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Latin name Amyris mexicana Lundell
Family Rutaceae
Distribution SC North America (Mexico: Michoacán)
North America distribution zone SC
Height S?
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym
English name Mexican amyris
French name amyris du Mexique
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Amyris pinnata Kunth
Family Rutaceae
Distribution SE North America (Costa Rica) NW MW South America (Colombia, Peru)
North America distribution zone SE
Height L
Foliage [D]
Ecology
Use fd (alcohol) ti (cabinet work)
Synonym
English name pinnate amyris
French name amyris penné
Spanish name chaquiro, chaquiro amargo, marfil (Colombia)
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Amyris plumieri DC.
Family Rutaceae
Distribution SC SE North America (Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Haiti) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone SC SE
Height S
Foliage
Ecology hel xer calc
Use ma (Yucatán elemi used in lacquers)
Synonym Amyris sylvatica var. plumieri M.Gómez Elemifera plumieri Kuntze
English name Plumier amyris; candlewood (Jamaica)
French name amyris de Plumier
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Amyris purpusii P.Wilson
Family Rutaceae
Distribution SC North America (Mexico: Veracruz)
North America distribution zone SC
Height S?
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym
English name Purpus amyris
French name amyris de Purpus
Spanish name
Other name
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Latin name Amyris rhomboidea Standl.
Family Rutaceae
Distribution SE North America (end Belize)
North America distribution zone SE
Height M
Foliage
Ecology hel
Use
Synonym
English name rhombic amyris; wild guava (Belize)
French name amyris rhomboïdal
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Amyris staminosa Lundell
Family Rutaceae
Distribution SC North America (Mexico: Michoacán)
North America distribution zone SC
Height S?
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym
English name staminal amyris
French name amyris staminé
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Amyris sylvatica Jacq.
Family Rutaceae
Distribution SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone SC SE
Height M
Foliage
Ecology calc
Use dr (oil)
Synonym
English name sylvan amyris
French name amyris sylvestre
Spanish name hoja de espada (Belize)
Other name ix coc (maya, Belize)
Trade name
Latin name Anacardium L.
Family Anacardiaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
Height
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym Acajou Mill. Acajuba Gaertn. Anacardia St.-Lag. Anacardium Rottb. Cassuvium Lam. Fabrenia Noronha Monodynamus Pohl Rhinocarpus Bertero & Balb. ex Kunth Trima Noronha
English name cashew; cashew-nut, cashew-nut tree
French name anacardier; acajou p.p.
Spanish name
Other name anacardio (italian); Anakardia (german)
Trade name
Latin name Anacardium excelsum (Bertero & Balb. ex Kunth) Skeels
Family Anacardiaceae
Distribution SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone SE
Height L[G]
Foliage E[D]
Ecology hel hyg mes acid->neut
Use fd (roasted nuts) fr fw ma pl pp sa ti (boxes, bridge boards, cabinet work, carpentry, concrete forms, crates, dugout canoes, finishing, fence posts, furniture, interior and exterior construction, interior part of furniture, interior trim and millwork, ornamental boxes, plywood corestock, rough construction, utensils, veneer, wrapping) tx (macerate bark used as a barbasco for catching fish, pollen produces a rash or hayfever-like allergy)
Synonym Anacardium rhinocarpus DC. Rhinocarpus excelsa Bertero & Balb. ex Kunth
English name Guiana cashew; wild cashew (Panama); wild-cashew (West Indies)
French name anacardier de Guyane
Spanish name aspavé (Colombia); caracoli (Colombia, Venezuela); espave (Panama); espavé (Honduras, Panama); espavé amarillo, espavé rosado (Costa Rica); espavel (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua); ispavé, ispavel, jurajamba (Colombia); marañon (Ecuador); marañón de montaña (Honduras); merey (Colombia); mija, mijagua (Venezuela); mijao (Guyana, Venezuela)
Other name assú (portuguese, Brazil); caju assu; cajú (Brazil); cájú de matta (portuguese, Brazil)
Trade name espave
Latin name Anacardium occidentale L.
