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Latin name	Aiouea talamancencis W.C.Burger
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Talamanca aiouea
French name	aiouea de Talamanca
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Latin name	Aiouea vexatrix van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Panama aiouea
French name	aiouea du Panama
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Latin name	Aiphanes Willd.
Family	Palmae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Curima O.F.Cook Marara H.Karst. Martinezia auct. non Ruiz & Pav. Tilmia O.F.Cook
English name	rufflepalm; macaw palm (Barbados); ruffle palm
French name	grigri
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Latin name	Aiphanes hirsuta Burret
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW South America (Colombia: Nariño, Valle; Ecuador: Esmeraldas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	sci
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Synonym	Aiphanes fosteriorum H.E.Moore Aiphanes hirsuta ssp. fosteriorum (H.E.Moore) Borchs. & R.Bernal
English name	hairy rufflepalm
French name	grigri hirsute
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Latin name	Aiphanes hirsuta Burret ssp. hirsuta
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	sci
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Synonym	Aiphanes fuscopubens L.H.Bailey Aiphanes monostachys Burret Aiphanes pachyclada Burret
English name	typical hairy rufflepalm
French name	grigri hirsute typique
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Latin name	Aiphanes minima (Gaertn.) Burret
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci->hel hyg mes calc
Use	fd (seed)
Synonym	Aiphanes acanthophylla (Mart.) Burret Aiphanes corallina H.Wendl. Aiphanes erosa (Linden) Burret Aiphanes luciana L.H.Bailey Aiphanes vincentiana L.H.Bailey Bactris acanthophylla Mart. Bactris erosa Mart. Bactris minima Gaertn. Curima colophylla O.F.Cook Curima corallina (Mart.) O.F.Cook Martinezia acanthophylla (Mart.) Becc. Martinezia corallina Mart. Martinezia erosa Linden
English name	spice rufflepalm; coyure ruffle-palm; macaw palm (Barbados); spice ruffle palm; thatch palm (St. Lucia, St. Vincent)
French name	grigri rouge; chou picant (Martinique); chou piquant; glouglou, glouglou rouge (Martinique); gri-gri, grigri (Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent)
Spanish name	caya, coyo (Dominican Republic); coyora, coyore, coyure, palma de coyor (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Albizia Durazz.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Albizia Harms Albizzia Benth. Balizia Barneby & J.W.Grimes p.p. Besenna A.Rich. Pseudalbizzia Britton & Rose Serianthes Benth. Sericandra Raf.
English name	albizia; silk tree
French name	albizie; albize, albizia
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Other name	albizia (italian); Albizie, Seidenbaum (german)
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Latin name	Albizia adinocephala (Donn.Sm.) Britton & Rose
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	[D]
Ecology	hel
Use	fw (firewood) ti (construction, fence)
Synonym	Pithecellobium adinocephalum Donn.Sm. Pithecellobium discolor Pittier non Britton
English name	cream albizia
French name	albizie crème
Spanish name	barbona (Nicaragua); candelillo (Honduras); chaculatapa (El Salvador); chaperno blanco (Honduras); chilpite, chipilse, conacaste blanco (El Salvador); gavilana (Costa Rica); gavilancillo (Honduras); gavitancillo (Guatemala); hoja menuda, palo blanco (Honduras); palometa (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Albizia berteriana (Balb. ex DC.) Fawc. & Rendle
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Antigua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hel calc [serp]
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Synonym	Acacia berteriana Balb. ex DC. Acacia berteroana Balb. ex DC. Acacia littoralis A.Rich. Acacia sarmentosa Combs non Desv. Albizia berteriana (Balb. ex DC.) M.Gómez Cathormion berterianum (Balb. ex DC.) Burkart Feuilleea berteriana (Balb. ex DC.) Kuntze Inga fragrans Macfad. Pithecellobium berterianum (Balb. ex DC.) Benth. Pithecellobium fragrans (Macfad.) Benth. Pithecolobium berterianum (Balb. ex DC.) Benth. Pithecolobium fragrans (Macfad.) Benth. Pseudalbizzia berteriana (Balb. ex DC.) Britton & Rose Pseudoalbizzia berteriana (Balb. ex DC.) Britton & Rose
English name	Bertero albizia
French name	albizie bois-savane; bois savane (Haiti)
Spanish name	abey blanco (Cuba); blanco; candelón, corbano, córbano, corbano blanco, córbano blanco (Dominican Republic); hoja menuda, moruro blanco (Cuba); taquito (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Albizia carbonaria Britton
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) N MW SE South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, SE Brazil) int S Eurasia and Africa
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes [xer] acid->neut
Use	dr fw pl sa ti
