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Latin name	Cyrilla racemiflora L.
Family	Cyrillaceae
Distribution	M SC SE North America (USA: Virginia to Georgia, Texas to Florida, Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, N Brazil) int MW and SC Eurasia
North America distribution zone	MW MC ME SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hel? hyg
Use	dr (potential) fd (honey) fr (flowers for bees) ma pl ti
Synonym	Cyrilla antillana Michx. Cyrilla brevifolia N.E.Br. Cyrilla racemifera Vand. Cyrilla racemiflora var. brevifolia (N.E.Br.) Maguire & Wurdack ex Steyerm. Cyrilla racemiflora var. racemifera Sarg. Cyrilla racemiflora L. var. racemiflora Ilex cyrilla Sw.
English name	swamp cyrilla; American cyrilla (USA); Antilles cyrilla; beet wood (Jamaica); black titi, bloodwood, burning wood, he-huckleberry, ironwood, leather wood, leatherwood, red titi, southern leatherwood, swamp leatherwood, swamp titi, swamp-ironwood, titi, white titi (USA)
French name	cyrilla des marais; bois couché (Guadeloupe); bois de fer, bois-rouge; olivier montagne (Guadeloupe); olivier-montagne
Spanish name	barril (Cuba); clavellina, colorado; granadillo, granado (Hispaniola); lirio de costa; llorona (Cuba); palo colorado (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico); palo de jutia; palo de toro, palo prieto (Dominican Republic); piojao, piojillo (Venezuela); sabina (Dominican Republic); sabina macho (Hispaniola); tranca de puerto; yanilla (Cuba)
Other name	warimiri (Guyana)
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Latin name	Cyrtocarpa Kunth
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution
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English name	cyrtocarpa
French name	cyrtocarpe
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Latin name	Cyrtocarpa edulis (Brandegee) Standl.
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution	SW North America (end Mexico: Baja California)
North America distribution zone	SW
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	fd (fruits)
Synonym	Tapiria edulis Brandegee
English name	edible cyrtocarpa; plum-tree
French name	cyrtocarpe comestible
Spanish name	ciruelo (Mexico)
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Latin name	Dacryodes M.Vahl
Family	Burseraceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Canarium sect. Tenuipyrena Engl. Curtisiana Ridl. Hemisantiria H.J.Lam. Pachylobus G.Don
English name	dacryodes; candletree p.p.
French name	dacryodes
Spanish name	anime; animecillo (Colombia)
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Latin name	Dacryodes epiphytica Standl. & L.O.Williams
Family	Burseraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	epiphytic dacryodes
French name	dacryodes épiphyte
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Latin name	Dacryodes excelsa Vahl
Family	Burseraceae
Distribution	S North America (West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci [hel]
Use	cl dr ma ti
Synonym	Amyris hexandra Ham. Bursera acuminata DC. Dacryodes hexandra (Ham.) Griseb. Pachylobus hexandrus (Ham.) Engl.
English name	gumlin dacryodes; candle tree, candletree p.p., candlewood; gumlin (Lesser Antilles); lady gommier (straight boles), man gommier (lumpy boles)
French name	dacryodes gommier-montagne; bois cochon, bois-cochon, bois gommier, gommier, gommier à canot, gommier blanc, gommier montagne, gommier rouge
Spanish name	tabanuco, tabonuco (Puerto Rico)
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Trade name	candle tree, gommier

Latin name	Dalbergia L.f.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	rosewood; Indian-rosewood, Nicaragua wood, palisander
French name	palissandre; bois de rose
Spanish name	cocobolo (Panama); escrito, escrito pablo (Mexico); palisandro
Other name	legno rosa (italian); Rosenholz (german); tlajuilocuáhuitl (nahuatl, Mexico); tzípili, tzipilín (huasteco, Mexico)
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Latin name	Dalbergia berteroi (DC.) Urb.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	?
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Ecastaphyllum berterii DC. Pterocarpus berterii Spreng.
English name	Bertero rosewood
French name	palissandre de Bertero
Spanish name	beyuco de peseta, samo (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Dalbergia calderonii Standl.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Salvador to Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Calderón rosewood
French name	palissandre de Calderón
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Latin name	Dalbergia calderonii Standl. var. calderonii
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	typical Calderón rosewood
French name	palissandre de Calderón typique
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Latin name	Dalbergia calderonii var. molinae Rudd
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Molina Calderón rosewood
French name	palissandre de Calderón de Molina
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Latin name	Dalbergia calycina Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Amerimnon calycinum (Benth.) Kuntze
English name	calyxlike rosewood
French name	palissandre à faux calice
Spanish name	cahuirica (Mexico)
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Latin name	Dalbergia congestiflora Pittier
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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Ecology	xer
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Synonym	Amerimnon congestiflorum (Pittier) Standl.