Family Anacardiaceae
Distribution S North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics) SC SE Eurasia (India, Malaysia) int M SE Africa and NC Oceania (Mariana Islands)
North America distribution zone SW SC SE
Height M[L]
Foliage E[D]
Ecology hel mes->xer acid->neut
Use dr (bark or leaves decoction taken orally for diabetes, thrush, plaque, diarrhea and malarial fever, bark tea as a tonic for nervous disorders, cashew pericarp juice for skin rash, wart, acne, toothache, flu, phlegm, constipation, diarrhea, edema and hemoptysis, crushed mature leaves poultice for burns and skin ailments, juice is astringent, macerated bark or decoction of bark with salt taken orally for anemia, toasted seed or leaves infusion used as aphrodisiac) dr(ob) fd (cashew nut for industrial food like biscuit factory, confisery, chocolate, nougat and ice cream, hypocarps are eaten raw or made into juice, refreshment, jam, jelly, wine, vinegar, syrups, preserves, candy or flavouring for ice cream, nut and pedicel give comestible oil, roasted seeds give a delicious almond often salted and eaten as a snack or used in the preparation of cakes, candies, flour and cashew butter) fr (nut debris after press give cattle cake, seed tegument contain a rich protein used in alimentation of poultry) fw ma (extract of shell is used in drum brakes, clutch plates and thermo resistant materials, resin is used industrially in the manufacture of lubricants, plastics, paints, ions exchange resin and varnishe, sap is source of indelible ink, shell is used to make plywood resisting to humidity and insects) pl (cultivated especially in India, Brazil and Mozambique, ornamental) sa ti (fence posts) tx (pericarp oil and resin of the nut mesocarp are very poisonous and must be used with prudence, shell of the nut produce dermatitis if improperly roasted)
Synonym Acajuba occidentalis (L.) Gaertn. Anacardium microcarpum Ducke Cassuvium pomiferum Lam. Cassuvium pomiferum Tussac
English name common cashew; cashew (Costa Rica, India, USA, Virgin Islands); cashew nut (Micronesia, Panama, USA); cashew tree; cashew-apple, cashew-nut (USA); wild almond (Panama)
French name anacardier cajou; acajou p.p. (Guadeloupe, Haiti); acajou à pomme (French Guiana); anacarde (Haiti); anacardier (French Guiana); darcassou; noix acajou (Guadeloupe); noix d’acajou (French Guiana, Haiti); noix-cajou; pomme, pomme acajou (Haiti); pomme cajou (Guadeloupe); pomme d’acajou, pomme noix, pomme-cajou, pommier cajou; pommier d’acajou (Guadeloupe); pommier de cajou
Spanish name acajú, acayú (Bolivia, Colombia); anacardo (Colombia); cacajuil; cajouil (Dominican Republic); caju (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru); cajú (Peru); cajuil (Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras); cashu, casu (Costa Rica, Panama, Peru); caujil, churá (Colombia); jocote marañón (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras); maranón (Cuba); marañón (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico); merey (Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela); pauji, pauji-caujil (Colombia)
Other name acajaiba (portuguese, Brazil); acajou (italian); acaju (portuguese, Brazil); Acaju (german); acajú (portuguese, Brazil); Acajubaum (german); acajuiba (portuguese, Brazil); anacardio (italian); bachkasjoe (Suriname); balubar (Philippines); baschkajoe (Suriname); bash kasjoe (portuguese, Portugal and Brazil); bouchi (aukaans, French Guiana); caju (portuguese, Portugal and Brazil); cajú, caju-banana, caju-da-praia, caju-de-casa (portuguese, Brazil); caju-gaha (Sri Lanka); caju-manso, caju-manteiga (portuguese, Brazil); cajueiro (portuguese, Portugal and Brazil); cashew (Netherlands Antilles and portuguese, Brazil); cashu (Netherlands Antilles); casue (chamorro, Micronesia); cherry, chewy (Netherlands Antilles); dào lôn hôt (vietnamese); darakase (bambara, Mali); dasjoe (Suriname); hidglibadan (India); jibarani (bambara and malinke, Mali); kadjoe (sranan, Suriname); kajou (creole, Haiti); kaju (India and yoruba); kanju (hausa); kas-joe (Netherlands Antilles); Kaschubaum (german); kashu-mava, kashu-mavu (India); kasjoe (Netherlands Antilles and sranan, Suriname); kasoe, kasoy (chamorro, Micronesia); kasui (Philippines); komi gason (senoufo, Mali); mali sow (bobo fing, Burkina Faso and Mali); merede (Suriname); merehe (arawak, Guyana); mereke (Suriname); mkanju, mkorosho; montin-kal, mundiri-maram (Sri Lanka); mutua; nwa kajou (creole, Haiti); olojé koe (oyana, Suriname); oroi (carib, Guyana); orvi (Suriname); palu di cashupette (Netherlands Antilles); paludi cashupéle; paludi cashupéte, paludica shupéte (Netherlands Antilles); parangi-mavu (India); pòm, pòm kajou (creole, Haiti); suai chanti (cambodian)
Trade name cashew, cashew wood; darcassou, pomme cajou (french)
Latin name Anaxagorea A. St.-Hil.