Synonym	Albizzia filicina Standl. & L.O.Williams Albizzia malacocarpa Standl. ex Standl. & Calderón Pithecellobium carbonaria (Britton) Niezgoda & Nevling
English name	siristree albizia; cotton varay, East-Indian walnut, naked-Indian, siris tree
French name	albizie charbonière
Spanish name	alito, antioqueño, bayeto, bayeto antoqueño, buche, carbonero, carbonero blanco, carbonero de sombría, carbonero dormilón, carbonero gigante, dormilón, galapo, galapo muche (Colombia); gallinazo (Venezuela); guamuche, halapo, jalapo, mataguacuco, muche, muche blanco, muche pisquín, mucho colorado, pisquín (Colombia)
Other name	bugre, ki-toke, sirsa sirisa
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Latin name	Albizia multiflora (Kunth) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Coast; Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology
Use	fr (leaves)
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English name	manyflower albizia
French name	albizie multiflore
Spanish name	angolo (Peru); compoño, dormilón (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Albizia multiflora (Kunth) Barneby & J.W.Grimes var. multiflora
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW MC (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Acacia multiflora Kunth Albizia paucipinnata Schery Arthrosamanea multiflora (Kunth) Kleinhoonte Carthomion multiflorum (Kunth) Burkart Feuilleea multiflora (Kunth) Kuntze Pithecellobium paucipinnatum (Schery) A.H.Gentry & Dodson Pithecellobium weberbaueri Harms Pithecolobium multiflorum (Kunth) Benth. Samanea multiflora (Kunth) Pittier Senegalea multiflora (Kunth) Killip
English name	typical manyflower albizia
French name	albizie multiflore typique
Spanish name	angol, angolo (Peru); compoño (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Albizia niopoides (Spruce ex Benth.) Burkart
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Lesser Antilles) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	sa (coffee shade)
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English name	tantakayo albizia
French name	albizie des Caraïbes
Spanish name	chamico (Peru); gallinazo (Costa Rica); guanacaste blanco (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Albizia niopoides (Spruce ex Benth.) Burkart var. niopoides
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Lesser Antilles) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D [E]
Ecology	[hel] hyg xer calc?
Use	ma pl (ornamental, shade tree) pp (excellent for fabrication of paper pulp) ti (boats, cabinet work, chariots, exterior construction when treated, flooring, furniture, general construction, interior of houses, matches boxes, poles, posts for mine and fences, railroad ties, tool handles)
Synonym	Acacia guacamayo (Britton & Killip) Standl. Albizia caribaea (Urb.) Britton & Rose Albizia hassleri (Chodat) Burkart Albizia richardiana King & Prain Feuilleea niopoides (Spruce ex Benth.) Kuntze Piptadenia communis Morong non Benth. Pithecellobium caribaeum Urb. Pithecellobium hassleri Chodat Pithecellobium niopoides Spruce ex Benth. Pithecolobium caribaeum Urb. Senegalia guacamayo Britton & Killip Senegalia liebmanii Britton & Rose
English name	typical tantakayo albizia; tantakayo (Trinidad and Tobago); wild tamarind (Grenada)
French name	albizie des Caraïbes typique
Spanish name	angico blanco (Paraguay); carabelí, caro (Venezuela); gallinazo, gavilana (Costa Rica); guacamayo (Colombia); guanacaste (Nicaragua); guanacaste blanco (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua); hueso de pescado (Venezuela); jebió (Bolivia); jesmo (Belize); llambo paspaco (Peru); pakará blanca (Paraguay); paspaco blanco (Peru); tantacayo (Panama); tataré hu, timbó atá, timbó verde (Paraguay); tribunal (Colombia); turupía camburi chiquito (Venezuela)
Other name	angico branco, farinha-seca, frango-assado, gurujuba (Brazil); yvirá-yú (Paraguay); yvyrá jú (guarani, Paraguay)
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Latin name	Albizia sinaloensis Britton & Rose
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Sonora, Sinaloa)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	Sinaloa albizia
French name	albizie de Sinaloa
Spanish name	palo joso (Mexico)
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Latin name	Albizia tomentosa (Micheli) Standl.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Jalisco to Belize)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Albizia hummeliana Britton & Rose Albizia purpusii Britton & Rose Pithecellobium tomentosum Micheli
English name	tomentose albizia; prickly yellow, wild tamarind (Belize)
French name	albizie tomenteuse
Spanish name	guajillo, guejillo, parotillo, tepozonte (Mexico)
Other name	cantemoc (Guatemala); xiahtsimin (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Alchornea Sw.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
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Synonym	Cladodes Lour. Coelerogyne Donn.Sm. Lautembergia Baill. Orfilea Baill. Palissya Baill. Pseudotrewia Miq. Schousboea Schumach. Stipellaria Benth. Wetria Baill.
