Peru); lechero colorado (Colombia); marequende (Ecuador); perillo (Colombia); tillo serrano, zavalita (Ecuador)
Other name	equimoquencamo (waorani, Ecuador); guetahue (waorani, Ecuador); mururé (Bolivia); piamish (Peru); pidui (tacana, Bolivia); sacha paparagua, tuta pishcu ila (quichua, Ecuador); yamish (Peru)
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