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Latin name Attalea butyracea (Mutis ex L.f.) Wess.Boer
Family Palmae
Distribution SE North America (Costa Rica) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela: N Bolívar, NW Amazonas, Apure, Barinas; Ecuador: Sucumbíos, Napo; Peru)
North America distribution zone SE
Height L
Foliage
Ecology hel
Use fr ma (leaves for roofing)
Synonym Attalea humboldtiana Spruce Attalea macrocarpa (H.Karst.) Wess.Boer Attalea macrolepis (Burret) Wess.Boer Attalea pycnocarpa Wess.Boer Cocos butyracea Mutis ex L.f. Scheelea brachyclada Burret Scheelea butyracea (Mutis ex L.f.) H.Karst. ex H.Wendl. Scheelea humboldtiana (Spruce) Burret Scheelea macrocarpa H.Karst. Scheelea macrolepis Burret Scheelea passargei Burret
English name oily attalea
French name attalea à l’huile
Spanish name conanbo (Ecuador); coroba, corozo (Venezuela); shevón (Peru); yagua (Venezuela)
Other name canambó, chapaja, locata (quichua, Ecuador)
Trade name
Latin name Attalea cohune Mart.
Family Palmae
Distribution SC SE North America (S Mexico to Nicaragua) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone SC SE
Height M
Foliage
Ecology
Use dr fd (leaves, nuts: cooking oil) fw (shells: charcoal ) ma (oil) ti (construction)
Synonym Orbignya cohune (Mart.) Dahlgren ex Standl.
English name cohune attalea; cocando boy (Belize); cohune, cohune nut, cohune palm, manaca shack
French name attalea cohune
Spanish name biscoyol, cohune (Belize); corós; corozo (Belize, Guatemala); coyol de leche (Nicaragua); desemoa (Nicaragua); manaca (Guatemala)
Other name chunciey, tutz (maya, Belize)
Trade name
Latin name Attalea crassispatha (Mart.) Burret
Family Palmae
Distribution SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone SE
Height L
Foliage E
Ecology
Use fd
Synonym Bornoa crassispatha O.F.Cook Cocos crassispatha Mart. ex Moscoso Maximiliana crassispatha Mart. Orbignya crassipatha (Mart.) Glassman
English name carossier attalea
French name attalea carossier; carosse (Haiti); carossier, caroussier, côrossié; corossier, petit coco, ti coco (Haiti)
Spanish name
Other name kawos, kawos etranje, kawosie, kawoziye, ti koko (creole, Haiti)
Trade name
Latin name Attalea gomphococca Mart.
Family Palmae
Distribution SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone SE
Height L
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym Scheelea gomphococca Burret
English name corozo attalea; cohune palm
French name attalea corozo
Spanish name corozo
Other name
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Latin name Attalea tessmannii Burret
Family Palmae
Distribution SE North America (Panama) MW South America (Peru)
North America distribution zone SE
Height L
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym
English name Tessmann attalea
French name attalea de Tessmann
Spanish name shapaja (Peru)
Other name katirna (shuar, Peru)
Trade name
Latin name Auerodendron Urb.
Family Rhamnaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
Height
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym
English name auerodendron; turtlefat
French name auerodendron
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Auerodendron acuminatum (Griseb.) Urb.
Family Rhamnaceae
Distribution SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone SE
Height S
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym Colubrina acuminata Griseb. Rhamnidium acuminatum Urb.
English name acuminate auerodendron
French name auerodendron acuminé
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Auerodendron cubense (Britton & P.Wilson) Urb.
Family Rhamnaceae
Distribution SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone SE
Height S
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym Reynosia excisa Urb. Rhamnidium cubense Britton & P.Wilson
English name Cuban auerodendron
French name auerodendron de Cuba
Spanish name cocuyo de costa, grajo (Cuba)
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Auerodendron jamaicense (Urb.) Urb.
Family Rhamnaceae
Distribution SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone SE
Height M
Foliage
Ecology calc
Use
Synonym Rhamnidium jamaicense Urb.
