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Latin name	Lacmellea panamensis (Woodson) Markgr.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	fd (fruits, white sticky latex) fr
Synonym	Lacmellea edulis sensu auct. non H.Karst. Lacmellea panamensis (Woodson) Monach. Zschokkea panamensis Woodson
English name	Panama lacmellea
French name	lacmellea du Panama
Spanish name	caimito (Colombia); cerillo (Costa Rica); escupidijo (Colombia); espinudo (Costa Rica); iguano (Colombia); lagarto negro (Costa Rica); lirio, perillo, pumarejo (Colombia)
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Latin name	Lacmellea speciosa Woodson
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	showy lacmellea
French name	lacmellea éclatant
Spanish name	sande negro (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Lacmellea standleyi (Woodson) Monach.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala, Belize, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	dr
Synonym	Lacmellea edulis Woodson Zschokkea standleyi Woodson
English name	Standley lacmellea; milk tree, prickly vaca, vaca tree (Belize)
French name	lacmellea de Standley
Spanish name	lechoso (Honduras); palo de vaca (Belize, Guatemala); teta lechoso (Honduras); vaca (Belize)
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Latin name	Lacmellea zamorae J.F.Morales
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Use	fd
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English name	Zamora lacmellea
French name	lacmellea de Zamora
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Latin name	Lacunaria Ducke
Family	Quiinaceae
Distribution
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English name	lacunaria
French name	lacunaria
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Latin name	Lacunaria panamensis (Standl.) Standl.
Family	Quiinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NC South America (Suriname)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Quiina panamensis Standl.
English name	Panama lacunaria
French name	lacunaria du Panama
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Latin name	Ladenbergia Klotzsch
Family	Rubiaceae
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English name	ladenbergia
French name	ladenbergie
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Latin name	Ladenbergia brenesii Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	CostaRica ladenbergia
French name	ladenbergie du Costa Rica
Spanish name	agujilla, aquijilla, quina (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Ladenbergia bullata (Wedd.) Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	D?
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Synonym	Buena bullata (Wedd.) Wedd. Cascarilla bullata Wedd.
English name	bullate ladenbergia
French name	ladenbergie bosselée
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Latin name	Ladenbergia chariantha Standl. & L.O.Williams
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	elegant ladenbergia
French name	ladenbergie élégante
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Latin name	Ladenbergia dwyeri L.Andersson
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Dwyer ladenbergia
French name	ladenbergie de Dwyer
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Latin name	Ladenbergia heterophylla (Wedd.) Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Buena heterophylla (Wedd.) Wedd. Cascarilla heterophylla Wedd. Ladenbergia sericophylla Standl.
English name	heterophyllous ladenbergia
French name	ladenbergie hétérophylle
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Latin name	Ladenbergia laurifolia Dwyer
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	laurelleaf ladenbergia
French name	ladenbergie à feuilles de laurier
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Latin name	Ladenbergia macrocarpa (Vahl) Klotzsch
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) South America
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Buena crassifolia (Pav. ex DC.) Wedd. Cascarilla calyptrata Wedd. Cascarilla macrocarpa (Vahl) Wedd. Chinchona crassifolia Pav. ex DC. Cinchona macrocarpa Vahl Cinchona magniflora Pav. ex DC. Cinchona ovalifolia Mutis Ladenbergia crassifolia (Pav. ex DC.) Standl.
English name	bigfruit ladenbergia
French name	ladenbergie à gros fruits
Spanish name	azuceno (Colombia); fruta mono, michurajo (Bolivia, Colombia); quina blanca (Colombia)
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Latin name	Ladenbergia valerii Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Valéra ladenbergia
French name	ladenbergie de Valéra
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Latin name	Laetia Loefl. ex L.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Casinga Griseb. Guidonia P.Browne Helvingia Adans. Mesterna Adans. Thamnia P.Browne
English name	laetia
French name	letia
Spanish name	caraño, mauro, palo de la cruz, raspa lengua, roseto (Panama)
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Latin name	Laetia micrantha A.Robyns
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	smallflower laetia
French name	letia à petites fleurs
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Latin name	Laetia procera (Poepp.) Eichler
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E SD
Ecology	hel hyg mes
Use	dr fd fr (fruits for birds) ma ti (bridges, cabinet work, easy sawing wood, fence posts, flooring, furniture, heavy and light construction, poles, interior and exterior construction, interior carpentry, railroad ties, stake, vulnerable to insects)
Synonym	Casearia belizensis Standl. Casearia bicolor Urb. Casinga procera (Poepp.) Griseb. Guidonia procera (Poepp.) Kuntze Laetia calophylla auct. non Eichler Laetia casearioides Sagot ex Benth. Laetia obtusifolia Eichler ex Benoist Laetia suaveolens auct. non (Poepp.) Benth. Samyda obtusifolia A.Rich. Samyda procera Poepp.
