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Latin name	Salvia L.
Family	Labiatae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	sage
French name	sauge
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Other name	Salbei (german); salvia (italian)
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Latin name	Salvia arborescens Urb. & Ekman
Family	Labiatae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Massif des Cahos, Massif de la Selle; Dominican Republic: Constanza, Valle del Yague)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Salvia arborescens var. dolichocarpa Urb.
English name	treelike sage
French name	sauge arborescente
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Latin name	Samanea (Benth.) Merr.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	saman; samanea
French name	samanea
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Other name	Samanea (german); samanea (italian)
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Latin name	Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) int South America (general), MC S Eurasia (China, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, tropics), Africa (tropics) and N M Oceania (Hawaii, Philippines, Mariana Islands, Guam, Malaysia: Sabah; Australia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg->xer acid->neut
Use	cl (flower emblem of Venezuela) dr (bark decoction liquid applied externally with cloth to cure constipation, cures for cold, diarrhea and stomachache, fruits decoction taken orally for anxiety and nervousness, fruits ingested for dysentery and hemorrhage, intestinal cold by bark infusion or fruits, laxative, leaves tea or infusion taken orally for constipation, roots for stomach cancer, roots, seeds and leaves used for traditional medicine, chew seed for throat infection) fd (pods, sweet drink like licorice) fr (flowers for bees, leaves, pods for livestock, vegetable, young shoots) fw (charcoal, fuel, poor firewood) ma (resin for gum) pl (fodder, ornamental tree in parks and along roadsides, shade, wood production) pp (good for paper pulp) sa (agricultural shade, cuted leaves as fertilizer, fixes nitrogen, shade, shelter, silvopastoral use) ti (bowl, boxes, cabinet work, wood carving, closet, craft items, crates, decorative veneer and plywood, desks, dugout canoes, face veneer, fancy veneer, fence posts, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, general construction, heavy framing members in boat building, interior finishing, division and trim, laminated beams, millswork, musical instruments, ornamental moulding and plaque, paneling, pattern-making, plywood, poles, posts, split posts, tablet, turned work, trim in planking, utensils, veneer, wheels, wooden tools)
Synonym	Acacia propinqua A.Rich. Albizia flavovirens Hoyle Albizia saman (Jacq.) F.Muell. Calliandra saman (Jacq.) Griseb. Calliandra tubulosa Benth. Enterolobium saman (Benth.) Prain. Enterolobium saman (Jacq.) Prain ex King Feuilleea saman (Jacq.) Kuntze Inga cinerea Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Inga salutaris Kunth Inga saman (Jacq.) Willd. Mimosa pubifera Poir. Mimosa saman Jacq. Pithecellobium cinereum Benth. Pithecellobium saman (Jacq.) Benth. Pithecellobium saman (Roxb.) Benth. Pithecolobium saman (Jacq.) Benth. Samanea saman Metz Zigia saman (Benth.) Lyons Zygia saman (Jacq.) Lyons
English name	raintree saman; cow-tamarind (Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago); crow bean tree, French tamarind; giant thibet (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands); giant tibut, licorice (Virgin Islands); monkeypod (Hawaii, Mexico); rain tree (Mexico, Sri Lanka); rain-tree (Haiti); raintree (Puerto Rico); saman;
French name	samanea saman; arbre à confiture (Senegal); arbre de pluie, gouan-negoul, gouannegoul (Haiti); licorice; saman (Haiti); samana (Guadeloupe)
Spanish name	acacia (Philippines); algarrobillo (Colombia); algarrobo (Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay); algarrobo del pais (Cuba); amamduvirá (Paraguay); anaguare (Colombia); árbol de lluvia (Colombia, Paraguay); arbol delluva, campaña, campano, campaño (Colombia); carabali, carabalí (Venezuela); carito (Colombia); carrabalí (Venezuela); carreto (El Salvador, Honduras, Venezuela); cenecero; cenicero (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay); cenícero (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras); ceniciro (Nicaragua); cenizaro (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); delmonte (Dominican Republic); dormilón (Puerto Rico); gavilan; gavilán (Honduras); genézaro (Colombia); genicero (Costa Rica); genizaro (Colombia, Nicaragua); genízaro (Costa Rica, Colombia); guango (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); guannegoul (Dominican Republic); huacamayo-chico (Peru); ichizozo (Bolivia); lara (Venezuela); laro (Colombia); manduvirá, niño azote (Paraguay); penoco (Bolivia); samaguare (Colombia); saman (Colombia, Venezuela); samán (Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); sámano, sanaguare, sanaguaro, tabaca, tabaca de monte (Colombia); urero (Venezuela); zorra (El Salvador)
Other name	albero delle pioggia (italian); guanegoul (creole, Haiti); mara (Sri Lanka); Regenbaum (german); saman (creole, Haiti); Schiimbaum (german)
Trade name	raintree, saman, samán

Latin name	Sambucus L.
