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Latin name	Quetzalia standleyi (Lundell) Lundell
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Microtropis standleyi Lundell
English name	Standley quetzalia
French name	quetzalia de Standley
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Latin name	Quiina Aubl.
Family	Quiinaceae
Distribution
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English name	quiina
French name	quiina
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Latin name	Quiina amazonica A.C.Sm.
Family	Quiinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Use	dr (bark for complications postpartum and diarrhea) tx (makes one a little dizzy)
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English name	Amazonas quiina
French name	quiina de l'Amazonie
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Other name	sáka, tahukaskpi (shuar, Peru)
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Latin name	Quiina colonensis (D'Arcy) D'Arcy
Family	Quiinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Lacunaria colonensis D'Arcy
English name	Colón quiina
French name	quiina de Colón
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Latin name	Quiina cruegeriana Griseb.
Family	Quiinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Crueger quiina
French name	quiina de Crueger
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Other name	buengue (waorani, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Quiina jamaicensis Griseb.
Family	Quiinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	calc
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English name	mountainbay quiina; mountain bay, velvet seeds (Jamaica)
French name	quiina de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Quiina macrophylla Tul.
Family	Quiinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Costa Rica) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	bigleaf quiina
French name	quiina à grandes feuilles
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Latin name	Quiina schippii Standl.
Family	Quiinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Schipp quiina; pigeon plum (Belize)
French name	quiina de Schipp
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Latin name	Randia L.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Basanacantha Hook.f.
English name	randia
French name	randia
Spanish name	crucero, cruceto, crucillo (Mexico)
Other name	itzamte, pelcochicte, tzo tzob-ólom (huasteco, Mexico)
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Latin name	Randia aculeata L.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	ME SC SE North America (C Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; Bermuda, Bahamas, West Indies) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru)
North America distribution zone	ME SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hel mes->xer calc
Use	cl dr (leaves and bark decoction taken orally for dysentery and fever, latex for hemorrhage) fd ma
Synonym	Randia aculeata var. dasyphylla Steyerm.
English name	inkberry randia; berry (Jamaica); box briar (Bahamas, Bermuda, Jamaica, Puerto Rico); cashie tree (Lesser Antilles); Christmas tree (Puerto Rico); Christmas-tree (Virgin Islands); dog wood (Puerto Rico); fishing-rod (Antigua, Virgin Islands); fishingrod (Lesser Antilles); indigo (Jamaica); ink berry (Barbados, Jamaica, Puerto Rico); inkberry (Virgin Islands); lance wood (Cayman Islands); peetsch-kitam (Belize); prickle bush (Jamaica); steelwood (Bahamas); white indigo-berry
French name	randia petit-coco; bois balle, bois lance, bois quendville (Lesser Antilles); croc-à-chien (Haiti); petit coco (Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles); ti café, ti coco (Lesser Antilles)
Spanish name	agalla de costa (Cuba); árbol de Navidad (Puerto Rico); café cimarrón (Cuba); cambrón (Puerto Rico); corallero (Colombia); crucete (Mexico); cruceto (Colombia, Venezuela); crucilla (Mexico); crucito (El Salvador); escambrón (Puerto Rico); espino blanco (Costa Rica); espino cruz (Mexico); kajamikia (Nicaragua); maíz tostado, maría angola (Colombia); palo de cotorra, palo de Navidad (Puerto Rico); papachilla (Mexico); ramo de Navidad, resuelesuele, rusuelesuele, serrasuela (Dominican Republic); sota caballo (Puerto Rico); tintero (El Salvador); tintillo
Other name	iko nasi (kuna, Panama); kròk chen (creole, Haiti); leele, raboe die kabast, wakoera (Netherlands Antilles)
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Latin name	Randia aculeata L. var. aculeata
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	ME SC SE North America (C Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; Bermuda, Bahamas, West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	ME SC SE
Height	S?
Foliage	D?
Ecology	calc serp
Use	dr fd pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Gardenia randia L. Gardenia randia var. mitis (L.) Sw. Mussaenda rotundifolia Sessé & Moç. Randia aculeata var. chiapasina Loes. Randia aculeata var. mitis Eggers Randia aculeata var. mitis (L.) Griseb. Randia guatemalensis Standl. Randia karstenii Pol. Randia latifolia Lam. Randia latifolia var. micrantha Schltdl. Randia latifolia var. mitis (L.) DC. Randia mitis L. Randia montana L.O.Williams
English name	typical inkberry randia; bastard lime (Belize); box-briar (Puerto Rico); wild guava, wild lime, wild okra (Belize)
French name	randia petit-coco typique; croc-à-chien (Haiti)
Spanish name	agalla de costa, café cimarrón (Cuba); ramo de navidad, resuelesuele (Dominican Republic); tintillo (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Randia aculeata var. dasyclada Steyerm.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Veracruz; Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
Foliage	D
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Synonym	Randia obovata Kunth Randia tomatillo Loes.
