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Latin name	Mammea americana L.
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies) int South America (tropics), S Eurasia (tropics) and Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes calc
Use	dr (pulp decoction applied to wound, resin lotion or bark decoction for hair, skin parasites and eczema) fd (fruits, flowers used in liquor and in making of eau de créoles) fw ma pl (cultivated) sa ti
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English name	applelike mamey; mamee (Jamaica, Virgin Islands); mamee sapote (Jamaica); mamee tree; mamey (USA); mamey apple (Puerto Rico); mammee apple (Puerto Rico); mammee sapote (Jamaica); mammee tree; mammee-apple (USA)
French name	mammea d'Amérique; abricot (Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique); abricot d'Amérique; abricot de Saint Dominique; abricot de Saint-Domingue (Guadeloupe, Martinique); abricot des Antilles (Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique); abricot pays (Guadeloupe, Martinique); abricotier (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique); abricotier d'Amérique (French Guiana); abricotier de Saint Domingue; abricotier des Antilles (Haiti); abricotier sauvage; apricot (Dominica); mamie (French Guiana)
Spanish name	mamaja (Suriname); mamey (Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); mamey amarillo (Cuba); mamey de Cartagena (Panama); mamey de Cartagena (Ecuador); mamey de Santo Domingo (Cuba, Mexico); mamie-boom, mammi (Suriname); mata-serrano (Ecuador); muc (Guatemala); ruri (Nicaragua); zapote de niño, zapote de Santo Domingo, zapote mamey (Mexico)
Other name	abrico-da-norte, abricó-do-pará, abricoteiro (Brazil); chacalhaaz (maya); mamaya, mami (Netherlands Antilles); Mammiapfel (german); sabriko (creole, Haiti); z'abricot (Haiti)
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Latin name	Mammea immansueta D'Arcy
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Panama mamey
French name	mammea du Panama
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Latin name	Manicaria Gaertn.
Family	Palmae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	sleevepalm
French name	manicaria
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Latin name	Manicaria saccifera Gaertn.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America, West Indies) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr fd (source of sago, seed oil) ma (hat made with spathes, sail made with leaves) ti
Synonym	Manicaria plunkenetii Griseb. ex H.Wendl. Manicharia atricha Burret Pilophora testicularis Jacq.
English name	bussu sleevepalm; bussu palm; monkey-cap palm (Panama); sleevepalm
French name	manicaria toulouri; toulouri
Spanish name	guágara (Panama, Venezuela); guagra (Panama); jócara, palma de jicara (Colombia); palma real (Nicaragua); temiche, timiche (Venezuela)
Other name	confra, manaca, yolillo; weruk (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Manihot Mill.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
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Synonym	Janipha Kunth Jatropha L. p.p. Mandioca Link
English name	cassava; manihot, manioc
French name	manioc
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Other name	Maniok (german); manioca (italian)
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Latin name	Manihot aesculifolia (Kunth) Pohl
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Ecology
Use	fd
Synonym	Janipha aesculifolia Kunth Jatropha aesculifolia Kunth Jatropha aesculifolia Steud. Manihot gualanensis S.F.Blake Manihot intermedia Weath. Manihot olfersiana Pax
English name	horsechesnutleaf cassava
French name	manioc à feuilles de marronier
Spanish name	yuca, yuca cimarrona, yuca de monte, yuca sylvestre
Other name	batul, chichput, tacote, yquilla
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Latin name	Manihot auriculata McVaugh
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Nayarit)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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English name	auriculate cassava
French name	manioc auriculé
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Latin name	Manihot caudata Greenm.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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English name	caudate cassava
French name	manioc caudé
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Latin name	Manihot michaelis McVaugh
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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English name	Michael cassava
French name	manioc de Michael
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Latin name	Manihot oaxacana D.J.Rogers & Appan
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Oaxaca)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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English name	Oaxaca cassava
French name	manioc d'Oaxaca
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Latin name	Manihot rubricaulis I.M.Johnst.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Durango)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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English name	redstem cassava
French name	manioc à tige rouge
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Latin name	Manihot rubricaulis ssp. isoloba (Standl.) D.J.Rogers & Appan
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chihuahua)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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Synonym	Manihot isoloba Standl.
