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Latin name	Sabal Adans.
Family	Palmae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Inodes O.F.Cook
English name	palmetto; palmetto palm, sabal
French name	sabal; chou-palmiste
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Other name	latanye chapo; sabal (italian); Sabal-Palme (german)
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Latin name	Sabal allenii L.H.Bailey
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Allen palmetto
French name	sabal d'Allen
Spanish name	guágara (Panama)
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Latin name	Sabal bermudana L.H.Bailey
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (end Bermuda)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Chamaerops glabra Jones Chamaerops palmetto Michx. Inodes blackburniana O.F.Cook Sabal adansonii Lefroy non Guers. Sabal blackburniana Glazebr. Sabal palmetto Rein Sabal umbraculifera Read & Small non Mart.
English name	Bermuda palmetto; fan palm
French name	sabal des Bermudes
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Latin name	Sabal causiarum (O.F.Cook) Becc.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Haiti, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel
Use	ma (basketry, leaves split for matting, straw hats) pl
Synonym	Inodes causiarum O.F.Cook Inodes glauca Dammer Sabal haitensis Becc. Sabal questeliana L.H.Bailey
English name	PuertoRico palmetto; Puerto Rican hat palm, Puerto Rico hat-palm (Puerto Rico)
French name	sabal latanier; amarre (Guadeloupe); latanier chapeau (Haiti, St. Barthélemy); latanier jaune (Haiti); paille à chapeaux (Guadeloupe); palmier sabal (St. Barthélemy); zamarre
Spanish name	palma cana (Dominican Republic); palma de abanico, palma de cogollo, palma de sombrero, Puerto Rico palmetto, yarey (Puerto Rico)
Other name	latanye fran, latanye jòn (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Sabal domingensis Becc.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Jamaica, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	pl
Synonym	Corypha umbraculifera Jacq. non L. Sabal blackburniana Hort. non Glazebr. Sabal neglecta Becc. Sabal umbraculifera Mart.
English name	Hispaniola palmetto
French name	sabal d'Hispaniola; latania chapeau, latanier chapeau, paille (Haiti)
Spanish name	cana, palma cana, palma de cana (Dominican Republic)
Other name	latanye chapo, pay (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Sabal gretherae H.J.Quero
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Quintana Roo)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Grether palmetto
French name	sabal de Grether
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Latin name	Sabal guatemalensis Becc.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico, Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Guatemala palmetto
French name	sabal du Guatemala
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Latin name	Sabal jamaicensis Becc.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Sabal umbraculifera Griseb. non Mart.
English name	Jamaica palmetto; big thatch, bull thatch
French name	sabal de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Sabal mauritiiformis (H.Karst.) Griseb. & H.Wendl.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	ma (leaves used for roof thatch) ti (straight stems used for salt water piling)
Synonym	Sabal morrisiana Bartlett Sabal nematoclada Burret Trithrinax mauritiiformis H.Karst.
English name	Trinidad palmetto; bayleaf; bayleaf palm (Belize)
French name	palmetto de la Trinité
Spanish name	botán (Belize, Guatemala); carata (Venezuela); guagarón (Costa Rica)
Other name	soskak, wagara (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Sabal mexicana Mart.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SC SE North America (USA: S Texas; Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes->xer
Use	ma (house thatch: leaves) pl ti (wharf-piles: trunk)
Synonym	Inodes exul O.F.Cook Inodes mexicana Standl. Inodes texana O.F.Cook Sabal exul (O.F.Cook) L.H.Bailey Sabal texana (O.F.Cook) Becc.
English name	Mexican palmetto; Oaxaca palmetto, palmetto, Rio Grande palmetto, Texas palmetto, Victoria palmetto
French name	sabal du Mexique
Spanish name	guano (Guatemala); guano redondo; huano de sombrero (Guatemala); palma, palma apachite (Mexico); palma de micharos; palma de micheros (Mexico, USA); palma real, palma redonda, palmito (Mexico); soyate
Other name	apachijtli, ápatz; bonxaan; botan (Guatemala); boxa'an (Mexico); ma-sun-né, ma-sunné?, stilique-tsu'xuat; xa'an (Mexico)
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Latin name	Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	MC ME SC SE North America (USA: Oklahoma to North Carolina, Texas to Florida) int MW Eurasia (Republic of Georgia)
North America distribution zone	MC ME SC SE
Height	S?