English name	shaggytwig inkberry randia
French name	randia petit-coco à rameaux hirsutes
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Other name	ikonasi (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Randia aculeata var. jamaicensis (Spreng.) Adams
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage	D?
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Gardenia jamaicensis Spreng. Randia jamaicensis (Spreng.) Krug & Urb.
English name	Jamaica inkberry randia
French name	randia petit-coco de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Randia anisophylla Dwyer & Lorence
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	unequalleaf randia
French name	randia à feuilles inégales
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Latin name	Randia armata (Sw.) DC.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Lesser Antilles) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	xer
Use	fd fr (fruits) fw ti (Barbascos used it for catching fish) tx
Synonym	Basanacantha spinosa (Jacq.) K.Schum. Basanacantha spinosa var. guatemalensis K.Schum. & Loes. Gardenia armata Sw. Gardenia humboldtiana Roem. & Schult. Mussaenda humboldtiana (Roem. & Schult.) Steud. Mussaenda pubescens Kunth Mussaenda spinosa Jacq. Randia ovata Duchass. ex Griseb. Randia spinosa (Jacq.) H.Karst. Randia spinosa H.Karst. non (Thunb.) Poir.
English name	thorny randia; wild lime (Belize)
French name	randia épineux
Spanish name	caca de mico (El Salvador); cagalera (El Salvador, Honduras); crucecito, crucecito del monte; crucetilla (Honduras); crucillo (Costa Rica); crucito (Costa Rica, Guatemala); espino, espino blanco (Bolivia); flor de cruz (Costa Rica, Guatemala); grano duro; jagua macho (Costa Rica, Panama); jasmin cimarron (Honduras); jazmin cimarrón, jicarillo (El Salvador); limoncillo (Costa Rica); miel quema (Costa Rica, Panama); mostrenco (Costa Rica); palo de cruz (Costa Rica, Guatemala); pata de pollo (Bolivia); quichi (Bolivia); rosetillo (Guatemala, Panama); tinayerito (Bolivia); torolillo (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Randia armata (Sw.) DC. ssp. armata
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	typical thorny randia
French name	randia épineux typique
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Latin name	Randia armata ssp. panamensis (Standl.) Lorence
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Randia panamensis Standl.
English name	Panama thorny randia
French name	randia épineux du Panama
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Latin name	Randia brenesii Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Brenesi randia
French name	randia de Brenesi
Spanish name	cachitos (Costa Rica); ciprés (Nicaragua); horquetilla de montaña (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Randia calycosa Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	persistentcalyx randia
French name	randia à calice persistant
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Latin name	Randia echinocarpa Moç. & Sessé
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Sonora and Sinaloa to Guerrero)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	[S]
Foliage	D
Ecology	xer
Use	dr (malaria) fd (fruits) fr (fruits for birds)
Synonym	Basanacantha echinocarpa (Moç. & Sessé ex DC.) Bullock Genipa echinocarpa (Moç. & Sessé) A.Gray Solena echinocarpa (Moç. & Sessé) D.Dietr.
English name	prickledfruit randia
French name	randia à fruits épineux
Spanish name	papache (Mexico)
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Latin name	Randia genipifolia (Standl. & Steyerm.) Lorence
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Duroia genipifolia Standl. & Steyerm. Randia gentlei Lundell
English name	genipaleaf randia; wild calabash (Belize)
French name	randia à feuilles de genipa
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Latin name	Randia genipoides Dwyer
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	fr (monkey eat fruits)
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English name	falsegenipa randia
French name	randia faux-genipa
Spanish name	crucifijo negro, espino blanco (Nicaragua); jagua (Honduras)
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Latin name	Randia gentryi Dwyer
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Gentry randia
French name	randia de Gentry
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Latin name	Randia grandicarpa Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	bigfruit randia
French name	randia à gros fruits
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Latin name	Randia grandifolia (Donn.Sm.) Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Basanacantha grandifolia Donn.Sm.
English name	bigleaf randia
French name	randia à grandes feuilles
Spanish name	caca de mico, cantrito, crucito del grande (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Randia grayumii Dwyer & Lorence
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	sci
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English name	Grayum randia
French name	randia de Grayum
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Latin name	Randia lasiantha Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Basanacantha lasiantha Standl. Randia megalocarpa Dwyer
English name	woolly randia
French name	randia laineux
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Latin name	Randia matudae Lorence & Dwyer
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Casasia chiapensis Miranda
English name	Matuda randia
French name	randia de Matuda
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Latin name	Randia mayana Lundell
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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English name	Maya randia
French name	randia des Mayas
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Latin name	Randia mira Dwyer
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	mira randia
French name	randia mira
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