English name	Christmasbush
French name	alchornea
Spanish name	bateo, camarón, chaquirillo, mote frío (Colombia)
Other name	tapiá (Brazil, Suriname)
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Latin name	Alchornea costaricensis Pax & K.Hoffm.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
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Synonym	Alchornea costaricensis f. longispicata Pax & K.Hoffm.
English name	CostaRica Christmasbush
French name	alchornea du Costa Rica
Spanish name	caimito (Nicaragua); comida de perico (Honduras); fósforo (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Alchornea glandulosa Poepp. & Endl.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	fw pl ti
Synonym	Alchornea glandulosa var. pittieri (Pax) Pax Alchornea iricurana Casar. Alchornea pittieri Pax
English name	glandular Christmasbush; honeywood
French name	alchornea glanduleux
Spanish name	guapita, morablanca (Argentina); ponce (Ecuador); tabaquillo (Bolivia)
Other name	araribá, boleiro, bugé, caixeta (Brazil) cambora-guapí (Argentina); canela-raposa (Brazil); gacamedey (waorani, Ecuador); iricurana, maria-mole, tamanqueiro, tanheiro, tanheiro-de-folha-redonda, tapiá, tapiá-guaçu (Brazil); tapia-guazu (Argentina); tapia-guazu-i (Paraguay); tapia-guazú-y (Argentina) tapiá-mirim (Brazil)
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Latin name	Alchornea grandiflora Müll.Arg.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Imbabura, Napo, Pastaza; Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	bigflower Christmasbush
French name	alchornea à grandes fleurs
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Latin name	Alchornea grandis Benth.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Coast, Andes; Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology
Use	ti (construction)
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English name	big Christmasbush
French name	alchornea grand
Spanish name	cebo, fagua, María, palo suave (Ecuador); tambor (Peru)
Other name	aajaquinaculuchi (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Alchornea guatemalensis Lundell
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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English name	Guatemala Christmasbush
French name	alchornea du Guatemala
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Latin name	Alchornea latifolia Sw.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Coast, Andes, Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg->mes calc sili acid
Use	dr (flower, leaves and twig decoction taken orally against tuberculosis, leaves tea taken orally for chest cold) fw ma pl sa ti (boxes, farm building, fence posts, framing, furniture, interior construction, plywood)
Synonym	Alchornea cyclophylla Croizat Alchornea haitiensis Urb. Alchornea platyphylla Müll.Arg. Gouania paniculata Spreng. Manettia serrata Spreng.