Family Annonaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
Height
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym Rhopalocarpus Teijsm. & Binn. ex Miq.
English name anaxagorea
French name anaxagorée
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Anaxagorea allenii R.E.Fr.
Family Annonaceae
Distribution SE North America (Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone SE
Height M
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym
English name Allen anaxagorea
French name anaxagorée d'Allen
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Anaxagorea brevipes Benth.
Family Annonaceae
Distribution SE North America (Costa Rica) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela: Bolivar, Amazonas; Guianas, Ecuador: Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia, Amazonian Brazil)
North America distribution zone SE
Height L
Foliage
Ecology
Use ma (the strong fiber is commonly used as head strops for carrying cargo)
Synonym Anaxagorea krukoffii R.E.Fr. Anaxagorea minor Diels ex R.E.Fr.
English name shortstalk anaxagorea
French name anaxagorée à court pédoncule
Spanish name majagua (Venezuela)
Other name unitahue (waorani, Ecuador); weur-ná (Venezuela)
Trade name
Latin name Anaxagorea crassipetala Hemsl.
Family Annonaceae
Distribution SE North America (Central America) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone SE
Height M
Foliage
Ecology sci
Use
Synonym Anaxagorea clavata R.E.Fr.
English name thickpetal anaxagorea
French name anaxagorée à pétales charnus
Spanish name anono (Honduras); palay (Ecuador)
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Anaxagorea dolichocarpa Sprague & Sandwith
Family Annonaceae
Distribution SE North America (Costa Rica) N M South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador: Napo, Pastaza; Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone SE
Height M
Foliage
Ecology sci
Use
Synonym Anaxagorea megalophylla R.E.Fr. Anaxagorea mutica R.E.Fr.
English name longfruit anaxagorea
French name anaxagorée à fruits longs
Spanish name majagua, pequeña, yarayara negra (Venezuela)
Other name baquera-aba (warao, Venezuela); cará-pi-pok (arecuna, Venezuela)
Trade name
Latin name Anaxagorea guatemalensis Standl.
Family Annonaceae
Distribution SE North America (Guatemala, Belize, Honduras)
North America distribution zone SE
Height M
Foliage
Ecology
Use ma
Synonym
English name Guatemala anaxagorea
French name anaxagorée du Guatemala
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Anaxagorea panamensis Standl.
Family Annonaceae
Distribution SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone SE
Height S
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym
English name Panama anaxagorea
French name anaxagorée du Panama
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Anaxagorea phaeocarpa Mart.
Family Annonaceae
Distribution SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone SE
Height M
Foliage
Ecology sci
Use
Synonym Anaxagorea costaricensis R.E.Fr.
English name darkfruit anaxagorea
French name anaxagorée à fruits foncés
Spanish name
Other name cara caspi (quichua, Ecuador); payadaga we (waorani, Ecuador)
Trade name
Latin name Andira Juss.
Family Leguminosae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
Height
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym Andira Lam. Lumbricidia Vell. Poltolobium C.Presl Vouacapoua Aubl.
English name angelintree; angelin, cabagebark tree
French name angelin; andira
Spanish name
Other name Kohlbaum (german); legno (italian)
Trade name
Latin name Andira galeottiana Standl.
Family Leguminosae
Distribution SC North America (Mexico)
North America distribution zone SC
Height L
Foliage E
Ecology hel hyg
Use ti
Synonym
English name macayo angelintree
French name angelin macayo
Spanish name macayo, yabo (Mexico)
Other name yakbó (Mexico)
Trade name
Latin name Andira inermis (W.Wright) Kunth ex DC.
