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Latin name	Lyonothamnus floribundus A.Gray
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MW North America (USA: California Channel Islands)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer
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English name	islands Lyontree; Catalina ironwood, lyonothamnus, Lyontree, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz ironwood
French name	arbre-de-Lyon des îles; arbre de Lyon, bois de fer
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Latin name	Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. aspleniifolius (Greene) Raven
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MW North America (USA: California Channel Islands)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	M?
Foliage
Ecology	xer
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Synonym	Lyonothamnus aspleniifolius Greene Lyonothamnus floribundus var. aspleniifolius (Greene) Brandegee
English name	fernleaf islands Lyontree
French name	arbre-de-Lyon des îles à feuilles de fougère
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Latin name	Lyonothamnus floribundus A.Gray ssp. floribundus
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MW North America (USA: California Channel Islands)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	M?
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Ecology
Use	xer
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English name	typical islands Lyontree
French name	arbre-de-Lyon des îles typique
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Latin name	Lysiloma Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	lysiloma; false tamarind
French name	lysiloma; lysilome
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Latin name	Lysiloma acapulcensis (Kunth) Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg xer sili
Use	dr fd ti
Synonym	Acacia acapulcensis Kunth Acacia desmostachya Benth. Acacia usumacintensis Lundell Lysiloma cuernavacana Britton & Rose Lysiloma cuneata Britton & Rose Lysiloma desmostachya (Benth.) Benth. Lysiloma durangensis Britton & Rose Lysiloma jorullensis Britton & Rose Lysiloma pedicellata Britton & Rose Lysiloma platycarpa Britton & Rose Lysiloma purpusii Britton & Rose
English name	Acapulco lysiloma; bastard mahogany, wild tamarind (Belize)
French name	lysiloma d'Acapulco
Spanish name	ardillo (Costa Rica); cigahuite (El Salvador); ébano (Mexico); hesmo (Belize); macho, rajador colorado, tepeguaje, tepehuaje, tripal (Mexico)
Other name	guiolicui (zoque); huáyal (huasteco); laa-guia, laaguia (zapoteco); shashibtez (Mexico); yaga-yaci (zapoteco)
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Latin name	Lysiloma auritum (Schltdl.) Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Acacia aurita Schltdl. Bauhinia calderonii (Rose) Lundell Lysiloma multifoliolata Britton & Rose Lysiloma multifoliolatum Britton & Rose Lysiloma nelsonii Britton & Rose Lysiloma schiedeana Benth. p.p.
English name	longear lysiloma
French name	lysiloma auriculé
Spanish name	quebracho (Honduras, Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Lysiloma candidum Brandegee
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SW North America (end Mexico: Baja California, Sonora)
North America distribution zone	SW
Height	S?
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	fr (cattle relish immature pods) ma(ob) (bark for tannin) pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Lysiloma candida Brandegee
English name	shiningwhite lysiloma
French name	lysiloma blanc
Spanish name	palo blanco (Mexico)
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Latin name	Lysiloma divaricata (Jacq.) J.F.Macbr.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	S North America (Mexico to Costa Rica) SC South America (Argentina)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes
Use	fr fw ma (bark for tannin) pl (quick set edge) ti (construction)
Synonym	Acacia divaricata (Jacq.) Willd. Lysiloma affinis Britton & Rose Lysiloma australis Britton & Rose Lysiloma calderonii Britton & Rose Lysiloma cayucensis M.E.Jones Lysiloma chiapensis Britton & Rose Lysiloma kellermanii Britton & Rose Lysiloma microphylla Benth. Lysiloma ortegae Britton & Rose Lysiloma pueblensis Britton & Rose Lysiloma salvadorensis Britton & Rose Lysiloma schiedeana Benth. p.p. Lysiloma seemanii Britton & Rose Mimosa divaricata Jacq.
English name	divaricate lysiloma
French name	lysiloma divariqué
Spanish name	manta, manto; mauuta (Mexico); palo de arco; quebracho (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua); quiebracha, rajador, rajador negro (Mexico)
Other name	jepal calante, jepalte (huasteco, Mexico)
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Latin name	Lysiloma latisiliquum (L.) Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (SE Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, USA: Florida; Bahamas, Haiti, Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	D[E]
Ecology	hel hyg mes [xer] calc
Use	dr fw ma (tannin) ti
Synonym	Acacia bahamensis (Benth.) Griseb. Acacia latisiliqua (L.) Willd. Leucaena latisiliqua (L.) Gillis Lysiloma bahamensis Benth. Lysiloma latisiliqua A.Gray ex Sauvalle Lysiloma latisiliquum ssp. lataefoliolatum A.Barreto & Yakovlev Mimosa latisiliqua L.
