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Latin name	Purshia stansburiana (Torr.) Henr.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MW MC SW North America (USA: Idaho, California to Colorado and New Mexico; Mexico: Baja California to Coahuila, Jalisco to Guanajuato)
North America distribution zone	MW MC SW
Height	S?
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Synonym	Cowania alba Goodd. Cowania mexicana ssp. stansburiana (Torr.) E.Murray Cowania mexicana var. stansburiana (Torr.) Jeps. Cowania stansburiana Torr. Purshia mexicana var. stansburiana (Torr.) S.L.Welsh
English name	Stansbury bitterbrush; quininebush, Stansbury cliffrose (USA)
French name	purshia de Stansbury
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Latin name	Qualea Aubl.
Family	Vochysiaceae
Distribution
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English name	qualea
French name	qualéa
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Latin name	Qualea cymulosa Schery
Family	Vochysiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	cyme qualea
French name	qualéa à cymes
Spanish name	gorgojo (Panama)
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Latin name	Qualea paraensis Ducke
Family	Vochysiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica) N M South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology	hyg
Use	ex fd (fruits) ti (boxes, canoe, oars)
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English name	Pará qualea
French name	qualea de Pará
Spanish name	arenillo (Colombia); areno, masicaran, masicaron (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); nene (Costa Rica); yesca caspi (Peru)
Other name	jihui sama (chácobo, Bolivia)
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Latin name	Qualea polychroma Stafleu
Family	Vochysiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	polychrome qualea
French name	qualéa polychrome
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Other name	aili war, sapur aili (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Quararibea Aubl.
Family	Bombacaceae
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Synonym	Matisia Bonpl. p.p.
English name	swizzlesticktree
French name	bois-lélé
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Latin name	Quararibea asterolepis Pittier
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	ti (furniture)
Synonym	Quararibea stenophylla Pittier
English name	starscale swizzlesticktree
French name	bois-lélé à écailles étoilées
Spanish name	bastón de viejo, bastón del anciano (Honduras); cinco dedos, garrocho, guayabillo (Panama); molenillo (Costa Rica, Panama); panula, punula (Panama)
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Latin name	Quararibea aurantiocalyx W.S.Alverson
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	orangecalyx swizzlesticktree
French name	bois-lélé à calice orangé
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Latin name	Quararibea costaricensis W.S.Alverson
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	fr ma
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English name	CostaRica swizzlesticktree
French name	bois-lélé du Costa Rica
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Latin name	Quararibea funebris (La Llave) Vischer
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hyg calc [sili]
Use	cl fd (flowers, fruits, spice) ma ti (boxes, local construction, manual goods, matchsticks, packing)
Synonym	Lexarza funebris La Llave Myrodia guatemalteca Donn.Sm. Quararibea fieldii Millsp. Quararibea gentlei Lundell Quararibea guatemalteca (Donn.Sm.) Standl. & Steyerm.
English name	funeral swizzlesticktree; bass, swivel stick tree, swizzle stick tree (Belize)
French name	bois-lélé funèbre
Spanish name	bastidos, batidos (Belize); canela (Mexico); cincho, coco mama (Belize); cocomama, cocomana (Honduras); flor de cacao (Mexico); garroche (Costa Rica); madre de cacao, maricacao, molinillo (Mexico); moro (Guatemala); palanco (Costa Rica); palo capado, palo de molinillo (Mexico); pataste (Nicaragua)
Other name	cacahoa-xochitl (nahuatl); majáz (tzeltal)
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Latin name	Quararibea funebris (La Llave) Vischer ssp. funebris
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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English name	typical funeral swizzlesticktree; swizzle (Belize)
French name	bois-lélé funèbre typique
Spanish name	bastidos (Belize)
Other name	hu lu (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Quararibea funebris ssp. nicaraguensis W.S.Alverson
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Nicaragua funeral swizzlesticktree
French name	bois-lélé funèbre du Nicaragua
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Latin name	Quararibea gomeziana W.S.Alverson
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Use	fr
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English name	Gómez swizzlesticktree
French name	bois-lélé de Gómez
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Latin name	Quararibea parvifolia Standl.
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	smallleaf swizzlesticktree
French name	bois-lélé à petites feuilles
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Latin name	Quararibea pendula W.S.Alverson
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	fr
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English name	drooping swizzlesticktree
French name	bois-lélé pleureur
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Latin name	Quararibea platyphylla Pittier & Donn.Sm.
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	broadleaf swizzlesticktree
French name	bois-lélé à feuilles larges
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Latin name	Quararibea pterocalyx Hemsl.
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
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Use	fr
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English name	wingedcalyx swizzlesticktree; wild palm
French name	bois-lélé à calice ailé
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Latin name	Quararibea santaritensis W.S.Alverson
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	SantaRita swizzlesticktree
French name	bois-lélé de Santa Rita
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Latin name	Quararibea turbinata (Sw.) Poir.
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Lesser Antilles) NC South America (Suriname, French Guiana)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	ti
Synonym	Myrodia turbinata Sw.