Family Leguminosae
Distribution S North America (tropics) South America (tropics) int W and M Africa
North America distribution zone SW SC SE
Height L[G]
Foliage E[D]
Ecology sci [hel] hyg->xer
Use dr (bark, leaves compress for skin rash and quicklime burn, macerated roots taken orally for urethritis, macerated seed poultice for wound, seed decoction taken orally for constipation, stem bark decoction in small doses for fever and intestinal worms) fd (honey) ma pl (ornemental) sa (shelter belt) ti (billiard cue butts, bridge timbers, canes, heavy construction, logging cart wheels and spokes, piling, railroad ties, tools handles, turned work) tx (bark, fruits, seeds)
Synonym Andira excelsa Kunth Andira inermis (Sw.) Kunth Andira inermis (W.Wright) DC. ssp. inermis Andira inermis (W.Wright) Kunth ex DC.var. inermis Andira jamaicensis (W.Wright) Urb. Andira microcarpa Griseb. Andira racemosa Lam. Andira sapindioides Benth. Geoffraea inermis (W.Wright) W.Wright Geoffroea inermis W.Wright Geoffroya jamaicensis var. inermis W.Wright Lonchocarpus staudtii Harms Ostryoderris brownii Hoyle Pterocarpus sapindioides DC. Vouacapoua inermis (W.Wright) A. Lyons
English name cabbage angelintree; andira, angelim; angelin (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, Virgin Islands); angelin tree (Puerto Rico, USA); ball seed, barley wood (Belize); basfard maho (Trinidad and Tobago); bastard cabbage (Jamaica); bastard cabbage bark (Belize); bastard mahogany (Puerto Rico); batseed (Trinidad and Tobago); black blossomberry (Belize); black plum, cabage bark (Trinidad and Tobago); cabbage-bark (Belize); cabbage angelin (USA); cabbage angeline (Puerto Rico); cabbage bark (Panama, Puerto Rico); cabbage bark tree (Jamaica); cabbage tree (Panama, Puerto Rico, USA); cabbage-bark (USA); cabbage-tree, chou; corn wood (Panama); cornwood (Belize, Trinidad and Tobago); dog almond, dog plum, false mahogany, fals-mahogany (Virgin Islands); goa angelintree; koraro (Trinidad and Tobago); macaya, moca; partridge wood (UK); partridge-wood, phaesant wood (Jamaica); red cabbage bark, rode kabbes; wormwood (Jamaica)
French name angelin palmiste; andira inerme; angelin (Cameroun); angelin-palmiste, arbre à chou, bois d'angelin, bois olive, bois palmiste, bois-olive, olivio, olûrè rivière; St-Martin rouge (Honduras)
Spanish name aji (Colombia); ajunado (Bolivia, Honduras); almendrillo (Colombia); almendro (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras); almendro cimarron; almendro cimarrón (Guatemala, Honduras); almendro de montaña (Costa Rica); almendro de rio; almendro de río (Honduras, Nicaragua); almendro del rio (El Salvador, Nicaragua); almendro del río (Honduras, Panama); almendro macho, almendro montes, almendro real (El Salvador); almendro (Caribbean); amargo (Colombia); angelim, angelin de varzea (Peru); arenillo (Panama); arroz con coco, avinge (Colombia); barbosquillo (Panama); blanco moco (Nicaragua); carbón (Panama); carne asada (Colombia, Costa Rica); carne asado (Costa Rica); chaperno (Belize, Caribbean, Honduras); chirai (Peru); chiray (Venezuela); choibá de rastrojo (Colombia); ciruelillo (Belize); cochenilla (Venezuela); cocú (Costa Rica, Panama); congo (Colombia); cuautolote (Mexico); cuilimbuca (Dominican Republic, Mexico); cuilimbuco, cuilumbuca (Mexico); cuja (Caribbean); frijollo (Belize); guacamayo (Guatemala, Honduras); guayacán (Colombia); guayacun congo (El Salvador); maca colorada; macaya (Caribbean); majagua gallina (Colombia); maquilla (Dominican Republic, Mexico); marayo, matón (Colombia); moca (Cuba, Puerto Rico); moca blanca (Ecuador, Puerto Rico); motón (Colombia); pacay; palo de burro (Dominican Republic); palo de seca (Colombia, Mexico); palo maco (Dominican Republic); palo sangre (Belize); peloto (Colombia); pilon (Panama); pilón (Panama, Venezuela); pilón arenillo (Panama); pilón real (El Salvador); purga (Colombia); quira (Caribbean, Panama); qunillo (Caribbean); tolote (Dominican Republic, Mexico); trompillo motón (Peru); yaba (Cuba, Mexico); yaba colorada; yabo, yabo moco (Nicaragua)
Other name a ngolir (basari); acapúrana, angelim, angelim morce quiera, angelim morcequiera (Brazil); bwa palmis (creole, Haiti); cuautololote (Mexico); élãngoro (jola); ikong ebonko (efik); ikong-ebonko (Nigeria); iximche (maya, Belize); kérènduta, kérênduta (fuuta jalon); kérèñduto, kérinduto (socé); kiné du (bambara); Kohlbaum (german); koraro (Guyana); kulékulifaro (fuuta jalon); kuraru (Guyana); legno fagiano, legno pernice (italian); mbãgèrbah, mbãgubah, mbãngubah (serer); nom ekang (Cameroon); o ndav (serer); pwa palmis (creole, Haiti); reddie; rode kabbes (Brazil, Suriname); sãmbargi (serer); si lèmp (bainouk); simbak (wolof)
Trade name angelin, partridge wood
Latin name Angostura Roem. & Schult.