English name	Bahamas lysiloma; false tamarind (USA); horseflesh (Bahamas); horseflesh tree (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); lysiloma; raintree (Belize); sabicu; singing bean (Bahamas, USA); tamarind (Bahamas); wild tamarind (Bahamas, Cayman Islands)
French name	lysiloma des Bahamas; tabernon, taverneau, tavernon (Haiti)
Spanish name	abey, adormiolo blanco, bacona morada (Cuba); candelón (Hispaniola); caracolí, caracolillo (Dominican Republic); condelòro (Hispaniola); dormido (Cuba); frijolillo, frijolillo común (Cuba); palo blanco; salam, salem (Mexico); soplillo, soplillo sabíco, tamarindillo, tengüe (Cuba)
Other name	chalan (maya, Belize); dzalam?; salam, salaam, salem, salom (maya, Belize); tzalam (Mexico); tzukté
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Latin name	Lysiloma sabicu Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán; Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg calc
Use	dr (bark boiled with other bushes to cure hemorrhoids, crushed leaves are applied as a bath for skin infections, leaves decoction taken orally for seafood poison and food poison, leaves enema for diarrhea, wash with crushed leaves for skin itch and ulcer) fd fr (honey plant) fw (fuel) ma sa (fix nitrogen, shade for coffee and other perennial crops) ti (boards, boat building, furniture, interior trim, knife handles, parquet, turned work)
Synonym	Acacia formosa A.Rich. non Kunth Acacia latisiliqua var. paucifoliola DC. Lysiloma latisiliqua Britton & Rose non (L.) Benth. Lysiloma paucifoliola (DC.) Hitch. ex Northr.
English name	sabicu lysiloma; Cuban sabicu; horseflesh (Bahamas); horseflesh tree (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); sabicu (Bahamas); West Indian sabicu (Jamaica, Puerto Rico)
French name	lysiloma sabicou; tabernon, taverneau, tavernon (Haiti)
Spanish name	abey, bacona morada (Cuba); caracolí, caracolillo (Dominican Republic); frijolillo, jigüe, sabicú, sabicú amarillo, zapatero (Cuba)
Other name	tabèno, tavèno (creole, Haiti)
Trade name	Cuban sabicu; sabicú

Latin name	Lysiloma tergeminum Benth
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Michoacan to Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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Ecology	xer
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Synonym	Lysiloma tergemina Benth.
English name	tergeminate lysiloma
French name	lysiloma tergeminé
Spanish name	palo blanco, pata de cabra, pata de venado (Mexico)
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Latin name	Lysiloma watsonii Rose
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	North America MC SW SC (USA: Arizona; Mexico: Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango)
North America distribution zone	MC SW SC
Height	M
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	mes
Use	fd (seeds) pl (ornamental) ti (furniture)
Synonym	Lysiloma acapulcense var. brevispicata Rose Lysiloma brevispicata (Rose) Britton & Rose Lysiloma microphyllum var. thornberi (Britton & Rose) Isely Lysiloma thornberi Britton & Rose p.p. Lysiloma watsonii ssp. thornberi (Britton & Rose) Felger & Lowe
English name	Watson lysiloma; little leaf false tamarind, lysiloma
French name	lysiloma de Watson
Spanish name	tepeguaje (Mexico)
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Latin name	Mabea Aubl.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution
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English name	mabea
French name	mabea
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Latin name	Mabea excelsa Standl. & Steyerm.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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English name	lofty mabea
French name	mabea élevé
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Latin name	Mabea jefensis Huft
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	CerroJefe mabea
French name	mabea du Cerro Jefe
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Latin name	Mabea klugii Steyerm.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Klug mabea
French name	mabea de Klug
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Latin name	Mabea montana Müll.Arg.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Mabea atroviridis Pax & K.Hoffm. Mabea floribunda Jabl. Mabea longepedicellata Pittier Mabea lucida Pax & K.Hoffm. Mabea parguazae Jabl. Mabea verrucosa Pax & K.Hoffm.