Family	Caprifoliaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	elder; elderberry (Canada)
French name	sureau
Spanish name	saúco
Other name	flè siwo (creole, Haiti); Holunder (german); sambuco (italian); siwo (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Sambucus nigra L.
Family	Caprifoliaceae
Distribution	NW NC M S North America (Canada: S British Columbia to Nova Scotia; USA: Washington to Maine, California to Florida; Mexico to Panama) NW MW MC SC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina)
North America distribution zone	NW NC MW MC ME SW SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	dr (analgesic, nerve soother) pl
Synonym
English name	black elder; common elder, elder, European black elder, European elder
French name	sureau noir; sureau commun
Spanish name	tilo (Ecuador)
Other name	Baumholunder, Fliederbaum (german); sambuco nero (italian); Schwarzer Holunder (german)
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Latin name	Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) Bolli
Family	Caprifoliaceae
Distribution	NC M S North America (Canada: Manitoba to Nova Scotia; USA: Montana to Maine, California to Florida; Mexico to Costa Rica) int NW NC MW South America (Venezuela and the Andes)
North America distribution zone	NC MW MC ME SW SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hyg->mes
Use	dr fd fr pl
Synonym	Sambucus bipinnata Schltdl. & Cham. Sambucus caerulea var. arizonica Sarg. Sambucus caerulea var. mexicana (C.Presl ex DC.) L.D.Benson Sambucus canadensis L. Sambucus canadensis var. laciniata A.Gray Sambucus canadensis var. oreopola Rehder Sambucus canadensis var. submollis Rehder Sambucus mexicana C.Presl ex DC. Sambucus mexicana var. bipinnata (Schltdl. & Cham.) Schwer. Sambucus orbiculata Greene Sambucus oreopola Donn.Sm. Sambucus rehderana Schwer. Sambucus simpsonii Rehder ex Sarg.
English name	American black elder; American alder, American elder; American elderberry (USA); Arizona elder, blackberry elder, common elder; common elderberry (USA); desert elderberry; elder (Jamaica); elderberry; Florida elder, Gulf elder (USA); Mexican elder; southern elder (USA); West Indian elder (Barbados)
French name	sureau noir d'Amérique; elder (Dominica, Hispaniola); fleur sureau, sirop (Haiti); sureau (Dominica, Haiti); sureau blanc, sureau d'Amérique, sureau de Simpson, sureau du Canada, sureau du Mexique; suredu (Caraibe); suriau (Guadeloupe, Martinique); suyau (Caraibe); thé pays
Spanish name	sauco (Bolivia, Costa Rica); saúco (Cuba, Guatemala, Hispaniola, Nicaragua); saúco blanco (Cuba, Guatemala, Hispanolia); tapiro
Other name	Amerikanischer Holunder, Kanadischer Holunder (german); sambuco del Canada (italian); tlacha, tunalj (Guatemala); xúmelt (nahuatl)
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Latin name	Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea (Raf.) Bolli
Family	Caprifoliaceae
Distribution	NW MW MC SW SC North America (Canada: S British Columbia; USA: Washington to Montana, California to Texas; Mexico: Baja California, Sonora)
North America distribution zone	NW MW MC SW SC
Height	[M]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel mes->xer
Use	dr(ob) (bark and roots for infusion and decoction, flowers, ointment) fd fd(ob) (fruits) fr pl ti (blow tube, straws, whistle) ti(ob) tx (fruits)
Synonym	Sambucus cerulea Raf. Sambucus cerulea var. glauca Schwer. Sambucus cerulea var. neomexicana (Wooton) Rehder Sambucus cerulea var. velutina (Durand & Hilg.) Schwer. Sambucus glauca Nutt. Sambucus glauca var. neomexicana A.Nelson Sambucus glauca var. velutina (Durand & Hilg.) I.M.Johnst. Sambucus intermedia var. neomexicana Schwer. Sambucus mexicana ssp. cerulea (Raf.) E.Murray Sambucus mexicana ssp. velutina (Durand & Hilg.) Durand & Hilg. Sambucus mexicana var. cerulea (Raf.) E.Murray Sambucus mexicana var. velutina (Durand & Hilg.) E.Murray Sambucus neomexicana Wooton Sambucus neomexicana var. vestita (Wooton & Standl.) Kearney & Peebles Sambucus velutina Durand & Hilg.
