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Latin name	Diospyros ebenaster Retz.
Family	Ebenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fd (fresh fruits for preserves or fermented to produce a brandy like liquor) fr (green fruits used as a barbasco for catching fish)
Synonym
English name	ebonylike persimmon
French name	plaqueminier faux-ébénier
Spanish name	matasano de mico (Guatemala); zapote de mico (El Salvador); zapote negro (Guatemala)
Other name	ebano, sapota-preta (Brazil)
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Latin name	Diospyros grisebachii (Hiern) Standl.
Family	Ebenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Ebanus grisebachii Kuntze Maba grisebachii Hiern Macreightia buxifolia Griseb.
English name	Grisebach persimmon
French name	plaqueminier de Grisebach
Spanish name	ebano real (Cuba)
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Latin name	Diospyros inconstans Jacq.
Family	Ebenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) South America
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes xer
Use
Synonym	Diospyros conduplicata Kunth Diospyros psidioides Kunth Maba inconstans (Jacq.) Griseb. Macreightia conduplicata (Kunth) A.DC. Macreightia inconstans (Jacq.) A.DC. Macreightia psidioides (Kunth) A.DC.
English name	butterwood persimmon; butterwood (Trinidad and Tobago)
French name	plaqueminier variable
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Latin name	Diospyros johnstoniana Standl. & Steyerm.
Family	Ebenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Guatemala, El Salvador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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English name	Johnston persimmon
French name	plaqueminier de Johnston
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Latin name	Diospyros nicaraguensis Standl.
Family	Ebenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg xer
Use	fr (fruits) fw
Synonym	Diospyros yucatanensis Lundell Maba nicaraguensis Standl.
English name	Nicaragua persimmon
French name	plaqueminier du Nicaragua
Spanish name	bumbum, chocomico, chocoyito, chocoyo (Nicaragua); guayaba cimmarona, jaboncillo (Guatemala); manzote (Honduras); salmón-ac (Guatemala); silion (Belize)
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Latin name	Diospyros oxycarpa (Urb.) Alain
Family	Ebenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: St-Louis du Nord, Port de Paix)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	calc
Use	fr (fruits)
Synonym	Maba oxycarpa Urb.
English name	acidfruit persimmon
French name	plaqueminier à fruits acides
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Latin name	Diospyros revoluta Poir.
Family	Ebenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Haiti: Port de Paix, St-Louis du Nord, Morne Chabre, Les Roseaux; Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	dr (fruits pulp taken orally for constipation, leaves decoction taken orally for malaria) tx (fruits and bark)
Synonym	Diospyros ebenaster auct. non Retz. Diospyros ebenaster L. p.p.
English name	blackapple persimmon; black-apple (Dominica, Montserrat)
French name	plaqueminier barbaquois; barbacoa, barbacoar; barbaquois, bois négresse ébène, bois noir (Guadeloupe); bois-négresse; ébène (Haiti); plaqueminier (Guadeloupe)
Spanish name	babará, bambarat (Dominica); ébano (Dominican Republic); guayabota, zapote negro (Puerto Rico)
Other name	ebenn (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Diospyros salicifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Family	Ebenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg->xer
Use	fr (fruits) fw
Synonym	Diospyros cuneata Standl. Diospyros nicaraguensis Standl. Diospyros verae-crucis (Standl.) Standl. Diospyros yucatanensis Lundell Ebenus salicifolia Kuntze Maba nicaraguensis Standl. Maba verae-crucis Standl.
English name	willowleaf persimmon
French name	plaqueminier à feuilles de saule
Spanish name	bumbum, chocomico, chocoyito, chocoyo (Nicaragua); guayaba cimmarona (Guatemala); guayabillo (Belize); jaboncillo (Guatemala); manzote (Honduras); pepenance, pipinance (El Salvador); salmón-ac (Guatemala); silion (Belize)
Other name	sibil, silil (maya)
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Latin name	Diospyros sintenisii (Krug & Urb.) Standl.
Family	Ebenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Maba sintenisii Krug & Urb.
English name	Sintenis persimmon; Chinese persimmon
French name	plaqueminier de Sintenis
Spanish name	guayabota, guayabota níspero, múcaro, tabeiba (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Diospyros tetrasperma Sw.
