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Latin name	Myrtus L.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	myrtle
French name	myrte
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Other name	Myrte (german); mirto (italian)
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Latin name	Myrtus calycolpoides (Griseb.) Burret
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Psidium calycolpoides Griseb.
English name	Cuban myrtle
French name	myrte de Cuba
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Latin name	Myrtus calycolpoides (Griseb.) Burret ssp. calycolpoides
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	typical Cuban myrtle
French name	myrte de Cuba typique
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Latin name	Myrtus calycolpoides ssp. jackii (Urb. ) Borhidi
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Psidium jackii Urb. Psidium versicolor Urb.
English name	Jack Cuban myrtle
French name	myrte de Cuba de Jack
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Latin name	Myrtus tiburona (Urb. & Ekman) Borhidi
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Tiburon, Massif de la Hotte)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Eugenia tiburona Urb. & Ekman
English name	Tiburon myrtle
French name	myrte de Tiburon
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Latin name	Myrtus tussacii (Urb. & Ekman) Burret
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Montagne Trou d'Eau, Morne à Cabrits; Dominican Republic)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Eugenia tussacii Urb. & Ekman
English name	Tussac myrtle
French name	myrte de Tussac
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Latin name	Naucleopsis Miq.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Acanthosphaera Warb. non Lemmerm. Ogcodeia Bureau Oncodeia Benth. Palmolmedia Ducke Tramoia Schwacke & Taub. Uleodendron Rauschert
English name	naucleopsis
French name	naucleopsis
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Latin name	Naucleopsis capirens C.C.Berg
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize, Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Capira naucleopsis
French name	naucleopsis de Capira
Spanish name	norte, pegunde, venenillo, veneno (Ecuador)
Other name	lilcha, penni yu teig (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Naucleopsis naga Pittier
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes
Use	fr (fruits) ti (construction)
Synonym	Ogcodeia naga (Pittier) Mildbr.
English name	naga naucleopsis
French name	naucleopsis naga
Spanish name	amargo, amargoso, concha de Indio, majao de Indio, palo P.?, quina (Honduras); sulfate (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Naucleopsis naga Pittier ssp. naga
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	typical naga naucleopsis
French name	naucleopsis naga typique
Spanish name	palo veneno (Ecuador); sulfate (Nicaragua); venenillo (Ecuador)
Other name	venenu teiug (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Naucleopsis straminea C.C.Berg
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	strawcoloured naucleopsis
French name	naucleopsis jaune-paille
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Latin name	Naucleopsis ulei (Warb.) Ducke
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage
Ecology	xer
Use	fd ti (general construction)
Synonym	Acanthosphaera amara (Ducke) Ducke Acanthosphaera ulei Warb. Naucleopsis amara Ducke Ogcodeia amara (Ducke) Ducke Ogcodeia ulei (Warb.) J.F.Macbr.
English name	Ule naucleopsis
French name	naucleopsis d'Ule
Spanish name	cabezita (Ecuador)
Other name	chihuila (quichua, Ecuador); amacá (ticuna)
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Latin name	Naucleopsis ulei ssp. puberula C.C.Berg
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	puberulent Ule naucleopsis
French name	naucleopsis d'Ule pubérulant
Spanish name	palo veneno, veneno (Ecuador)
Other name	tyunivecchi (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Nectandra Rol. ex Rottb.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Damburneya Raf. Nectandra P.J. Bergius Nectandra subgen. Eunectandra Mez Ocotea subgen. Nectandra (Rol. ex Rottb.) Kosterm.
English name	nectandra; lancewood p.p.; silverballi (Guyana)
French name	nectandra
Spanish name	laurel
Other name	baaka-apiesi-ie, pisie (Suriname); shirua
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Latin name	Nectandra ambigens (S.F.Blake) C.K.Allen
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D?