English name	blue black elder; blue elder; blue elderberry (Canada); blue-berry elder; blueberry elder (Canada); New Mexico elder, velvet elder, velvet-leaf elder
French name	sureau noir bleu; sureau bleu, sureau velu
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Latin name	Sambucus nigra L. ssp. nigra
Family	Caprifoliaceae
Distribution	ME North America (USA: Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Virginia)
North America distribution zone	ME
Height	M?
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Synonym	Sambucus laciniata Mill. ex A.Murray Sambucus nigra var. laciniata Lowe
English name	typical black elder
French name	sureau noir typique
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Latin name	Sambucus nigra ssp. peruviana (Kunth) Bolli
Family	Caprifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW MC SC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	acid
Use	dr (berry, flowers and bark of the soft branches are used in medicine as purgative and sudorifics, medicinal for stomachache and for killing inflammation) fd (fruits used to prepare marmelades) pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Sambucus peruviana Kunth
English name	Peru black elder
French name	sureau noir du Pérou
Spanish name	kiola (Argentina); sauco, saúco (Bolivia); saúco serrano, tilo
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Latin name	Sambucus racemosa L.
Family	Caprifoliaceae
Distribution	NW M North America (Canada: Yukon Territory, British Columbia to Nova Scotia; USA: Alaska, Washington to Maine, California to New Mexico to South Dakota to Georgia) MW Eurasia (Europa, Asia Minor)
North America distribution zone	NW MW MC ME
Height	S?
Foliage	D
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English name	red elder; alpine elder, European red elder, grape elder, red-berried elder
French name	sureau rouge; sureau à grappes rouges, sureau aux cerfs, sureau de montagne
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Other name	Bergholunder, Roter Holunder (german); sambuco corallino, sambuco montano, sambuco racemoso, sambuco rosso (italian); Traubenholunder (german)
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Latin name	Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa (A.Gray) McMinn
Family	Caprifoliaceae
Distribution	NW MW MC North America (Canada: S British Columbia and Alberta; USA: Washington to Montana, California to New Mexico)
North America distribution zone	NW MW MC
Height	S
Foliage	D
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Synonym	Sambucus melanocarpa A.Gray
English name	blackbead red elder; black elder p.p., black-berried elder (Canada); blackbead elder; blackberry elder (Canada)
French name	sureau rouge à fruits noirs; sureau arborescent (Canada)
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Latin name	Sambucus racemosa L. var. racemosa
Family	Caprifoliaceae
Distribution	NW M North America (Canada: Yukon Territory, British Columbia to Nova Scotia; USA: Alaska, Washington to Maine, California to New Mexico to South Dakota to Georgia)
North America distribution zone	NW MW MC ME
Height	S?