English name	dogwood Christmasbush; dogwood, dove wood (Jamaica); fiddlewood, jack o wood (Belize); lablaf tree (Jamaica); riverside fiddlewood (Belize)
French name	alchornea bois-crapaud; bois crapaud, bois enapaud, bois mal au dent, bois mal aux dents, bois vache, feuiller crapaud, feuilles crapaud, grain d'or, graindor, pois vache (Haiti)
Spanish name	achiotillo (Puerto Rico); aguacatillo (Cuba, Dominican Republic); amargoso (Honduras); arepa (Dominican Republic); bacona, baconá (Cuba); bija cimarrona, bijilla, bijillo, bijo macho, bijomacho (Dominican Republic); cajeton, cajetón (Guatemala); calabacillo, canaco (Mexico); canelito (Costa Rica, Honduras); carne de caballo (Mexico); carreton (Guatemala, Honduras); carretón (Guatemala); canelito (Costa Rica, Honduras); chayote (Costa Rica); chote (Cuba); cotón de Caribe (Mexico); envuelve cera, envuelvecera (Honduras); kanak (Mexico); lana (Dominican Republic); palo blanco (Mexico); palo de cotorra (Puerto Rico); palo de huevo, palo de mujer, palo de puta, palo mujer (Mexico); pastillo (Costa Rica); patastillo; patashtillo, pesca mole, pescalmole, pescamole (Mexico); pochote (El Salvador); pozol agrio (Mexico); quesillo, sombra (Honduras); tambar (El Salvador); tapatamal, ternera (Honduras); toxcata (Mexico); vacme (Dominican Republic)
Other name	bwa krapo, bwa malodan, bwa vach (creole, Haiti); cuaxálatl (nahuatl, Mexico); fèy krapo, grenn dò, pwa vach (creole, Haiti); xolimte (huasteco, Mexico)
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Latin name	Alchornea triplinervia (Spreng.) Müll.Arg.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel
Use	fr pl ti (board, boxes, ceiling, coffin, doors)
Synonym	Antidesma triplinervia Spreng. Antidesma triplinervium Spreng.
English name	triplenerved Christmasbush
French name	alchornea à trois nervures
Spanish name	cocopano (Peru); guampito, mora blanca (Paraguay); mojarra, mojarra caspi (Peru); palo macho (Paraguay); paloma micuna, zancudo caspi (Peru)
Other name	algodoeiro, boleira, boleiro, caixeta, canela-raposa (Brazil); chipa rupa (Argentina); jangada (Brazil); pará paray guazú (Paraguay); pau-de-tamanco, pau-do-tanho, pau-jangada, tamanqueiro, tanaeiro (Brazil); tanheiro, tapiá, tapiá-guaçu (portuguese, Brazil); tapiá-guaçu-branco (Brazil); tapià guazu i (Paraguay); tapiá guazu y (Argentina); tapiá-mirim, tapiá-vermelho, tapiaeiro (Brazil); urucu yvyrá (Paraguay)
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Latin name	Alchorneopsis Müll.Arg.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	alchorneopsis
French name	alchorneopsis
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Latin name	Alchorneopsis floribunda (Benth.) Müll.Arg.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	fw ti
Synonym	Alchornea glandulosa var. floribunda Benth. Alchorneopsis glandulosa var. floribunda Benth. Alchorneopsis portoricensis Urb. Alchorneopsis trimera Lanj.
English name	flowering alchorneopsis
French name	alchorneopsis fleuri
Spanish name	chilma macho (Ecuador); comida de perico (Honduras); palo de gallina (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); pendejo (Dominican Republic); zancudo caspi (Peru)
Other name	cacburuhua (waorani, Ecuador); cuanam billteiug (Ecuador); egueguibo (waorani, Ecuador); sara muyo yura, tyunvecchi (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Alfaroa Standl.
Family	Juglandaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Engelhardtia sect. Oreomunnea (Oerst.) DC. Oreomunnea Oerst.
English name	alfaroa
French name	alfaroa
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Latin name	Alfaroa costaricensis Standl.
Family	Juglandaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hel
Use	fd? ti
Synonym
English name	CostaRica alfaroa
French name	alfaroa du Costa Rica
Spanish name	gaulín (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Alfaroa costaricensis var. elongata W.E.Manning
Family	Juglandaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	elongated CostaRica alfaroa
French name	alfaroa du Costa Rica allongé
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Latin name	Alfaroa guanacastensis D.E.Stone
Family	Juglandaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Guanacaste alfaroa
French name	alfaroa de Guanacaste
Spanish name	gaulín (Costa Rica)
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