English name	equallobes redstem cassava
French name	manioc à tige rouge à lobes égaux
Spanish name	pato de gallo
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Latin name	Manihot rubricaulis I.M.Johnst. ssp. rubricaulis
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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English name	typical redstem cassava
French name	manioc à tige rouge typique
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Latin name	Manihot tomatophylla Standl. ex Leavenw.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Michoacàn)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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English name	Mexican cassava
French name	manioc du Mexique
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Latin name	Manihot websteri D.J.Rogers & Appan
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Puebla)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Manihot websterae D.J.Rogers & Appan
English name	Webster cassava
French name	manioc de Webster
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Latin name	Manilkara Adans.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Achras L. Chiclea Lundell Eichleria M.Hartog non Progel Kaukenia Kuntze Manilkara subgen. Euachras Gilly Manilkara subgen. Eumanilkara (Dubard) Gilly Manilkara subgen. Manilkariopsis Gilly Manilkara subgen. Nisperoa Gilly Manilkara sect. Eumanilkara Dubard Manilkariopsis (Gilly) Lundell Mimusops L. Mimusops subgen. Eumimusops Miq. Mimusops subgen. Manilkara (Adans.) Pierre & Urb. Mimusops subgen. Muriea (M.Hartog) Pierre & Urb. Mimusops subgen. Ternaria (A.DC.) Engl. Mimusops sect. Muriea (M.Hartog) M.Hartog Mimusops sect. Murieanthe Baill. Mopania Lundell Murianthe (Baill.) Aubrév. Muriea M.Hartog Nispero Aubrév. Sapota Mill. Shaferodendron Gilly Synarrhena Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
English name	balata; bullet wood, manilkara, sapodilla, sapote p.p., wild dilly
French name	balata; manilkara
Spanish name	chicozapote
Other name	manilkara (italian); Manilkara (german); sapoti, sapoti mawon (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Manilkara bidentata (A.DC.) A.Chev.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama, Lesser Antilles) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel [sci] mes
Use	fd (fruits) ma (milky latex used for making of non elastic rubber for machine belts and boot soles) sa ti
Synonym	Mimusops bidentata A.DC.
English name	common balata; balata, beef wood (Guyana); bullet; bullet wood (Guyana, St. Lucia); bulletwood; bully-tree (Barbados); gooseberry (Tobago); horseflesh, red lancewood, sapodilla, wild dilly
French name	balata franc; arbre boulet; balata (Dominican Republic); balata gomme; balata rouge (French Guiana); balate (Guadeloupe, Martinique); bois noir (Guadeloupe); bois-balata, bois-négresse; sapotille, sapotille noir (Haiti); sapotiller marron, sapotiller noir, sapotillia marron, sapotillier marron, sapotillier noir (Guadeloupe)
Spanish name	acana (Dominican Republic); acaná (Venezuela); ausuba, ausubo (Puerto Rico); balata (Guyana, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); balatá (Dominican Republic); balata roja; chicle (Colombia); chicozapote (Mexico); nisperillo (Colombia); nispero (Panama); pamashto (Peru); pendare (Guyana, Venezuela); purgo (Venezuela); purguo (Guyana, Venezuela); purguo morado (Guyana); quinilla, quinilla colorada (Peru); sapotillo (Dominican Republic); trapichero (Colombia)
Other name	balata (Brazil, Suriname); Balatabaum (german); boéti (Suriname); bois boulet abeille (creole); boïti (aukaans); bolletrie (Suriname); boroni, borowé (arawak); botrie (Suriname); fofodo (ticuna); macaranduba (Brazil); maçaranduba (portuguese, Brazil); manilkara (kalihna); maparajuba (Brazil); massaranduba (portuguese, Brazil); matiou paou (saramaccan); mazarandua, meñino-kudna (huitoto); paardevlesschout, parata (Suriname); sapatia oudou (saramaccan); sapoti, sapoti nwa (creole, Haiti); yugo de charapa (huitoto)
Trade name	balata, beefwood, bulletwood

Latin name	Manilkara bidentata (A.DC.) A.Chev. ssp. bidentata
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	ma ti
