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Latin name	Cordia borinquensis Urb.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	ma ti
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English name	PuertoRico cordia
French name	cordia de Porto Rico
Spanish name	capá, capá cimarrón (Puerto Rico)
Other name	capá, capá cimarrón, muneco (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Cordia cardenasiana J.S.Mill.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala: Petén)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Cárdenas cordia
French name	cordia de Cárdenas
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Latin name	Cordia collococca L.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D[SD]
Ecology	hel hyg? xer
Use	dr (astringent) fd (fruits) fr (fowls) pp (good for paper pulp) ti (cabinet work, carpentry, fence posts, furniture, general construction, plywood, veneer)
Synonym	Cordia glabra auct. non L. Cordia glabra Britton & P.Wilson Cordia micrantha Sw. Cordia rariflora A.Rich. Gerascanthus collococus (L.) Borhidi Lithocardium collococca Kuntze
English name	manjack cordia; cherry (Jamaica); clammy cherry; clammy-cherry (Barbados, Grenada); manjack, moonjack; red manjack (Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda); wild cherry (Jamaica); wild clammy cherry; wild clammy-cherry (Barbados)
French name	cordia mapou-rivière; bois puant, mahot rivière (Martinique); mahot-bré, mapon rouge, mapou (Guadeloupe); mapou blanc (Martinique); mapou-rivière; trois pieds (Haiti)
Spanish name	cerezo; alatrique (Venezuela); ateje, ateje hembra (Cuba); buriogre (Colombia, Costa Rica); caujaro (Venezuela); manone, manuno (El Salvador); muñeco (Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic); nigüito (Colombia, Costa Rica); palo de muñeca, palo de muñeco (Puerto Rico); palo de muñeco blanco (Dominican Republic); sombra de ternero (Belize, Dominican Republic)
Other name	twa pye (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Cordia cordiformis I.M.Johnst.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
Foliage	D
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English name	heartshaped cordia
French name	cordia cordiforme
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Latin name	Cordia correa J.S.Mill.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	CentralAmerica cordia
French name	cordia de l'Amérique centrale
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Latin name	Cordia croatii J.S.Mill.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Croat cordia
French name	cordia de Croat
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Latin name	Cordia curassavica (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	S North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	hel xer
Use	dr (anemia, stomach problems)
Synonym	Cordia brevispicata M.Martens & Galeotti Cordia brevispicata var. hypomalaca Greenm. Cordia chacoensis Chodat Cordia chepensis Pittier Cordia cinerascens DC. Cordia cylindrostachya auct. non Roem. & Schult. Cordia hispida Benth. Cordia imparilis J.F.Macbr. Cordia linearis A.DC. Cordia littoralis Pittier Cordia macrostachya (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult. Cordia mollis Pittier Cordia obliqua Kunth Cordia palmeri S.Watson Cordia peruviana var. mexicana DC. Cordia socorrensis Brandegee Varronia curassavica Jacq. Varronia guianensis Desv. Varronia macrostachya Jacq.
English name	blacksage cordia; black sage, wild sage (Lesser Antilles)
French name	cordia noir; liane mouton (Haiti); mahot bord de mer, mahot noir (Lesser Antilles)
Spanish name	Juan prieto (Dominican Republic); bolita prieta, chocobaupo (Mexico); raiz de tirisia (Nicaragua)
Other name	ak-sheb (maya, Belize); blacka oema (Suriname)
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Latin name	Cordia curbeloi Alain
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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English name	Curbelo cordia
French name	cordia de Curbelo
Spanish name	roble ateje (Cuba)
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Latin name	Cordia cymosa (Donn.Sm.) Standl.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Pastaza; Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hel
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Synonym	Cornutia cymosa Donn.Sm.
English name	cymose cordia
French name	cordia à cymes
Spanish name	muñeco (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Cordia dentata Poir.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (C Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel xer
Use	dr (flowers, leaves) fd fr ma sa ti (cabinet work, caprentry, fence posts, furniture, general construction, posts, railroad ties)
Synonym	Calyptracordia alba (Jacq.) Britton Cordia alba (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult. Cordia calyptrata Bertero ex Spreng. Cordia dentata Vahl Cordia leptopoda K.Krause Cordia ovata Brandegee Cordia tenuifolia Bertol. Varronia alba Jacq. Varronia calyptrata (Bertero ex Spreng.) DC.