Ecology	hel hyg calc->sili
Use	ti (boards, flooring)
Synonym	Phoebe ambigens S.F.Blake
English name	ambiguous nectandra
French name	nectandra ambigu
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Guatemala); aguacatillo negro, guambo (Honduras); laurel (Guatemala, Mexico); laurel chilpatillo, laurellillo (Mexico); quizarrá
Other name	onté (tzeltal)
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Latin name	Nectandra belizensis (Lundell) C.K.Allen
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	sci
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Synonym	Nectandra schippii C.K.Allen Phoebe belizensis Lundell
English name	Belize nectandra; timbersweet, white laurel (Belize)
French name	nectandra du Belize
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Latin name	Nectandra bicolor Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	bicolour nectandra
French name	nectandra bicolore
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Latin name	Nectandra caudatoacuminata O.C.Schmidt
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Massif de la Hotte, Les Roseaux)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Ocotea caudato-acuminata (O.C.Schmidt) Alain
English name	acuminate nectandra
French name	nectandra acuminé
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Latin name	Nectandra cissiflora Nees
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Use	ti
Synonym	Nectandra capanahuensis O.C.Schmidt Nectandra kaburiensis Kosterm. Nectandra kuntzeana Mez Nectandra myriantha Meisn. Nectandra myriantha var. attenuata Meisn. Nectandra myriantha var. glabrata Meisn. Nectandra paulii C.K.Allen Nectandra steinbachii O.C.Schmidt Nectandra surinamensis Mez
English name	ivyflower nectandra
French name	nectandra à fleurs de lierre; cèdre noir (French Guiana)
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Mexico); canelo (Ecuador); laurel mayor (Bolivia); moena amarilla, moena blanca, muena (Peru); negrillo (Bolivia); roble, tinche (Peru)
Other name	canela, canela fedida (Brazil); gatamoro (quichua, Ecuador); geómebo (waorani, Ecuador); kraspisi, kraspisie (Suriname); louro babão, massaranduba branca (Brazil)
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Latin name	Nectandra colorata Lundell
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	calc
Use	fw
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English name	coloured nectandra
French name	nectandra coloré
Spanish name	contra, laurel (Mexico)
Other name	aj chäk säk tz'unu'unte (maya)
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Latin name	Nectandra coriacea (Sw.) Griseb.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	[hel] hyg->xer calc
Use	dr (leaves decoction with salt taken orally for digestive tract ailments) fr sa ti
Synonym	Damburneya maritima Raf. Gymnobalanus catesbyanus (Michx.) Nees Laurus catesbyana Michx. Laurus coriacea Sw. Nectandra anonyma Steud. Nectandra boniato A.Rich. Nectandra catesbyana (Michx.) Sarg. Nectandra cigua A.Rich. Nectandra martinicensis Fawc. & Rendle non Mez Nectandra neesii D.Dietr. Nectandra sanguinea Griseb. Nectandra willdenoviana Nees Nectandra willdenoviana var. latifolia Meisn. Nectandra willdenoviana var. obliterata Meisn. Ocotea catesbyana (Michx.) Sarg. Ocotea coriacea (Sw.) Britton Ocotea lundellii Standl. Oreodaphne coriacea (Sw.) Nees
English name	Florida nectandra; bastard torch, black torch, blacktorch (Bahamas); camphor tree (USA); cap-beery sweetwood (Jamaica); capberry sweetwood; Jamaica nectandra (Virgin Gorda); Jamaica ocotea p.p., lacewood; lancewood (Bahamas, USA); peper cillament; small-leaved sweetwood (Jamaica); sweet torch, sweet torchwood (Bahamas); sweet wood; sweet-wood (Belize, Netherlands Antilles); sweetwood (Grenadines, Jamaica); timber sweet wood (Jamaica)
French name	nectandra de Floride; bois doux nègresse, bois doux noir (Guadeloupe); bois doux-négresse; bois fourmi (Guadeloupe); bois négresse (Guadeloupe, Martinique); bois vidon (Guadeloupe); bois-négresse; laurier (Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique); laurier blanc (Haiti); laurier fine (Martinique); laurier gris; laurier marbré (Grenada); laurier noir