English name	mountain mabea
French name	mabea de montagne
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Latin name	Mabea montana Müll.Arg. ssp. montana
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	typical mountain mabea
French name	mabea de montagne typique
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Latin name	Mabea occidentalis Benth.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Tabasco to Panama) N M SC SE South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	tx
Synonym	Mabea acutissima Killip
English name	western mabea; bastard white poison wood (Belize)
French name	mabea occidental
Spanish name	higuera, kurinwacito (Nicaragua); siringuilla (Bolivia)
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Latin name	Mabea speciosa Müll.Arg.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N M SC SE South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Mabea caudata Pax & K.Hoffm.
English name	showy mabea
French name	mabea éclatant
Spanish name	shiringuiilla (Peru)
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Latin name	Mabea speciosa ssp. concolor (Müll.Arg.) Hollander
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NC MC ME South America (Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil: Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Mabea piriri var. concolor Müll.Arg. Mabea saramaccensis Croizat
English name	concolor showy mabea
French name	mabea éclatant concolore
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Latin name	Mabea taquari Aubl.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies) N MC South America (Colombia to Guianas, Brazil: Amapá, Pará; Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	ti
Synonym	Mabea ciliata Gleason Mabea schomburgkii Benth. Mabea taquari var. angustifolia Müll.Arg.
English name	taquari mabea
French name	mabea bois-à-calumet; bois à calumet
Spanish name	membrillo (Venezuela)
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Latin name	Machaerium Pers.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
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Synonym	Drepanocarpus G.Mey.
English name	machaerium
French name	machérium
Spanish name	palo de hoz (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands); siete cueros (Panama)
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Latin name	Machaerium aculeatum Raddi
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N M SC SE South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	pl ti
Synonym	Drepanocarpus polyphyllus Benth. Machaerium sericiflorum Vogel Nissolia aculeata (Raddi) DC.
English name	prickly machaerium
French name	machérium épineux
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Other name	ivirá-tanimbú (Argentina); jacaranda-bico-de-pato, jacaranda-de-espinho (Brazil); jukeri vusú guazú (guarani, Paraguay); pau-de-angu (Brazil); tanimbú yvá (guarani, Paraguay); yuquer-buzú-guazú, yuqueri-guazu (Argentina); yuyrà tanimbú (guarani, Paraguay)
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Latin name	Machaerium arboreum (Jacq.) Vogel
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Machaerium acuminatum Kunth Machaerium latifolium (Benth.) Pittier Nissolia arborea Jacq.
English name	treelike machaerium
French name	machérium arboré
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Latin name	Machaerium biovulatum Micheli
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Tabasco to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guianas, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
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Synonym	Machaerium acanthothyrsus Pittier Machaerium langlassei Micheli ex Pittier Machaerium lilacinum Ducke Machaerium robiniifolium (DC.) Vogel Machaerium robiniifolium var. ampliata Pittier
English name	biovuled machaerium; saltfish wood (Trinidad and Tobago)
French name	machérium biovulé
Spanish name	cascarón, sieteconchas, vaina espada, vainaespá (Venezuela)
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Latin name	Machaerium capote Triana ex Dugand
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	ti (construction, flute, framing, pianos, plywood, turned work)
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English name	capote machaerium
French name	machérium capote
Spanish name	capote, pico de loro (Colombia); sietecueros
Other name	ananias granadillo perón, jacaranda, jacaranda preto, negrillo, pao ferro, siéte cascas, tachuelo duirá (Brazil)
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Latin name	Machaerium chiapense Brandegee
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Machaerium fruticetorum Standl. & Steyerm.
English name	Chiapas machaerium
French name	machérium du Chiapas
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Latin name	Machaerium cirrhiferum Pittier
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Belize, Honduras to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	[S]?
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Ecology
Use	dr
Synonym	Machaerium arborescens Pittier Machaerium merrillii Standl.
English name	tendrilbearing machaerium
French name	machérium à vrilles
Spanish name	bejuco (Honduras, Nicaragua); una de gato (Honduras)
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Latin name	Machaerium floribundum Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize, Nicaragua to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Drepanocarpus ovalifolius Pittier Drepanocarpus venezuelensis Pittier Machaerium decorticans Ducke Machaerium longistipitatum Pittier Machaerium rosescens Standl. Machaerium venezuelense (Pittier) Hoehne Machaerium woodworthii Standl.
English name	profuselyflowering machaerium
French name	machérium fleuri
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