English name	closeflower rosewood
French name	palissandre à fleurs rapprochées
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Latin name	Dalbergia cubilquitzensis (Donn.Sm.) Pittier
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	SD
Ecology	hyg mes
Use	dr fd ma ti (artisanship, cart axels, furniture, general carpentry, interior trim, jewel box, light construction, luxury furniture, musical instruments, paneling, pieces of chess, plywood, scientific instruments, tongues, tool handles, turned work, veneer, wheel spokes)
Synonym	Dalbergia tucurensis Donn.Sm. Dalbergia variabilis var. cubilquitzensis Donn.Sm.
English name	Guatemala rosewood; rose wood (Honduras); rosewood (Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras)
French name	palissandre du Guatemala
Spanish name	acuté (Guatemala); cachimbo (Nicaragua); chaperno (Honduras); funero? (Guatemala); granadillo (Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua); granadillo rojo (Honduras); junero (Guatemala); palissandre guatemalla (Honduras); ronrón (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Dalbergia ecastaphyllum (L.) Taub.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America, USA: Florida, Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics) SC Eurasia MW MC S Africa (continental tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr (bark or seed kernel decoction taken orally for intestinal worms, young leaves, flower or seed decoction taken orally for gastrointestinal disorders)
Synonym	Amerimnon ecastaphyllum (L.) Standl. Dalbergia ecastaphyllum f. obtusifoliata Hoene Ecastaphyllum brownei Pers. Ecastaphyllum brownii Pers. Ecastaphyllum ecastaphyllum (L.) Britton Ecastaphyllum ecastophyllum (L.) Britton Ecastaphyllum molle Miq. Hedysarum ecastaphyllum L. Pterocarpus ecastaphyllum (L.) L.
English name	lonelyleaf rosewood; coinvine; dogwood (Belize); maray-maray (Puerto Rico); ti-ti (Bahamas)
French name	palissandre à feuilles isolées; dalbergia à feuilles isolées; herbe à clous (Haiti); liane à barriques (Guadeloupe, Martinique); liane à clous (Haiti); liane bord-de-mer (Guadeloupe, Martinique)
Spanish name	bejuco de peseta (Dominican Republic); bejuco de serna blanco (Cuba); chaperno (Belize); palo de pollo (Puerto Rico); péndola (Cuba)
Other name	a buntén don (ejamat); bâga (malinke); baki (non); bâki (serer); bu lokab (jola); bugi (Brazil); fu mam (jola); gakino (malinke, socé); gatèntén (budik); liann klou (creole, Haiti); marmeleiro-da-praia, marmelo (Brazil); pankã (balanta); zèb aklou (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Dalbergia funera Standl.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Guatemala, El Salvador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Use	ti (fine cabinetwork)
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English name	funera rosewood
French name	palissandre funera
Spanish name	ébano, funera (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Dalbergia glabra (Mill.) Standl.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Use	dr ma (inner bark used in Yucatán Peninsula and Petén as cordage)
Synonym	Amerimnon campechianum Kuntze Amerimnon cibix Standl. Amerimnon glabrum (Mill.) Standl. Amerimnon tabascanum Standl. Dalbergia campechiana Benth. Dalbergia cibix Pittier Dalbergia purpusii Brandegee Dalbergia tabascana Pittier Robinia glabra Mill.
English name	logwoodbrush rosewood; logwood brush (Belize)
French name	palissandre glabre
Spanish name	mayagua (Guatemala
Other name	cibix, (maya, Belize and Guatemala); ixcipix, muc (maya, Guatemala); muk (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Dalbergia glomerata Hemsl.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Amerimnon glomeratum (Hemsl.) Standl.
English name	glomerate rosewood
French name	palissandre à glomérules
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Latin name	Dalbergia granadillo Pittier
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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Ecology	xer
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Synonym	Amerimnon granadillo Standl.
English name	granadillo rosewood; granadillo
French name	palissandre granadillo
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Latin name	Dalbergia melanocardium Pittier
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Amerimnon melanocardium (Pittier) Standl.
English name	blackheart rosewood; rosewood (Belize)
French name	palissandre à coeur noir
Spanish name	chapulaltapa (El Salvador); ebano
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Latin name	Dalbergia monetaria L.f.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Dalbergia brownei (Jacq.) Schinz non (Jacq.) Urb. Dalbergia monetaria var. brachyphylla Radlk. Dalbergia volubilis (L.) Urb. Dalbergia volubilis var. cuspidigera Hoehne Ecastaphyllum benthamianum Miq. Ecastaphyllum berterii DC. Ecastaphyllum monetaria (L.f.) Pers. Ecastaphyllum nitidum Mart. ex Benth. Ecastaphyllum plumieri Pers. Ecastaphyllum richardi Pers. Hedysarum ecastaphyllum L. non P.Browne Pterocarpus plumieri Poir. Pterocarpus quercinus Vell. Securidaca volubilis L.
English name	moneybush rosewood; moneybush; tietie (Belize)
French name	palissandre médaille; liane à barriques; liane à clous (Haiti); médaille, oreille à mulâtre
Spanish name	bejuco de peseta (Dominican Republic)
Other name	amontaueme (waorani, Ecuador); tietie (maya, Belize); verônica, verônica-de-igapó (portuguese, Brazil)
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Latin name	Dalbergia retusa Hemsl.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	S North America (Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	xer
Use	ex? ma ti (boats, broom handles, cabinet work, chess piece, culinar utensils, decoration, decorative articles, goods, heavy machinery, incrustation, jewel boxes, luxurious furniture, musical instruments, rosary bead, scientific instruments, wood carving, steering-wheel and accessories for vehicules, turned work)
Synonym	Amerimnon retusum Standl. Dalbergia retusa Baill.