Family	Ebenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (SE Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Jamaica, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
Use	calc fd (fruits)
Synonym	Diospyros schippii Standl.
English name	clamberry persimmon; clamberry (Jamaica)
French name	plaqueminier à quatre graines; bois raide (Haiti)
Spanish name	ebano; ébano (Dominican Republic); ebano negro; ébano negro (Dominican Republic); ebano real (Cuba)
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Latin name	Diospyros texana Scheele
Family	Ebenaceae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: Arizona and Texas; Mexico: Chihuahua, Cohahuila, Nuevo Leon)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	M
Foliage	D[E]
Ecology	mes->xer
Use	fd fr ma ti
Synonym	Brayodendron texanum (Scheele) Small
English name	Texas persimmon; black persimmon, chapote, Mexican persimmon
French name	plaqueminier du Texas
Spanish name	chapote
Other name	Mexikanische Dattelfeige, Mexikanische Dattelpflaume, Schwarze Dattelpflaume (german)
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Latin name	Diospyros virginiana L.
Family	Ebenaceae
Distribution	MC ME SE North America (USA: Nebraska to Texas, New York to Florida) int MW Eurasia (Russian central Asia)
North America distribution zone	MC ME SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	sci [hel] hyg->xer
Use	dr (bark infusion for diarrhea, dysentery, fever, gargling against throat ailments) fd (fruits) fr (fruits) ma (ink made with fruits) pl sa ti (furniture, musical instruments, shutles for the textile industry)
Synonym	Diospyros ciliata Rafin Diospyros mosieri Small Diospyros pubescens Pursh Diospyros virginiana var. mosieri (Small) Sarg. Diospyros virginiana var. platycarpa Sarg. Diospyros virginiana var. pubescens (Pursh) Dippel Diospyros virginiana var. pubescens Nutt.
English name	common persimmon; American persimmon, daddle-palm, date plum, eastern persimmon, Florida persimmon, persimmon, possumwood, simmon
French name	plaqueminier de Virginie; ébénier, persimon, persimmon, plaqueminier, plaqueminier commun
Spanish name	guayacán de Virginia (Spain)
Other name	Dattelpflaume, Echtes Persimmon (german); loto americano, persimmon (italian); Persimone, Virginische Dattelfeige, Virginische Dattelpflaume (german)
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Latin name	Diospyros yatesiana Standl.
Family	Ebenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico to Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Diospyros zacapana Standl. & Steyerm.
English name	Yates persimmon
French name	plaqueminier de Yates
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Latin name	Diphysa Jacq.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
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English name	diphysa
French name	diphysa
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Latin name	Diphysa americana (Mill.) M.Sousa
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	cl dr fw (charcoal) sa (shadow) ti (carpentry, fence posts, house posts, living fences, railroad ties)
Synonym	Colutea americana Mill. Diphysa carthaginensis Benth. ex Benth. & Oerst. non Jacq. Diphysa robinioides Benth. ex Benth. & Oerst. non Millsp.
English name	American diphysa; wild ruda, wild rue (Belize)
French name	diphysa d'Amérique
Spanish name	cacique, guachepelin (Panama); guachipelin, guachipelín (Costa Rica); guachipilin (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua); guachipilín (Costa Rica); guachípilin (Guatemala); macano (Dominican Republic, Panama); palo amarillo (Guatemala); quebracho de cerro (Honduras); ruda del monte (Belize)
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Latin name	Diphysa carthagenensis Jacq.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico, Belize) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Ecology
Use	dr ma ti
Synonym	Diphysa robinioides Millsp. non Benth. ex Benth. & Oerst.