English name turtlefat auerodendron; turtle fat
French name auerodendron de la Jamaïque
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Auerodendron northropianum (Urb.) Urb.
Family Rhamnaceae
Distribution SE North America (Bahamas, Cuba)
North America distribution zone SE
Height S
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym Reynosia northropiana Urb.
English name Northrop auerodendron
French name auerodendron de Northrop
Spanish name cocuyo noble, sangre de toro (Cuba)
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Avicennia L.
Family Verbenaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
Height
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym Bontia L. Donatia Loefl. Halodendrum Thou. Racka J.F.Gmel. Sceura Forssk. Upata Adans.
English name avicennia; black mangrove (Bahamas); black tree (USA); black-mangrove, blackwood; green turtle bough (Bahamas, Jamaica); mangrove p.p.
French name avicennia; bois de mèche (Guadeloupe); manglier noir, palétuvier (Haiti)
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Avicennia bicolor Standl.
Family Verbenaceae
Distribution SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) NW NC South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone SC SE
Height M
Foliage
Ecology hyg
Use
Synonym
English name twincoloured avicennia
French name avicennia bicolore
Spanish name mangle negro (El Salvador)
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Avicennia germinans (L.) L.
Family Verbenaceae
Distribution M S North America (Mexico to Panama; USA: Texas, Louisiana, Mississipi and Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics and subtropics) NW NC MW MC [SC] Africa (Occidental coasts)
North America distribution zone MW MC ME SW SC SE
Height M[L]
Foliage E
Ecology hyg
Use dr (bark decoction bath for hemorrhoids, bark decoction rins for bleeding gums, bark decoction taken orally for diarrhea, intestinal irritation and colic, bark decoction wash for sore and wound, gum exudate lotion for skin disease) fd (honey) fw (charcoal) ma (tannin: bark) ti (boat, dragline mats, flooring, heavy construction, posts, turned work)
Synonym Avicennia elliptica Holm Avicennia floridana Raf. Avicennia germinans (L.) Stearn Avicennia germinans var. cumanensis (Kunth) Moldenke Avicennia germinans var. guayaquilensis (Kunth) Moldenke Avicennia lamarckiana C.Presl Avicennia meyeri Miq. Avicennia nitida Jacq. Avicennia oblongifolia Nutt. ex Chapm. Avicennia officinalis L. Avicennia officinalis var. lanceolata Kuntze Avicennia officinalis var. nitida Kuntze Avicennia tomentosa Jacq. Avicennia tomentosa var. cumanensis Kunth Avicennia tomentosa var. guayaquilensis Kunth Bontia germinans L. Hilairanthus nitidus (Jacq.) Tiegh. Hilairanthus tomentosus (Jacq.) Tiegh.
English name black avicennia; black mangrove (Bahamas, Panama, USA); black-mangrove (Bahamas, Jamaica, Virgin Gorda); blackmangrove, blackwood; blackwood-bush (Bahamas); courida, cruda (Guyana); green turtle bugh (Bahamas); greenturtle bourgh; honey mangrove (USA); limewood (Trinidad); mangrove; olive mangrove (Puerto Rico); saltpond-tree (Bahamas, Netherlands Antilles); white mangrove, white-mangrove (Panama); yellow mangle
French name avicennia noir; bois de mèche, chêne Guadeloupe, mangle blanc (Guadeloupe); mangle gris; manglier noir (Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Haiti); manglier (Dominican Republic, French Guiana); olive mangrove (Haiti); paletuvier blanc (French Guiana); paletuvier noir; palétuvier (Guadeloupe, Haiti); palétuvier blanc (French Guiana, Guadeloupe); palétuvier gris, palétuvier noir, palétuvier rouge
Spanish name angelín (Nicaragua); arbol de sal (El Salvador); árbol de sal, chifle de vaca (Mexico); comedero (Ecuador); courida (Guyana); culumate (Costa Rica, Mexico); iguanero (Colombia, Ecuador); ishtaten (El Salvador); istaten (El Salvador, Mexico); istatén (El Salvador); jeli salado (Peru); madre de sal, mangel blancu, mangle (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama); mangle algarrobo, mangle amarillo (Venezuela); mangle blanco (Mexico); mangle bobo (Mexico, Puerto Rico); mangle iguanero (Ecuador); mangle negro (Colombia, Guyana, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); mangle prieto (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Venezuela); mangle puyeque; mangle rosado (Venezuela); mangle salado (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela); manglecito (Mexico); palo de sal (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua); puyeque, saladillo (Mexico); salado (Puerto Rico); siete capas (Guyana); siete cueros (Puerto Rico); sietecapas (Venezuela)