Family Rutaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
Height
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym Bonplandia Willd. Cusparia Kunth
English name angostura
French name angostura
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Angostura granulosa (Kallunki) Kallunki
Family Rutaceae
Distribution SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone SE
Height M
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym Galipea granulosa Kallunki
English name granulate angostura
French name angostura granulé
Spanish name pata de Yanki (Nicaragua)
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Aniba Aubl.
Family Lauraceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
Height
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym Aniba subgen. Ajoueopsis Mez Aniba subgen. Euaniba Mez Aniba subgen. Euaniba sect. Macroporantherae Kosterm. Aniba subgen. Euaniba sect. Microporantherae Kosterm. Aydendron Nees & Mart. Cedrota Schreb.
English name aniba
French name aniba
Spanish name canellilo (Puerto Rico); tuabe (Colombia)
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Aniba bracteata (Nees) Mez
Family Lauraceae
Distribution SE North America (Panama, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Martinique) MW South America (Ecuador: Esmeraldas)
North America distribution zone SE
Height M
Foliage E
Ecology sci hyg mes?
Use ti
Synonym Aniba bracteata (Nees) Mez var. bracteata Aniba bracteata var. l’herminieri (Meisn.) Mez Aydendron argenteum Griseb. Aydendron bracteatum Nees Aydendron verticillatum Meisn. Goeppertia argentea (Griseb.) Meisn. Goeppertia argentea var. l’herminieri Meisn. Oreodaphne parviflora Griseb. non Nees
English name yellowsanders aniba; guano sweetwood, red sweet wood, yellow sanders (Lesser Antilles);
French name aniba bois-jaune; bois doux cyp, bois doux jaune (Lesser Antilles); bois-la-colique; laurier bois, laurier Isabelle, laurier jaune (Lesser Antilles); laurier rouge (Dominica)
Spanish name canebillo, canelillo (Puerto Rico)
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Aniba cinnamomiflora C.K.Allen
Family Lauraceae
Distribution SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW NC South America (Venezuela)
North America distribution zone SE
Height M
Foliage E?
Ecology
Use
Synonym
English name cinnamonflower aniba
French name aniba à fleurs cannelles
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Aniba hostmanniana (Nees) Mez
Family Lauraceae
Distribution SE North America (Panama) N M South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador: Los Ríos, Napo; Peru, Brazil)
North America distribution zone SE
Height M
Foliage E?
Ecology [hyg]
Use ti (boards, canoe)
Synonym Aniba gigantifolia O.C.Schmidt Aniba pittieri O.C.Schmidt Aydendron hostmannianum Nees
English name Hostmann aniba
French name aniba de Hostmann
Spanish name canelo fine (Ecuador); moena amarilla, muena amarilla (Peru)
Other name quilla caspi (quichua, Ecuador)
Trade name
Latin name Aniba puchury-minor (Mart.) Mez
Family Lauraceae
Distribution SE North America (Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Napo; Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone SE
Height L
Foliage
Ecology hyg?
Use dr fw (timber used for kindling) ma ti
Synonym Aniba amazonica (Meisn.) Mez Aniba tessmannii O.C.Schmidt Aydendron amazonicum Meisn. Nectandra puchury-minor (Mart.) Nees Ocotea puchury-minor Mart.
English name puschuri aniba
French name aniba puschuri
Spanish name miena amarilla, moena amarilla, muena amarilla, pichurin, puschuri, quillo moena (Peru)
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Aniba ramageana Mez
Family Lauraceae
Distribution SE North America (end Dominica and Martinique)
North America distribution zone SE
Height M
Foliage E
Ecology [hel]
Use
Synonym
English name Dominica aniba
French name aniba laurier-falaise; laurier de rose, laurier-falaise
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Aniba venezuelana Mez
Family Lauraceae
Distribution SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone SE
Height L
Foliage E?
Ecology
Use
Synonym
English name Venezuela aniba
French name aniba du Venezuela
Spanish name
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