English name	verytall laetia; drunken bayman wood (Belize); sardine (Trinidad and Tobago)
French name	letia kaïman; bois toucan (Trinidad and Tobago); kaïman-oudou (French Guiana)
Spanish name	almendrillo (Puerto Rico); aprueba yerno (Bolivia); areno (Nicaragua); caimite cimarron (Ecuador); cascarudo (Dominican Republic); cotorrerillo (Puerto Rico); cuajillo (Venezuela); cuajo blanco (Venezuela); cuero de sapo (Puerto Rico); espino amarillo (Costa Rica); guacima (Venezuela); guerrero (Honduras); jobo macho (Guyana); magaleto (Honduras); manga larga (Costa Rica, Honduras); marcelo (Colombia, Ecuador); mascarey (Colombia); palo de yagua, palo de yaqui, palo verbena (Dominican Republic); pantanillo, pantano (Colombia); talantrón; temarehua, temerehua, timareo, timarera, timareva (Peru); trompillo (Venezuela); yagua (Dominican Republic); yagüita grande; yaquita grande (Dominican Republic); zaino blanco (Colombia); zopilote (Nicaragua)
Other name	agamou kaman (saramaccan); apijo (Brazil); basra kopie (Suriname); bois Jacquot, bois Lamende, bois Marie (creole, French Guiana); casinga cheirosa (portuguese, Brazil); goupi femelle (creole, French Guiana); kaïma-oudou, lobooshou (aukaans); pau jacare (portuguese, Brazil); pientokopie, pinto kopie (Suriname); purma carpi, purma caspi (Peru); warakaïro (Suriname); warakajaro (Guyana, Suriname)
Trade name	may-t (maya, Belize); warakarajo (Trinidad and Tobago)

Latin name	Laetia ternstroemioides Griseb.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	ternstroemialike laetia
French name	letia faux-ternstroemia
Spanish name	guagnasí (Cuba)
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Latin name	Laetia thamnia L.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg->xer calc
Use	ti (bridges, fence posts, general construction, railroad ties, turned work)
Synonym	Casearia contracta Urb. Guidonia thamnia Kuntze Laetia americana auct. non L. Laetia americana L. p.p. Laetia thamnia Sw. Thamnia swartzii Hitchc.
English name	scarletseed laetia; bullyhob, night perfume (Belize); scarlet seed, wattle wood (Jamaica)
French name	letia pomme-chien; pomme bord de mer, pomme-chien
Spanish name	cafecillo (Costa Rica); conejo (Panama); guagnaci, guaguací (Dominican Republic); hueso de tortuga (Guatemala); pata de yanki (Costa Rica); perfume de la noche (Belize); ranilla, raspalengua (Cuba)
Other name	bakelac, ixbakelac (maya, Guatemala)
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Latin name	Lafoensia Vand.
Family	Lythraceae
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English name	lafoensia
French name	lafoensie
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Latin name	Lafoensia punicifolia DC.
Family	Lythraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Ecology	hel
Use	fr ma (yellow dye, stains) pl (ornamental) ti (cabinet work, interior boat work)
Synonym	Calyploctus punicifolius Bertero ex DC. Lafoensia mexicana Sessé & Moç. Lafoensia punicaefolia DC.
English name	crimson lafoensia
French name	lafoensie pourpre
Spanish name	amarillo, amarillo de fruto, amarillo fruto, amarillo papita, amarillo papito (Panama); cuyapo (El Salvador); guayacan (Colombia); palo de culebra (Guatemala); palomo (Costa Rica); pino amarillo (Panama); trompillo (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Lagetta Juss.
Family	Thymelaeaceae
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English name	lacebarktree
French name	laget
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Latin name	Lagetta lagetto (Sw.) Nash
Family	Thymelaeaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
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Ecology	calc
Use	dr ma (stretched inner bark, a reticulated lace-like materiel, used ornamentally and as textile in Jamaica) pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Daphne lagetto Sw. Daphne lagetto W.Wright Lagetta lagetto (W.Wright) Nash Lagetta lintearia Lam.
English name	lagetto lacebarktree; gauze tree; lace bark (Jamaica); lace-bark; lagetto (Jamaica)
French name	laget à dentelle; arbre à dentelle; bois dentelle (Haiti); bois-dentelle; daguille, laget (Haiti)
Spanish name	daguilla (Dominican Republic); daguilla común, daguilla de loma, guanilla, lagetto, palo de encaje (Cuba)
Other name	bwa dantèl, dagwi, lagèt (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Lagetta valenzuelana A.Rich.