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	fr
Synonym	Sambucus callicarpa Greene Sambucus microbotrys Rydb. Sambucus pubens Michx. Sambucus pubens var. arborescens Torr. & A.Gray Sambucus pubens var. leucocarpa Torr. & A.Gray Sambucus pubens f. leucocarpa House Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens (Michx.) House Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray Sambucus racemosa var. callicarpa (Greene) Jeps. Sambucus racemosa var. leucocarpa (Torr. & A.Gray) Cronquist Sambucus racemosa var. microbotrys (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles Sambucus racemosa var. pubens (Michx.) Koehne Sambucus racemosa f. pubens (Michx.) Voss
English name	typical red elder; coast red elder, Pacific red elder, red elderberry, red-berry elder, redberry elder
French name	sureau rouge typique; sureau rouge de l'Ouest, sureau rouge du Pacifique
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Latin name	Samuelssonia Urb. & Ekman
Family	Acanthaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	samuelssonia
French name	samuelssonie
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Latin name	Samuelssonia verrucosa Urb. & Ekman
Family	Acanthaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Massif de la Hotte, Saint-Louis du Sud)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
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English name	verrucose samuelssonia
French name	samuelssonie verruqueuse
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Latin name	Samyda Jacq.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	samyda
French name	samyda
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Latin name	Samyda glabrata Sw.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica: Portland and St. Thomas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg calc
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English name	glabrate samyda
French name	samyda glabrescent
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Latin name	Samyda macrantha P.Wilson
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Samyda grandiflora Griseb. non Spreng.
English name	bigflower samyda
French name	samyda à grandes fleurs
Spanish name	rascabarriga colorada (Cuba)
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Latin name	Samyda microphylla Urb.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	xer calc
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Synonym	Samyda minutifolia Urb.
English name	smallleaf samyda
French name	samyda à petites feuilles
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Latin name	Samyda spinulosa Vent.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Samyda glabrata auct. non Sw. Samyda macrocarpa Sessé & Moç. ex DC. Samyda odorata Sessé & Moç.
English name	spinulose samyda
French name	samyda spinuleux
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Latin name	Samyda villosa Sw.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica: Portland, Manchester, Trelawny)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Sadymia villosa (Sw.) Griseb.
English name	villous samyda
French name	samyda villeux
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Latin name	Samyda yucatanensis Standl.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán, Quintana Roo)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	xer
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English name	Yucatán samyda
French name	samyda de Yucatán
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Latin name	Santomasia N.Robson
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	santomasia
French name	santomasie
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Latin name	Santomasia steyermarkii (Standl.) Steyerm.
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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Synonym	Hypericum steyermarkii Standl.
English name	Steyermark santomasia
French name	santomasie de Steyermark
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Latin name	Sapindus L.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Dittelasma Hook.f. Electra Noronha
English name	soapberry; Indian soap, soap nuts
French name	savonnier
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Other name	Seifenbaum (german); sapindo (italian)
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Latin name	Sapindus saponaria L.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	M S North America (USA: Colorado to Missouri, Arizona to Florida; Mexico to Panama; West Indies) N M SC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Ceara; Paraguay, Argentina)
North America distribution zone	MW MC ME SW SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg->xer calc
Use	dr (fruits infusion for epilepsia, cataract, ulcer, renal disease, rheumatism and febrifuge, fruits oil for rheumatism and gout, fruits taken orally for asthma, leaves infusion applied to bite for snakebite, popular medicine extracted from fruits, bark and seed, roots decoction taken orally for diarrhea, seed oil for bites of ray, seeds: insecticide, treatment of arthritis, fever, rheumatism, kidney disease) fd fw (firewood) ma (leaves and fruits contain saponin used as a detergent, seeds for rosary, necklace and waistcoat buttons) pl (ornamental) sa (living fences, shade in coffee plantation, soil recuperation) ti (carpentry, fork, foundations of a house, posts, tool handles) tx (fruits and seeds intoxicate and kill fish)
Synonym	Sapindus divaricatus Cambess. Sapindus forsythii DC. Sapindus manatensis Shuttlew. ex Radlk. Sapindus peruvianus Walp. Sapindus peruvianus var. dombeyanus Walp. Sapindus peruvianus var. meyenianus Walp. Sapindus saponaria f. genuinus Radlk. Sapindus stenopterus DC.