Other name apalioe (Suriname); courida (Guyana); koroda (Suriname); mand nwa (creole, Haiti); mangel blanch (Netherlands Antilles); parwa (Suriname); seriba, siriuba (Brazil)
Trade name black mangrove, manglecito
Latin name Avicennia schaueriana Stapf & Leechm. ex Moldenke
Family Verbenaceae
Distribution SE North America (Martinique, St. Lucia, Grenada) C E South America (Trinidad, Guyana, Brazil, Uruguay)
North America distribution zone SE
Height M
Foliage E
Ecology
Use
Synonym Avicennia nitida var. trinitensis Moldenke Avicennia tomentosa sensu Maycock
English name white avicennia; black mangrove, white mangrove
French name avicennia gris; mangle gris (Martinique); mang salé (St. Lucia)
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Other name
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Latin name Avicennia tonduzii Moldenke
Family Verbenaceae
Distribution SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) W South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone SE
Height L
Foliage
Ecology hyg
Use fw (charcoal) ma (bark is used for tannin) ti (poles, railroad ties, posts, fence posts, furniture)
Synonym
English name Tonduz avicennia
French name avicennia de Tonduz
Spanish name mangle salado, mangle salsa, palo de sal (Costa Rica)
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Axinaea Ruiz & Pav.
Family Melastomataceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
Height
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym Chastenaea DC.
English name axinaea
French name axinea
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Axinaea costaricensis Cogn.
Family Melastomataceae
Distribution SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone SE
Height M
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym
English name CostaRica axinaea
French name axinea du Costa Rica
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Ayenia L.
Family Sterculiaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
Height
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym Ayenia Loefl. Cybiostigma Turcz. Dayenia Mill. Jungia Loefl.
English name ayenia
French name ayenia
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Ayenia laevigata Sw.
Family Sterculiaceae
Distribution SE North America (Jamaica)
North America distribution zone SE
Height S
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym
English name smooth ayenia
French name ayenia glabre
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Ayenia laevigata var. acuminata C.D.Adams
Family Sterculiaceae
Distribution SE North America (end Jamaica: Trelawny)
North America distribution zone SE
Height S
Foliage
Ecology calc
Use
Synonym
English name acuminate smooth ayenia
French name ayenia glabre acuminé
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Ayenia laevigata Sw. var. laevigata
Family Sterculiaceae
Distribution SE North America (end Jamaica: St. Thomas, St. Andrew)
North America distribution zone SE
Height S
Foliage
Ecology xer calc
Use
Synonym
English name typical smooth ayenia
French name ayenia glabre typique
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Baccharis L.
Family Compositae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
Height
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym
English name baccharis; groundsel-tree
French name bacchante; séneçon p.p.
Spanish name
Other name baccharis (italian); Kreuzstrauch (german)
Trade name
Latin name Baccharis halimifolia L.
Family Compositae
Distribution MC ME SC SE North America (USA: Massachussetts to Florida andTexas; Bahamas, Cuba)
North America distribution zone MC ME SC SE
Height [S]
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym Baccharis halimifolia var. angustior DC.