English name	dentate cordia; clammy-cherry (Grenada); cordia; dope-cherry, duppy-cherry (Jamaica); English clammy cherry; English clammy-cherry (Barbados); Jack-wood (Belize); loblolly tree; loblolly-tree (Barbados); white manjack (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
French name	cordia denté; arbre à la colle, arbre à la glu, arbre à raisins; bois chique (Haiti); bois-zizi, herbe à couronne, mahot à raisins; mahot blanc (Martinique); mapou blanc, mapou-baril
Spanish name	ateje amarillo (Cuba); baboso (Mexico, Venezuela); candilero (Venezuela); capá, capá blanca (Puerto Rico); cariaco (Venezuela); caujaro (Colombia, Venezuela); cautaro (Venezuela); cebito (El Salvador); cereza blanca (Puerto Rico); chachalaco, chiquilote (Honduras); chirimo (Mexico); cuajaro (Costa Rica); flor de ángel (Venezuela); goma (Panama); gomo, gomo blanco (Colombia); grimanso (Venezuela); gualbere (Mexico); jigüilote (Costa Rica); muñeco blanco (Dominican Republic); ovita (Honduras); palo baboso (Mexico); pardillo blanco (Venezuela); posolillo (Honduras); sasanil (Mexico); supay (Guatemala); tarare amarillo, tarare blanco (Venezuela); tiguilote (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua); tigüilote (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua); upay, upayol (Guatemala); uva gomosa (Cuba); uvero, uvillo (Panama); uvita (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba); uvito (Colombia); varía blanca (Cuba); yagua (Dominican Republic); zazamil (Mexico)
Other name	bwa chik (creole, Haiti); cawara, cawara di mondi coara (Netherlands Antilles)
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Latin name	Cordia diversifolia Pav. ex DC.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) NW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Coast)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr ma (latex) pl ti
Synonym	Cordia johnstoni Cufod. Cordia petenensis Lundell Lithocardium diversifolium (DC.) Kuntze
English name	chischis cordia; chischis (Belize)
French name	cordia chischis
Spanish name	chachalaco (Honduras); macajuita (Belize); upay (Guatemala)
Other name	lats-b'hv, litz-hu'um (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Cordia dodecandra A.DC.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	dr(ob) (bark and wood used as cough syrup) fd (fruits) ma(ob) (leaves used as sandpaper) ti (cabinet work, furniture, interior joinery, veneer)
Synonym	Cordia angiocarpa A.Rich. Lithocarpum dodecandrum Kuntze Plethostephia angiocarpa (A.Rich.) Miers
English name	canaletta cordia; ziricote; canaletta (USA)
French name	cordia canaletta
Spanish name	bariá (Cuba); canalete (Colombia, Venezuela); ciricote (Belize); cocopera (Guatemala); cópite (Mexico); copte (Guatemala); copté (Mexico); siricote (Belize, Guatemala, Mexico); trompillo (Mexico); vomitel blanco (Cuba); zericote (Belize); ziricote
Other name	chack opte (maya, Belize); chakopté, k'an-k'opté, kopté (maya)
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Latin name	Cordia dwyeri Nowicke
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Los Ríos)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Dwyer cordia
French name	cordia de Dwyer
Spanish name	chocolate (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Cordia elaeagnoides A.DC.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Michoacán to Quintana Roo)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel mes calc sili
Use	pl ti
Synonym	Lithocardium elaeagnoides Kuntze
English name	elaeagnuslike cordia
French name	cordia à feuilles d'eleagnus
Spanish name	bocote, bojote, cueramo, gretaña, grisiño, ocotillo, ocotillo meco (Mexico)
Other name	guiri-xina (zapoteco, Mexico)
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Latin name	Cordia eriostigma Pittier
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Napo; Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fr (honey) ti
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English name	woollystigma cordia
French name	cordia à stigmate laineux
Spanish name	muñeco (Nicaragua); totumbe, totumbo, tutumbe (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Cordia gerascanthus L.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica, West Indies) NW MC South America (Colombia, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	SD[E]
Ecology	hyg->mes sci calc
Use	dr (decoction of flowers is good for cola, decoction of roots is very efficacious for epilepsy, good in a bath against herpes or as astringent, bark is febrifuge) fd ma ti (construction, crafts, furniture, railroad ties)
Synonym	Cerdana gerascanthus (L.) Moldenke Cordia bracteata DC. Cordia gerascanthoides Kunth Cordia langlassei Loes. Cordia rothschuhlii Loes. Gerascanthus lanceolatus J.Presl Lithocardium gerascanthus Kuntze
English name	Spanishelm cordia; panchallon (Jamaica); prince wood; Spanish elm (Antilles, UK)
French name	cordia panchallon