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Use	ma
Synonym	Chamaerops acaulis Michx. Chamaerops louisiana Darby Corypha minor Jacq. Corypha pumila Walter Rhapis acaulis Willd. Sabal adansonii Guers. Sabal deeringiana Small Sabal glabra Sarg. non Mill. Sabal louisiana (Darby) Bomhard Sabal minimum Nutt. Sabal pumila (Walter) S.Elliot
English name	dwarf palmetto; bluestem, bush palmetto, Louisiana palmetto; scrub palm (USA)
French name	sabal nain
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Latin name	Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	ME SE North America (USA: North Carolina to Florida; Cuba, Panama) int MW Eurasia (Republic of Georgia)
North America distribution zone	ME SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg->xer
Use	cl (emblem tree of Florida and South Carolina States of USA) fd ma (used as weaving material) pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Corypha palmetto Walter Inodes palmetto (Walter) O.F.Cook Inodes schwarzii O.F.Cook Sabal jamesiana Small Sabal schwarzii Becc.
English name	cabbage palmetto; cabbage palmetto palm, cabbage-palm, Carolina palmetto, common palmetto, hat palmetto, palmetto, palmetto palm, pond thatch, pond top palm (Bahamas); pond-top, sabal
French name	sabal palmetto; chou palmiste, chou-palmiste, palmetto
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Other name	Dachpalme, Palmettopalme, Sabal-Palme (german)
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Latin name	Sabal parviflora Becc.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Corypha maritima Kunth Sabal florida Becc. Sabal maritima (Kunth) Burret Sabal mexicana Sauvalle non Mart.
English name	Cuban palmetto
French name	sabal à petites fleurs
Spanish name	guano cana, palma cana (Cuba)
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Latin name	Sabal uresana Trel.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fd (terminal buds) ma (leaves for thatch, terminal buds for basketery) ti (building houses)
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English name	Sonora palmetto
French name	sabal de Sonora
Spanish name	palma, tahcu (Mexico)
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Latin name	Sabal yapa C.Wright ex Becc.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico, Belize, Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
Use	dr fd ma (leaves used for roof thatch) ti
Synonym	Inodes japa Standl. Sabal japa C.Wright Sabal mayarum Bartlett
English name	japa palmetto; bayleaf palm, big thatch, thatch palm (Belize)
French name	sabal yapa
Spanish name	botan, botán (Belize); cana jata (Cuba); huano (Belize); rabo de toti (Cuba)
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Latin name	Sacoglottis Mart.
Family	Humiriaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Aubrya Baill. Saccoglottis Endl. Saccoglottis Walp.
English name	sacoglottis
French name	sacoglottis
Spanish name	corozo (Panama)
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Latin name	Sacoglottis holdridgei Cuatrec.
Family	Humiriaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Costa Rica: Cocos Islands)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Holdridge sacoglottis
French name	sacoglottis de Holdridge
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Latin name	Sacoglottis ovicarpa Cuatrec.
Family	Humiriaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	egglikefruit sacoglottis
French name	sacoglottis à fruits ovés
Spanish name	fruta de guatin
Other name	narmas, warmas (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Sacoglottis trichogyna Cuatrec.