Spanish name	avespilla, avispillo (Puerto Rico); boniate (Cuba); boniato prieto (Cuba, Dominican Republic); cabirma aromática (Dominican Republic); cabirmia aromatica (Costa Rica); cigua (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cigua blanca (Dominican Republic); cigua de costa (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic); laurel (Belize, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico); laurel avispillo (Costa Rica, Puerto Rico); laurel cigua (Puerto Rico); lebisa (Cuba); palo de gas (Mexico); sigua (Cuba, Dominican Republic); siguaraya (Cuba)
Other name	lorie blan (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Nectandra cufodontisii (O.C.Schmidt) C.K.Allen
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Ocotea cufodontisii O.C.Schmidt Ocotea seibertii C.K.Allen
English name	Cufodontis nectandra
French name	nectandra de Cufodontis
Spanish name	quizarrá, quizarrá amarillo (Costa Rica); sigua, sigua amarilla, sigua baboso (Panama)
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Latin name	Nectandra cuspidata Nees & Mart.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr (bark infusion used against stomachache) fd (fruits) ma (coloring) ti (boat cover, cabinet work, carpentry, construction, flooring, furniture, plywood, sawn timber, veneer)
Synonym	Nectandra gentlei Lundell Nectandra membranacea ssp. cuspidata (Nees & Mart.) Rohwer Nectandra olivacea Lasser Nectandra pichurim var. cuprea Mez
English name	cuspidate nectandra
French name	nectandra cuspidé
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Honduras, Mexico); aguacatillo negro (Honduras); atadijo moena (Peru); canelo (Nicaragua); finto (Colombia); jigua (Honduras); kerati, keriti (Guyana); laurel (Colombia, Mexico); laurel amarillo, laurel eucalipto, laurel rastrojero, laurelito (Venezuela); moena amarilla, moenilla blanca, palo rosa, roble, roble amarillo, roble corriente, roble corriente de altura (Peru); yobini (Bolivia)
Other name	canela babosa (Brazil); gewone pisie (Suriname); guada-yek (Venezuela); louro, louro bosta, louro branco, louro preto, louro tumanqueira (Brazil); pisi (Suriname); shiroua, shirua, shirwa (Guyana)
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Latin name	Nectandra globosa (Aubl.) Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Use	fr fw (fuel) ti (general construction)
Synonym	Laurus globosa Aubl. Nectandra globosa var. barbeyana Mez Nectandra pisi Miq. Nectandra vaga Meisn. Nectandra vaga var. major Meisn. Nectandra vaga var. sprucei Meisn. Nectandra vaga var. vulgaris Meisn. Ocotea globosa (Aubl.) Schltdl. & Cham. Persea globosa (Aubl.) Spreng.
English name	globose nectandra; shirua, silverballi (Guyana); sweetwood; white silverballi (Guyana)
French name	nectandra globuleux; apisi, cèdre, cèdre blanc, cèdre noir, vrai cèdre (French Guiana)
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Costa Rica); aguacatillo negro (Honduras); canau, laurel blanco (Venezuela); moena amarilla, moena blanca, muena (Peru); quizarrá (Costa Rica); sigua (Panama)
Other name	heburu, iro (Guyana); kereti wadili (Suriname); louro (Brazil); pisi hoedoe, pisie (Suriname); tabau-yek (Venezuela); tingui-chi-apici (aukaans and sranan, French Guiana); zwarte pisi (Suriname)
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Latin name	Nectandra hihua (Ruiz & Pav.) Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg->mes calc acid
Use	fr fw (fuel) ti (cabinet work, decorative veneer, general construction, interior and exterior construction, Magnolia yorocante substitute for furniture)
Synonym	Laurus globosa Lam. non (Aubl.) Mez Laurus hihua Ruiz & Pav. Nectandra albiflora Lundell Nectandra antillana Meisn. Nectandra bredemeyeriana Nees Nectandra glabrescens Benth. Nectandra grandiflora var. latifolia Meisn. Nectandra guanaiensis Rusby Nectandra leucantha Griseb. p.p. Nectandra leucantha var. attenuata Meisn. Nectandra leucantha var. guianensis Meisn. Nectandra leucantha var. peruviana Meisn. Nectandra lucida Nees Nectandra magnoliifolia A.Rich. Nectandra maranonensis O.C.Schmidt Nectandra megaphylla Hassl. Nectandra schomburgkii Meisn. Nectandra tessmanii O.C.Schmidt Nectandra willdenoviana Nees Sassafridium macrophyllum Rose