Synonym	Manilkara balata Dubard Manilkara balata var. cruegeri (Pierre) Dubard Manilkara balata var. gutta (Pierre) Dubard Manilkara balata var. hartii (Pierre) Dubard Manilkara balata var. melinonis (Pierre) Dubard Manilkara balata var. schomburgkii (Pierre) Dubard Manilkara balata var. sieberi (A.DC.) Dubard Manilkara bidentata var. cruegeri (Pierre) A.Chev. Manilkara darienensis (Pittier) Standl. Manilkara longiciliata Ducke Manilkara williamsii Standl. Mimusops balata Pierre ex Dubard Mimusops balata var. cruegeri Pierre Mimusops balata var. gutta Pierre Mimusops balata var. hartii Pierre Mimusops balata var. melinonis Pierre Mimusops balata var. schomburgkii Pierre Mimusops balata var. sieberi (A.DC.) Pierre Mimusops darienensis Pittier Mimusops sieberi A.DC. non Chapm. Sapota mulleri Bleekrod
English name	typical common balata; balata bullet tree, bullet, bully tree (Guyana)
French name	balata franc typique; balata blanc, balata franc p.p., balata gomme, balata huile, balata rouge, balata saignant, bohiti, boite, boiti, boiti balata (French Guiana)
Spanish name	acana-acana, acano (Venezuela); balata; caimetillo (Colombia); cuberu (Venezuela); leche de platano (Colombia); nispero (Panama, Venezuela); nispero montanero (Venezuela); purgo, purguillo, purguo, purguo blanco, purguo morado, purvio (Venezuela); quinilla, quinilla colorado (Peru); trapichero (Colombia)
Other name	boeroewe, bolletrie (Suriname)
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Latin name	Manilkara bidentata ssp. surinamensis (Miq.) T.D.Penn.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama, Lesser Antilles) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fd ma ma(ob) (gum production) ti (poles, tables and other constructions)
Synonym	Achras nitida Sessé & Moç. Manilkara amazonica (Huber) A.Chev. Manilkara balata auct. non (Pierre) Dubard Manilkara balata var. domingensis (Pierre) Dubard Manilkara nitida (Sessé & Moç.) Dubard Manilkara riedleana (Pierre ex Baill.) Dubard Manilkara siqueiraei Ducke Manilkara surinamensis (Miq.) Dubard Mimusops amazonica Huber Mimusops balata Miq. & Eichler Mimusops balata var. domingensis Pierre Mimusops bidentata auct. non A.DC. Mimusops domingensis (Pierre) Moscoso Mimusops longiciliata Ducke Mimusops maparajuba Huber Mimusops nitida (Sessé & Moç.) Urb. Mimusops reticulata Huber ex Ducke Mimusops riedleana Pierre ex Baill. Mimusops surinamensis Miq.
English name	Suriname common balata; black balata (Guyana); bullet tree (Dominica); bullet wood (Virgin Islands); bully tree (Dominica)
French name	balata franc du Surinam; boiti (French Guiana)
Spanish name	ausubo (Puerto Rico); chicle (Colombia, Venezuela); masaranduba (Bolivia); quinilla colorada (Peru)
Other name	balata; bastard bolletrie (Suriname); caramuxy (Brazil); iwakush (Guyana); maçaranduba, maparajuba, massaranduba, massaranduba balata, massaranduba braba, massaranduba casca lisa, massaranduba chicle, massaranduba da caatinga, massaranduba da restinga, massaranduba da terra firme, massaranduba do igapó, massaranduba folha verde, massaranduba irana, massaranduba mansa, massaranduba pendaria, massaranduba vermelha (Brazil); oopow (Ecuador); pendare, pendare purue (arecuna, Venezuela); pendaria da serra (Brazil)
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Latin name	Manilkara chicle (Pittier) Gilly
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D (where subject to a seasonal climate) E
Ecology
Use	fd (chewing gum) ma ti (boat structure and keel folded with steam, farm buildings, heavy construction, heels, loom shuttle and other tools for textile, mill equipment, mine props, pieces, pulp and paper equipment, railroad ties, tool handles, turned work, writing-desk)
Synonym	Achras calcicola Pittier Achras chicle Pittier Manilkara calcicola (Pittier) Gilly Manilkara calcicola var. colombiana Gilly Mopania calcicola (Pittier) Lundell Mopania chicle (Pittier) Lundell
English name	chicle balata; crown gum; male sapodilla (Belize)
French name	balata chicle
Spanish name	chicle (Guatemala, Honduras); chicle macho (Belize, Guatemala); chico zapote (Mexico); chiquibul (Guatemala); male sapodilla (Belize); muy (Guatemala); níspero (Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua); níspero chicle (Costa Rica); níspero de montaña (El Salvador); nispero de monte (Colombia); níspero sylvestre; oreja de burro (Guatemala); sapodilla macho (Belize)
Other name	kula (kuna, Panama)
Trade name	male sapodilla (Belize)

Latin name	Manilkara excisa (Urb.) H.J.Lam.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Mimusops excisa Urb.