Family	Thymelaeaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	acid
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English name	Valenzuela lacebarktree
French name	laget de Valenzuela
Spanish name	daguilla de loma, guanilla (Cuba)
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Latin name	Lagetta wrightiana Krug & Urb.
Family	Thymelaeaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	acid
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Synonym	Lagetta lintearia Griseb. non Lam.
English name	Wright lacebarktree
French name	laget de Wright
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Latin name	Laguncularia C.F.Gaertn.
Family	Combretaceae
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English name	falsemangrove; mangrove p.p.
French name	manglier
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Latin name	Laguncularia racemosa (L.) C.F.Gaertn.
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Tabasco to Panama; USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics) W MC SC Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr (bark used as astringent and as tonic) fd (honey) fw ma (bark produce tannin sometimes used for tannin) ti (fence posts, flooring, general carpentry, harvested for lumber in Puerto Rico, heavy construction, houses, turned work) ti(ob) (Seri Indians used the wood for oars and harpoon shafts)
Synonym	Conocarpus racemosa L. Conocarpus racemosus L. Laguncularia obovata Miq. Laguncularia racemosa f. longifolia J.F.Macbr. Rhizaeris alba Raf. Schousboea commutata Spreng.
English name	white falsemangrove; bastard buttonwood (Bahamas); bastard-button-wood, button wood, buttonwood; coil (Guyana); false mangrove, false-button-wood, gold wood; green turtle bough, green turtle-bough (Bahamas); mangle, mangrove; white buttonwood (UK Is.); white mangrove (Bahamas, Belize, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda); white-button-wood (USA); white-mangrove (Bahamas, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico)
French name	manglier blanc; gris-gris, mangle (Haiti); mangle blanc (Guadeloupe); mangle gris; mangue, palétuvier, petit palétuvier
Spanish name	cincahuite (El Salvador); mangel (Dominican Republic, Virgin Is.); mangle amarillo (Dominican Republic, Mexico); mangle blanco (Belize, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); mangle bobo (Ecuador, Mexico, Puerto Rico); mangle chino (Mexico); mangle hembra (Venezuela); mangle marequita (Costa Rica); mangle prieto (Dominican Republic, Mexico); mariquita (Costa Rica); mereicillo (Venezuela); palo de sal (Colombia, Costa Rica); pataban (Cuba); patabán (Cuba, Mexico); sincahuite (El Salvador); tinteira, tinteira dos mangues
Other name	akira (Suriname); ankira (Peru); but-nuut (maya, Belize); grigri (creole, Haiti); jeli de mangle (Peru); ma-kent-ma-bi (Sierra Leone); mang, mang blanc, mangliye (creole, Haiti); mangue (Brazil); mangue branco (Brazil, Peru); nja (Ivory Coast); orke (ljaw); zacalcom (maya, Belize); zacolcom (Peru)
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Latin name	Larix Mill.
Family	Pinaceae
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English name	larch; hackmatack (USA); tamarack
French name	mélèze
Spanish name	alarce, alerce, larice
Other name	Lärche (german); larice, larício (italian)
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Latin name	Larix laricina (Du Roi) K.Koch
Family	Pinaceae
Distribution	N MC ME North America (Canada: Yukon Territory to Newfoundland; USA: Minnesota to Maine and Maryland; France: St. Pierre and Miquelon)
North America distribution zone	NW NC NE MC ME
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg->xer calc sili acid
Use	dr (turpentine) dr(ob) (antiseptic, burns, pulmonery and renal derangement, ulcer) fd fd(ob) (infusion, yeast) fr fw ma (tannin) pl pp sa ti (boxes, crates, lumber, piling, poles, posts, railroad ties, ship building)
Synonym	Larix alaskensis W.Wight Larix americana Michx. Larix laricina var. alaskensis (W.Wight) Raup Larix microcarpa Desf. Pinus laricina Du Roi
English name	eastern larch; Alaska larch (Canada); Alaskan larch; American larch (Canada); black larch, hackmatack (Canada, USA); juniper p.p., larch (Canada); larch hackmatack, red larch; tamarack (Canada, USA); tamarack larch
French name	mélèze laricin; épinette rouge (Canada); fausse épinette rouge; fausse-épinette rouge, mélèze (Canada); mélèze d'Amérique, mélèze de l'Alaska, mélèze tamarack; tamarac (Canada); tamarack, violon (Canada)
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Other name	Amerikanische Lärche (german); larice americano (italian); pallerk (tchiglit, Canada and USA); quarnaq (yupik, USA); Tamarack-Lärche (german); uetchinagan (montagnais, Canada)
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