Family	Humiriaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	mes
Use	ti (furniture, general carpentry, light construction, stucture wood used as floor framing, turned work)
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English name	Nicaragua sacoglottis
French name	sacoglottis du Nicaragua
Spanish name	cedro maria, chiricano (Costa Rica); manteco, rosita (Nicaragua)
Other name	narmas (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Sagotia Baill.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	sagotia
French name	sagotia
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Latin name	Sagotia racemosa Baill.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Sagotia racemosa var. genuina Müll.Arg. Sagotia racemosa var. ligularis Müll.Arg. Sagotia racemosa var. microsepala Müll.Arg. Sagotia tafelbergii Croizat
English name	racemose sagotia
French name	sagotia à grappes
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Latin name	Salacia L.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	salacia
French name	salacie
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Latin name	Salacia cordata (Miers) Mennega
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Acre)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Salacia acreana A.C.Sm. Salacia megistophylla Standl. Thermophila cordata Miers
English name	cordate salacia
French name	salacie cordée
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Latin name	Salacia elliptica (Mart. ex Roem. & Schult.) G.Don
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N M SC South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador: Napo, Pastaza; Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Use	dr (bark infusion against diarrhea) fd (fruits)
Synonym	Anthodon ellipticus Mart. Anthodus ellipticus Mart. ex Roem. & Schult. Anthodus oblongifolius Mart. ex Schult. Raddia elliptica (Mart. ex Roem. & Schult.) Miers Raddia fasciculata Miers Raddia firmifolia Miers Raddia lacunosa Miers Raddia oblongifolia (Mart. ex Schult.) Miers Salacia affinis Peyr. Salacia elliptica var. apiculata Peyr. Salacia elliptica var. genuina Peyr. Salacia elliptica var. oblongifolia (Mart. ex Schult.) Peyr. Salacia erythroxyloides Cambess. Salacia guianensis Klotzsch Salacia lacunosa (Miers) Peyr. Salacia oblongifolia (Mart. ex Schult.) G.Don Salacia obtusifolia Cambess. Salacia obtusifolia var. parviflora Cambess. Tonsella elliptica (Mart. ex Roem. & Schult.) Spreng. Tonsella oblongifolia (Mart. ex Schult.) Spreng. Tontelea elliptica (Mart. ex Roem. & Schult.) Spreng. ex B.D.Jacks. Tontelea erythroxyloides (Cambess.) Endl. ex Walp. Tontelea guianensis Klotzsch Tontelea oblongifolia (Mart. ex Schult.) Spreng. ex B.D.Jacks. Tontelea obtusifolia (Cambess.) Endl. ex Walp.
English name	elliptic salacia
French name	salacie elliptique
Spanish name	guapomó (Bolivia)
Other name	asambakái (sirionó, Bolivia)
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Latin name	Salacia gigantea Loes.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology
Use	fd
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English name	giant salacia
French name	salacie géante
Spanish name	colorado, guapomó (Bolivia)
Other name	sapaimoci (Bolivia)
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Latin name	Salacia impressifolia (Miers) A.C.Sm.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas, Pará)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	fd
Synonym	Anthodon grandiflorus Benth. Raddia grandiflora (Benth.) Miers Raddia impressifolia Miers Salacia grandiflora (Benth.) Peyr. Salacia polyanthomniaca Barb.Rodr.
English name	impressedleaf salacia
French name	salacie à feuilles imprimées
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Latin name	Salacia juruana Loes.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil: Acre, Amazonas, Roraima)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	RioJuruá salacia
French name	salacie du Rio Juruá
Spanish name	cachete de vieja (Venezuela); soga (Peru)
Other name	nina caspi (quichua, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Salacia multiflora (Lam.) DC.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N M South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas, Pará, Maranhao)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Hippocratea multiflora Lam. Salacia obovata Boivin ex Tul. Salacia pittieriana A.C.Sm. Thermophila rugulosa Miers
English name	manyflower salacia
French name	salacie multiflore
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Latin name	Salacia opacifolia (J.F.Macbr.) A.C.Sm.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Hippocratea opacifolia J.F.Macbr. Salacia gracilis A.C.Sm.
English name	opaqueleaf salacia
French name	salacie à feuilles opaques
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Latin name	Salacia petenensis Lundell
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama) NC South America (Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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English name	Petén salacia
French name	salacie de Petén
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