English name	sappa balata; sapodilla, sappa
French name	balata sappa
Spanish name	mammee, sapodilla, sappa
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Latin name	Manilkara gonavensis (Urb. & Ekman) Gilly ex Cronquist
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Isla Gonave; Dominican Republic?)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
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Synonym	Mimusops gonavensis Urb. & Ekman
English name	Gonave balata
French name	balata de Gonave; sapotille marron (Haiti)
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Latin name	Manilkara jaimiqui (C.Wright) Dubard
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology
Use	ma ti
Synonym	Mimusops jaimiqui C.Wright ex Griseb.
English name	wilddilly balata; wild sapodilla (USA); wild-dilly (Bahamas, USA)
French name	balata jaimiquí
Spanish name	acana, jaimiquí (Cuba); jaiqui, jamiquí, nisperillo, nisperillo de hoja fines (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Manilkara jaimiqui ssp. emarginata (L.) Cronquist
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, Greater Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E [D]
Ecology
Use	fd (fruits)
Synonym	Achras bahamensis Baker Achras emarginata (L.) Little Achras sapota L. p.p. Achras zapotilla var. parvifolia Nutt. Manilkara bahamensis (Baker) H.J.Lam. & Meeuse Manilkara emarginata H.J.Lam. Manilkara emarginata (L.) Britton & P.Wilson non H.J.Lam. Manilkara emarginata ssp. typica Cronquist Manilkara parvifolia (Nutt.) Dubard Mimusops bahamensis (Baker) Pierre Mimusops depressa (A.DC.) Pierre Mimusops dissecta R.Br. Mimusops emarginata (L.) Britton Mimusops floridana Engl. Mimusops jaimiqui Wright Mimusops parvifolia (Nutt.) Radlk. Mimusops parvifolia R.Br. Sapota achras var. depressa A.DC. Sloanea emarginata L.
English name	emarginate wilddilly balata; wild dilly (Bahamas); wild sapodilla; wild-dilly (Bahamas)
French name	balata jaimiquí à feuilles émarginées; sapotiller à feuilles émarginées
Spanish name	almiqui, jaimiqui (Cuba)
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Latin name	Manilkara jaimiqui ssp. haitensis (Cronquist) Cronquist
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
Use	ti
Synonym	Manilkara emarginata ssp. haitensis Cronquist
English name	Haiti wilddilly balata
French name	balata jaimiquí d'Haïti
Spanish name	ausuba; jaimiquí, jaiquí (Dominican Republic); mameyuelo; nisperillo, nisperillo de hojas finas (Dominican Republic); zapote de costa
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Latin name	Manilkara jaimiqui (C.Wright) Dubard ssp. jaimiqui
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology
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Synonym	Manilkara emarginata ssp. jaimiqui (C.Wright) Cronquist
English name	typical wilddilly balata
French name	balata jaimiquí typique
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Latin name	Manilkara jaimiqui ssp. wrightiana (Pierre) Cronquist
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Manilkara emarginata ssp. wrightiana (Pierre) Cronquist Manilkara howardii Gilly Manilkara wrightiana (Pierre) Dubard Mimusops camagueyensis Urb. Mimusops wrightiana Pierre
English name	Wright wilddilly balata
French name	balata jaimiquí de Wright
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Latin name	Manilkara mayarensis (Ekman ex Urb.) Cronquist
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Manilkara mayarensis ssp. moaensis (Gilly) Borhidi Manilkara mayarensis var. nipensis Kitan. Manilkara mayarensis var. parvifolia Kitan. Mimusops mayarensis Ekman ex Urb. Shaferodendron mayarensis (Ekman ex Urb.) Gilly Shaferodendron moaensis Gilly
English name	Mayari balata
French name	balata de Mayari
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Latin name	Manilkara pleeana (Pierre ex Baill.) Cronquist
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes [xer]
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Synonym	Achras duplicata Sessé & Moç. Manilkara duplicata (Sessé & Moç.) Dubard Mimusops duplicata (Sessé & Moç.) Urb. Mimusops pleeana Pierre ex Baill.
English name	Plée balata
French name	balata de Plée
Spanish name	ausuba, ausubo, machuelo, mameyuelo, nameyuelo, zapote de costa (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Manilkara sideroxylon (Griseb.) Dubard
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg calc
Use	ti
Synonym	Achras sideroxylon Hook. f. Mimusops jamaicensis Pierre Mimusops pauciloba Pierre ex Baill. Mimusops sideroxylon (Griseb.) Pierre Sapota sideroxylon Griseb.
English name	naseberry balata; naseberry; naseberry bullet, naseberry bully, red-gut bullet (Jamaica)
French name	balata sideroxylon
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