English name	hihua nectandra; laurel (Belize); long leaved, long leaved sweetwood, shingle wood, shingle-wood, shinglewood (Jamaica); sweetwood (Belize, Jamaica); white wood, white-wood (Jamaica); wild pear (Belize); yellow sweetwood (Jamaica)
French name	nectandra hihua; bois doux avocat (Guadeloupe); bois-laurier; laurier à grandes feuilles (Haiti); laurier caca (Grenada); laurier gland (Martinique); laurier grandes feuilles (Haiti); laurier-cerise
Spanish name	aguacate del monte (El Salvador, Guatemala); aguacatillo (Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico); aguacatillo blanco, aguacatillo negro (Honduras); boniato (Cuba); canelón (El Salvador); cigua, cigua laurel (Dominican Republic); geo rojo (Puerto Rico); jigua (Ecuador, Honduras); laurel (Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela); laurel amarillo (Venezuela); laurel blanco (Dominican Republic, Mexico); laurel bobo (Puerto Rico); laurel cambrón (Dominican Republic); laurel cobo (Puerto Rico); laurelillo, laurelón (Mexico); moena, moena amarilla, moena blanca, moena negra, muena (Peru); quizarrá (Costa Rica); sate huala, sigua (Panama); tepeaguacate (Mexico); tihua (Ecuador); tisate (Panama)
Other name	lorie gran fèy (creole, Haiti); onte (tzeltal, Mexico); pisie, zwarte pisie (Suriname)
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Latin name	Nectandra hypoleuca Hammel
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	whitish nectandra
French name	nectandra blanchâtre
Spanish name	chigua, jigua (Honduras)
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Latin name	Nectandra krugii Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	ma ti
Synonym	Nectandra discolor Griseb. non (Kunth) Nees Ocotea krugii (Mez.) Howard
English name	Krug nectandra
French name	nectandra caillé; bois doux avocat, bois doux jaune (Guadeloupe); bois doux-Desbonnes, laurier caillé (Lesser Antilles); laurier gland (Martinique)
Spanish name	laurel, laurel canelón (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Nectandra laurel Klotzsch ex Nees
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) South America
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology
Use	ti (posts)
Synonym	Nectandra laurel var. glabrescens Meisn. Nectandra mollis ssp. laurel (Klotzsch ex Nees) Rowher
English name	laurellike nectandra
French name	nectandra faux-laurier
Spanish name	laurel, laurel de hoja ancha, laurel hojiancho, laurel negro, loro (Venezuela)
Other name	ajua, ispingo (Ecuador); mundshuy pardo (Peru)
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Latin name	Nectandra leucocome Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
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English name	white nectandra
French name	nectandra blanc
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Other name	an (tzeltal, Mexico)
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Latin name	Nectandra lineata (Kunth) Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fw ti
Synonym	Nectandra amazonum var. oerstedii Meisn. Nectandra berchemiifolia var. caucana Meisn. Nectandra caucana (Meisn.) Mez Nectandra fuscobarbata (Mez) C.K.Allen Nectandra glabrescens var. fuscobarbata Mez Nectandra petenensis Lundell Ocotea lineata Kunth
English name	lineate nectandra; candlewood, sweetwood (Panama)
French name	nectandra ligné
Spanish name	aguacate de mico (El Salvador); aguacate montero (Nicaragua); aguacatillo (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua); aguacatillo lengua de zanate (Honduras); amarillo (Colombia); canelo blanco (Ecuador); guajavo de mito (Costa Rica); jigua babosa, laurel (Colombia); quizarrá (Costa Rica); sigua negro (Panama)
Other name	ajua (quichua, Ecuador); coin, tinchi, tundic (Ecuador)
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