English name	turbinate swizzlesticktree; millerwood (St. Eustatius); swizzle stick tree; swizzle-stick-tree (Lesser Antilles)
French name	bois-lélé turbiné; bois-lélé, lele, mapoulélé
Spanish name	asubillo (Puerto Rico); garrocho; molinero, molinillo (Dominican Republic); palo de garrocha (Puerto Rico); paragüita (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Quararibea yunckeri Standl.
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Quararibea parviflora Lundell
English name	Yuncker swizzlesticktree; black oak p.p. (Belize)
French name	bois-lélé de Yuncker
Spanish name	molinillo (Guatemala)
Other name	juyu (maya, Guatemala)
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Latin name	Quararibea yunckeri ssp. sessiliflora Miranda ex W.S.Alverson
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Veracruz, Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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English name	sessileflower Yuncker swizzlesticktree
French name	bois-lélé de Yuncker à fleurs sessiles
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Latin name	Quararibea yunckeri ssp. veracruzana W.S.Alverson
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Veracruz)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M?
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English name	VeraCruz Yuncker swizzlesticktree
French name	bois-lélé de Yuncker de Vera Cruz
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Latin name	Quararibea yunckeri Standl. ssp. yunckeri
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	typical Yuncker swizzlesticktree
French name	bois-lélé de Yuncker typique
Spanish name	coco mama (Honduras)
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Latin name	Quassia L.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution
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English name	quassia
French name	quassia
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Other name	Quassia (german); quassia (italian)
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Latin name	Quassia amara L.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
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Use	dr (bark and wood for fever, macerated bark decoction taken orally for fever, diphtheria and anorexia, vermifuge) fd (source of bitters) fr pl ti tx (source of poison in fly-papers)
Synonym	Quassia alatifolia Stokes Quassia amara Aubl.? Quassia amara var. grandiflora Hemsl. Quassia amara var. paniculata Engl. Quassia amara f. paniculata (Engl.) Cronquist Quassia officinalis Rich.
English name	Suriname quassia; bitter quassia, bitterwood (Panama); quassia wood (Puerto Rico); simaruba; stave wood, Surinam quassia wood (Brazil)
French name	quassia amer; acajou blanc, acayoa blanc, bois de Surinam; cayenne (Guadeloupe); cuassia (Haiti); quassia amara; quinine (Guadeloupe); quinine cayenne; quinquina-cayenne (Guadeloupe); simarouba
Spanish name	aceituno (Colombia); amargo (Ecuador); cedrillo (Colombia); cedro amargo (Ecuador); cedro blanco (Venezuela); cruceta, crucete (Panama); cuasia (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); cuña (Ecuador); guabo amargo, guavita amarga, guavito, guavito amargo (Panama); guavo (Costa Rica); guavo amargo (Panama); guitaro (Ecuador); hombre grande (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama); hombron (Costa Rica); juavita amarga (Panama); limoncillo (Honduras); marouba (Colombia); palo muñeco (Dominican Republic); puesilde (Panama); quassia (Peru); simaruba (Venezuela); tamburu caspi (Ecuador)
Other name	adonichi (dutch, Suriname); assoumaripa; Betterholz (german); marupa (portuguese, Brazil); quassia (Panama); quassia amara (italian); Quassia Holzbaum (german); soemaroepa (dutch, Suriname); udut pulu (Panama)
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Latin name	Quercus L.
Family	Fagaceae
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Synonym	Erythrobalanus (Oerst.) O.Schwarz Erythrobalanus (Spach.) O.Schwarz
English name	oak
French name	chêne
Spanish name	bellota (El Salvador); encina, encino, roble (Spanish America)
Other name	aguatle, ahoaquahuitl, ahoatl (Mexico); áhuatl (nahuatl, Mexico); artizak (euskara); babaisákan, baiúkan, bakaláu, banggái, basákan (Philippines); carvalho (italian); Eiche (german); jílim (huasteco, Mexico); mistiku-minagachi (montagnais, Canada); mitigomij (otchipwe, Canada); otokénha (mohawk, Canada); quercia (italian)
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Latin name	Quercus aaata C.H.Müll.
Family	Fagaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
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English name	Aa oak
French name	chêne d'Aa
Spanish name	encino (Honduras)
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Latin name	Quercus acatenangensis Trel.
Family	Fagaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Quercus acutifolia var. longifolia A.DC. Quercus ambivenulosa Trel. Quercus candolleana Trel. p.p. Quercus longifolia Liebm. non Raf. Quercus serrata Siebold & Zucc. non Thunb. Quercus xalapensis var. longifolia Wenz.
English name	Acatenango oak; sawtooth
French name	chêne d'Acatenango
Spanish name	encino; encino sunuj, sunuj (Guatemala)
Other name	masket
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Latin name	Quercus acerifolia (E.J.Palmer) Stoj. & W.J.Hess
Family	Fagaceae
Distribution	MC North America (USA: Arkansas)
North America distribution zone	MC
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	xer
Use	ex pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Quercus shumardii var. acerifolia E.J.Palmer
English name	mapleleaf oak
French name	chêne à feuilles d'érable
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Latin name	Quercus acherdophylla Trel.
Family	Fagaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Puebla)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M?
Foliage	D
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English name	pearleaf oak
French name	chêne à feuilles de poirier
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