English name	retuse rosewood; Nicaragua rosewood, Panama rosewood; rosewood (Costa Rica)
French name	palissandre rétus
Spanish name	cocobola (Costa Rica); cocobolo (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama); cocobolo negro (Costa Rica); granadillo; ñambar (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); ñámbar (Nicaragua); palisandro; palo negro, sambar (Honduras)
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Trade name	cocobolo, granadillo

Latin name	Dalbergia retusa var. cuscatlanica (Standl.) Rudd
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Amerimnon cuscatlanicum Standl. Dalbergia cuscatlanica (Standl.) Standl.
English name	Cuscatlán retuse rosewood
French name	palissandre rétus de Cuscatlán
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Latin name	Dalbergia retusa var. pacifica (Standl. & Steyerm.) Rudd
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (end Guatemala: Suchitepéquez, Escuintla, Santa Rosa)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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Use	ti (brush backs, cutlery trade for handles of all kinds of knives, marquetry, jewelry boxes, musical and scientific instruments, rosary beads and many others purposes, small tool handles, steering wheels) tx (the dust arising when the wood is worked may produce a rash or dermatitis)
Synonym	Dalbergia pacifica Standl. & Steyerm.
English name	Pacific retuse rosewood
French name	palissandre rétus du Pacifique
Spanish name	granadillo, nogal (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Dalbergia retusa Hemsl. var. retusa
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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English name	typical retuse rosewood
French name	palissandre rétus typique
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Latin name	Dalbergia stevensonii Standl.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	ma pl ti (employed chiefly in USA for manufacture of bars of marimbas and xylophones, small extent for cabinet work)
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English name	Honduras rosewood; nagaed wood, rosewood; nogaed (USA)
French name	palissandre du Honduras; palissandre
Spanish name	palisandro de Honduras
Other name	Honduras Rosenholz (german)
Trade name	Honduras rosewood

Latin name	Dalbergia tilarana N.Zamora
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Tilarán rosewood
French name	palissandre de Tilarán
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Latin name	Daphnopsis Mart.
Family	Thymelaeaceae
Distribution
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English name	daphnopsis; burn-nose
French name	daphnopsis
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Latin name	Daphnopsis americana (Mill.) J.R.Johnst.
Family	Thymelaeaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Central America, West Indies) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	dr (macerated bark with water applied to provoke blistering) ma (cordage made with inner bark)
Synonym	Daphne bonplandiana Kunth Daphne cestrifolia Kunth Daphne tinifolia Sw. Daphnopsis americana ssp. cumingii (Meisn.) Nevling Daphnopsis americana ssp. tinifolia (Sw.) Nevling Daphnopsis americana ssp. guatemalensis Nevling Daphnopsis bonplandiana (Kunth) Standl. Daphnopsis caribaea var. ecuadorensis Domke Daphnopsis cestrifolia (Kunth) Meisn. Daphnopsis incerata Cuatrec. Daphnopsis incerta Cuatrec. Daphnopsis lindenii Meisn. Daphnopsis tinifolia Meisn. Daphnopsis tinifolia var. cumingii Meisn. Hargasseria cestrifolia (Kunth) Endl. Hargasseria tinifolia (Sw.) Endl. Laurus americana Mill. Laurus americanus Mill. Nordmannia tinifolia (Sw.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
English name	burnnose daphnopsis; burn nose (Jamaica, Tobago); burn-nose tree (Jamaica); mahoe (Antigua, St. Maarten); mahoe pimente (St. Vincent); mahont (Puerto Rico); mahopimant; mahout (Haiti); mahout pimente (Dominica)
French name	daphnosis pimenté; mahaut (Haiti); mahont; mahot blanc (Lesser Antilles); mahot pimenté; mahot-piment (Guadeloupe, Martinique); pimenté
Spanish name	barbasquillo (Colombia); camaman, capulincito, chacachac, chilamatillo, coralillo blanco (Guatemala); cuco (Mexico); emajagua de sierra (Puerto Rico); guacacoa, guacacoa baria, guacacoa baría (Cuba); llovizna (Guatemala); maho, majagna de sierra, majagua de sierra (Puerto Rico); manca de torro (Mexico); mancume, mancuno (Nicaragua); mastate (Costa Rica); mecabal (Guatemala); pela manos (Colombia); pellejo de vieja (Nicaragua); sabanero (Venezuela)
Other name	maho (creole, Haiti; Netherlands Antilles, St. Thomas)
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Latin name	Daphnopsis americana ssp. americana (Mill.) J.R.Johnst.
Family	Thymelaeaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M?
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English name	typical burnnose daphnopsis
French name	daphnopsis pimenté typique
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