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Attalea butyracea (Mutis ex L.f.) Wess.Boer
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Family
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Palmae
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Distribution
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SE North America (Costa Rica) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela: N Bolívar, NW Amazonas, Apure, Barinas; Ecuador: Sucumbíos, Napo; Peru)
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North America distribution zone
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SE
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Height
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L
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Foliage
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Ecology
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hel
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Use
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fr ma (leaves for roofing)
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Synonym
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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
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English name
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oily attalea
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French name
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attalea à l’huile
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Spanish name
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conanbo (Ecuador); coroba, corozo (Venezuela); shevón (Peru); yagua (Venezuela)
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Other name
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canambó, chapaja, locata (quichua, Ecuador)
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Latin name
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Avicennia germinans (L.) L.
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Family
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Verbenaceae
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Distribution
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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)
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North America distribution zone
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MW MC ME SW SC SE
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Height
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Foliage
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E
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Ecology
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hyg
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Use
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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)
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Synonym
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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.
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English name
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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
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French name
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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
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Spanish name
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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)
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Other name
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apalioe (Suriname); courida (Guyana); koroda (Suriname); mand nwa (creole, Haiti); mangel blanch (Netherlands Antilles); parwa (Suriname); seriba, siriuba (Brazil)
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Trade name
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black mangrove, manglecito
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Latin name
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Baccharis salicifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
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Family
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Compositae
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Distribution
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SC SE North America (S Mexico to Nicaragua) South America (general)
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North America distribution zone
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SC SE
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Height
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Foliage
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Ecology
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Synonym
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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.
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English name
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willowleaf baccharis
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French name
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bacchante à feuilles de saule
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Spanish name
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amarguillo (Bolivia); chilca (Bolivia, Guatemala); chillca, guiraepira (Bolivia); lanche (Peru)
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