English name eastern baccharis; bush groundsel, consumption-weed, groundsel-tree, saltbrush, sea-myrtle, silver-ling, silverling, tree-ground sel
French name bacchante de Virginie; baccharide, séneçon en arbre
Spanish name
Other name Kreuzstrauch (german)
Trade name
Latin name Baccharis pedunculata (Mill.) Cabrera
Family Compositae
Distribution SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (general)
North America distribution zone SC SE
Height S
Foliage E
Ecology hyg
Use
Synonym Baccharis cinnamomifolia Kunth Baccharis cotinifolia (Willd.) Urb. Baccharis ibaguensis Cuatrec. Baccharis speciosa A.DC. Conyza pedunculata Mill. Eupatorium cotinifolium Willd. Pseudobaccharis cotinifolia (Willd.) Teodoro Psila cinnamomifolia (Kunth) Aristeg.
English name pedunculate baccharis
French name bacchante bois-guillaume; bois guillaume
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Baccharis salicifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
Family Compositae
Distribution SC SE North America (S Mexico to Nicaragua) South America (general)
North America distribution zone SC SE
Height S?
Foliage
Ecology hyg
Use
Synonym Baccharis coerulescens A.DC. Baccharis feuillei DC. Baccharis glutinosa Pers. Baccharis iresinoides Kunth Baccharis lanceolata Kunth Baccharis linifolia A.DC. Baccharis longifolia A.DC. Baccharis parviflora Less. Baccharis parviflora Ruiz & Pav. Baccharis parviflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. Baccharis salicifolia var. longifolia (DC.) Cuatrec. Baccharis viminea DC. Baccharis viscosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze Molina parviflora Ruiz & Pav. Molina salicifolia Ruiz & Pav. Molina striata Ruiz & Pav. Molina viscosa Ruiz & Pav. Pingraea salicifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) F.H.Hellw. Pingraea viscosa (Ruiz & Pav.) F.H.Hellw.
English name willowleaf baccharis
French name bacchante à feuilles de saule
Spanish name amarguillo (Bolivia); chilca (Bolivia, Guatemala); chillca, guiraepira (Bolivia); lanche (Peru)
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Baccharis trinervis (Lam.) Pers.
Family Compositae
Distribution SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (general)
North America distribution zone SC SE
Height S?
Foliage
Ecology hyg
Use dr
Synonym Baccharis cinerea DC. Baccharis rhexioides Kunth Baccharis trichoclada A.DC. Baccharis trinervis var. rhexioides (Kunth) Baker Baccharis venusta Kunth Conyza trinerviis Mill. Conyza trinervis Lam. Pingraea rhexioides (Kunth) F.H.Hellw. Pseudobaccharis rhexioides (Kunth) V.M.Badillo Pseudobaccharis trinervis V.M.Badillo Psila trinervis Cabrera
English name threenerved baccharis
French name bacchante à trois nervures
Spanish name
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Baccharis vaccinioides Kunth
Family Compositae
Distribution SC SE North America ( S Mexico: Chiapas to Honduras)
North America distribution zone SC SE
Height S?
Foliage
Ecology
Use ma (brooms)
Synonym Baccharis lancifolia Less. Baccharis lancifolia Schltdl. Baccharis pseudovaccinioides I.L.Teodoro
English name vacciniumlike baccharis
French name bacchante fausse-myrtille
Spanish name arrayan, limoncillo, raiján, raiján cachump (Guatemala)
Other name
Trade name
Latin name Bactris Jacq. ex Scop.
Family Palmae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
Height
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym Guilielma C.Mart.
English name spinyclubpalm
French name bactris
Spanish name
Other name dior , kwi , maske (kuna, Panama)
Trade name
Latin name Bactris barronis L.H.Bailey
Family Palmae
Distribution SE North America (Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone SE
Height M
Foliage
Ecology
Use ti (flooring)
Synonym
English name BarroColorado spinyclubpalm
French name bactris de Barro Colorado
Spanish name caña conga (Panama)
Other name alar (kuna, Panama)
Trade name
Latin name Bactris cubensis Burret
Family Palmae
Distribution SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone SE
Height S
Foliage
Ecology calc
Use
Synonym
English name Cuban spinyclubpalm
French name bactris de Cuba
Spanish name palma pajúa, palmi; coco macaco, pajuá, pajúa, palma, palmilla (Cuba)
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