English name	Cartagena diphysa; wild ruda, wild rue, warrie wood (Belize)
French name	diphysa de Cartagena
Spanish name	bolsa de gato
Other name	susuk, tsutsuc (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Diphysa floribunda Peyr.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas, Veracruz; Nicaragua: Esteli)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
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Ecology	[calc]
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English name	flowering diphysa
French name	diphysa fleuri
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Latin name	Diphysa occidentalis Rose
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Sonora to Guerero)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel sci xer [calc]
Use	ti (house, corral and tool construction)
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English name	western diphysa
French name	diphysa de l'Ouest
Spanish name	guiloche (Mexico)
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Latin name	Diphysa racemosa Rose
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Sonora to Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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English name	racemose diphysa
French name	diphysa à grappes
Spanish name	flor de iguana, guiloche (Mexico)
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Latin name	Diphysa suberosa S.Watson
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Sonora to Jalisco)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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Ecology	mes
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English name	corky diphysa
French name	diphysa liègeux
Spanish name	colchol, corcho, palo santo (Mexico)
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Latin name	Dipteryx Schreb.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
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Synonym	Coumarouna Aubl. Oleicarpon Airy Shaw Oleiocarpon Dwyer
English name	tonkabean
French name	diptéryx
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Latin name	Dipteryx odorata (Aubl.) Willd.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	G
Foliage
Ecology	mes
Use	dr (scenting tobacco and snuff, seed, seed cured in rum) fd pl ti (fancy-goods industry, ferry, marquetry, slab, turned work)
Synonym	Coumarouna odorata Aubl.
English name	Dutch tonkabean; kumaru (Guyana); tonka bean; tonka-bean (Guyana)
French name	diptéryx de Cayenne; gaïac de Cayenne
Spanish name	almendrillo (Bolivia); almendro (Costa Rica, Panama); charapilla, cumarut (Peru); ebo (Honduras); sarrapia (Colombia, Venezuela); yape (Venezuela)
Other name	camaru (portuguese, Brazil); cumarú (Brazil); koemaroe (Suriname); orelha de macaco (portuguese, Brazil); tonka (aukaans, saramaccan)
Trade name	ebo, tonka

Latin name	Dipteryx panamensis (Pittier) Record & Mell
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg mes
Use	dr fd (fruits are covered with pubescent which taste soft oil, honey, seeds are edible) fr (seeds) fw ti (bridges, flooring, heavy construction, naval construction, mine props, railroad ties, tool handles, vehicle platform)
Synonym	Coumarouna oleifera Taub. Coumarouna panamensis Pittier Oleicarpus panamense (Pittier) Dwyer Oleiocarpon panamense (Pittier) Dwyer Oleiocarpon panamensis (Pittier) Dwyer Oleiocarpus panamense (Pittier) Dwyer
English name	Panama tonkabean; ebo, tonka bean
French name	diptéryx du Panama
Spanish name	almendro (Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama); amendro corozo, choibá; choibà (Colombia); eboe (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Discocnide Chew
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Laportea Gaudich. p.p. Urticastrum Heister ex Fabricius p.p.
English name	discocnide; woodnettle
French name	discocnide
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Latin name	Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Oaxaca to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	hyg mes
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Synonym	Discocarpus mexicanus Liebm. Laportea mexicana (Liebm.) Wedd.? Urticastrum mexicanum (Liebm.) Kuntze
English name	Mexican discocnide
French name	discocnide du Mexique
Spanish name	chichicaste (El Salvador); ortiga (Guatemala); pan caliente (El Salvador)
Other name	laal (maya, Guatemala)
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Latin name	Discophora Miers
Family	Icacinaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Kummeria Mart. ex Engl.
English name	discophora
French name	discophora
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Latin name	Discophora guianensis Miers
Family	Icacinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N M South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador to Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Discophora panamensis Standl. Kummeria brasiliensis Mart. ex Engl. Lasianthera amazonica Barb.Rodr. Lasianthera amazonicas Barb.Rodr.
English name	Guiana discophora
French name	discophora de Guyane
Spanish name	repollito (Peru)
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Latin name	Disterigma (Klotzch) Nied.
Family	Ericaceae
Distribution
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English name	disterigma
French name	distérigma
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Latin name	Disterigma humboldtii (Klotzsch) Nied.
Family	Ericaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) South America
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Disterigma acuminatum (Kunth) Nied. Vaccinium humboldtii Klotzsch
English name	Humboldt disterigma
French name	distérigma de Humboldt
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Latin name	Ditta Griseb.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution
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English name	ditta
French name	ditta
Spanish name	jaboncillo (Puerto Rico)
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