Spanish name	amapa; aurel (Honduras); baría (Cuba, Mexico); baría negra (Cuba); barillo (Belize); canalete (Honduras); canaletta; capa prieta (Dominican Republic, Honduras); laura pardo; laurel (Belize); laurel de montaña (Honduras); laurel hembra; laurel negro (Costa Rica, Honduras); muñeco (Dominican Republic); palo de asta (Guatemala); uva gomosa, varia común, varia negra, varía, varía prieta (Cuba); ziricote
Other name	bahon, bahonche (maya, Belize)
Trade name	canalete

Latin name	Cordia guanacastensis Standl.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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English name	Guanacaste cordia
French name	cordia de Guanacaste
Spanish name	chilincoco (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Cordia harrisii Urb.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	calc
Use	ex
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English name	Harris cordia
French name	cordia de Harris
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Latin name	Cordia hintonii I.M.Johnst.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, El Salvador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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English name	Hinton cordia
French name	cordia de Hinton
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Latin name	Cordia ignea Urb. & Ekman
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Dominican Republic)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	fieryred cordia
French name	cordia flamboyant
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Latin name	Cordia ignea var. aurantia Alain
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Dominican Republic: Cabo Rojo, Pedernales)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	tree?
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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English name	orange fieryred cordia
French name	cordia flamboyant orangé
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Latin name	Cordia ignea Urb. & Ekman var. ignea
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Dominican Republic: Peninsula of Pedernales to Oviedo)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	typical fieryred cordia
French name	cordia flamboyant typique
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Latin name	Cordia inermis (Mill.) I.M.Johnst.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Cordia cana M.Martens & Galeotti Cordia insularis Greenm. Lantana inerma Mill.
English name	unarmed cordia
French name	cordia inerme
Spanish name	cuaja tinta, escobillo negro (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Cordia juglandifolia Jacq.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	walnutleaf cordia
French name	cordia à feuilles de noyer
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Latin name	Cordia laevigata Lam.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama, West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg calc
Use	fd ma pl ti
Synonym	Cordia collococca Hitchc. non Aubl. non L. Cordia elliptica auct. non Sw. Cordia fawcettii Krug & Urb. Cordia laevigata auct. non Lam. Cordia nitida Vahl Cordia nitida var. angustata Urb. Lithocardium ellipticum Kuntze Lithocardium nitidum Kuntze
English name	smooth cordia; glossy cordia; red manjack (Puerto Rico); West-Indian-cherry, wild capa (Virgin Islands)
French name	cordia bois-poupée; bois chapeau, bois paupait, bois paupie, bois paupier, bois paupit, bois poupée (Haiti); bois-lélé, coco poule, mahot petite feuille, mahot sifflent, mapon gris, mapou-grands-bois, mapou-lélé
Spanish name	ateje cimarrón, ateje costa, ateje de costa, atejillo (Cuba); buriogre amarillo, buriogre de montaña (Costa Rica); capa colorado, (Dominican Republic); capá colorado (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cerezo (Cuba, Puerto Rico); cerezo del país (Puerto Rico); chaparro (Honduras); muñeco (Costa Rica, Puerto Rico); palo de goma (Puerto Rico); palo muñeco prieto (Dominican Republic); sombra de ternero (Honduras)
Other name	bwa popit, bwa poupe (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Cordia lasiocalyx Pittier
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	CostaRica cordia
French name	cordia du Costa Rica
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Latin name	Cordia leonis Ekman
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Sebesten leonis Britton & P.Wilson
English name	Léon cordia
French name	cordia de Léon
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Latin name	Cordia leslieae J.S.Mill.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Leslie cordia
French name	cordia de Leslie
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Latin name	Cordia leucosebestena Griseb.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	xer
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Synonym	Tabebuia setulosa K.Schum. Tecoma setulosa Griseb.
English name	pale cordia
French name	cordia pâle
Spanish name	anacaguïta, anacagüita, icico cimarrón; laco cimarrón (Cuba)
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Latin name	Cordia liesneri J.S.Mill.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Liesner cordia
French name	cordia de Liesner
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