English name	wingleaf soapberry; black nicker tree, Florida soapberry, Mexican soapberry; mountain cherry (Belize); soap berry (Belize, Panama); soap berry tree (Jamaica); soap seed, soap seed tree, soap-seed tree (Belize); soap tree (Belize, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago); soap-berry, soap-berry tree; soapberry (Jamaica, USA); soapseed (Trinidad and Tobago); southern soapberry; sumac-leaved soapberry (Central America, N South America, USA); western soapberry (USA); wild chinatree, wing leaf
French name	savonnier des Antilles; arbre à savon, arbre à savonnette; arbre-à-savon (Haiti); bois de merle, bois de Panama, bois de savon, bois de savonnette; bois mousseux (Guadeloupe); bois Ramon; bois savonette, bois savonnette pays (Haiti); bois savonneux; canique, graine canique, grenaillit, mombin bâtard, pomme de savon (Haiti); saponaire; savonette montagne (Guadeloupe); savonette pays (Haiti); savonettier (Guadeloupe); savonier (Guadeloupe, Haiti); savonnette (Antilles); savonnette montagne, savonnette mousseuse (Guadeloupe); savonnette pays (Haiti); savonnettier (Guadeloupe); savonnier à feuilles ailées, savonnier de Floride
Spanish name	amole, amole de bolita (Mexico); amolillo; amolio, arbolillo (Mexico); bibí, bolchiche, boliche; bolinchero (Costa Rica); casíta (Argentina); cerote (Dominican Republic); checo (Peru); cherioni (Mexico); chirrión; chocho, choco (Colombia); choloque (Peru); cholulo; chorote (Dominican Republic); chumbibo (Colombia, Nicaragua); chumbimbo, chumbino, chumbiro, chunbino (Colombia); churulo (Peru); coyul; cuyus (Nicaragua); devanador; guayul (Mexico); guiril (Belize, Guatemala); huiril (Guatemala); jabon-ché (Belize, Lesser Antilles); jaboncelle (Central America, N South America, USA); jaboncillal; jaboncillo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico); jistoúbo, jurupe; limoncillo (Panama); mata de chivo, mata muchacho; matamuchacho, matamuchaco (Mexico); mate de chivo (Dominican Republic); michú (Colombia); ojo de loro (Mexico); pacon (Nicaragua); pacón (Honduras, Nicaragua); pacún (El Salvador); palo amargo (Dominican Republic); palo blanco, palo de cuentas (Mexico); palo de jabón (Dominican Republic); palo de voladillo; palo-jabón (Argentina); para-para (Guyana); parapara (Guyana, Venezuela); parapará, paraparo (Venezuela); pipe, pipi; savonetapel (Lesser Antilles); sotobú (Bolivia); sulluco (Peru); sululu (Bolivia); tehuistle, tzatzupa (Mexico); tzatzupú, yamole, yamoli; yequíti (Argentina)
Other name	bwa savon, bwa savonèt peyi (creole, Haiti); chumicos (Brazil); conatsiqui (campa asháninca, Peru); fruta-de-sabão (Brazil); grenayit, grenn kanik (creole, Haiti); guiti (Brazil); hualul (nahuatl, Mexico); huálul; hualule (nahuatl, Mexico); jabon-ché; jabón-che (maya, Belize); jaboncillal (Guatemala); jequiri, jequitiguaçu (Brazil); kanik (creole, Haiti); luci; lúluru (carib); ma-mu-hó; mboull (Senegal); monben bata (creole, Haiti); palo jabón, pau-de-sabão (Brazil); pibi; pòm savon (creole, Haiti); sabão-de-macaco, sabão-de-soldado, sabeiro, saboeiro, saboneiro, sabonete, saboneteiro, salta-martim (Brazil); sapindo, saponaria (italian); savonèt, savonèt peyi (creole, Haiti); savonetapel (Curaçao); savonyè (creole, Haiti); seahone-te (maya, Belize); Seifenbaum (german); sibul (Mexico); sijontez (tzeltal, Mexico); snot pu'pu; sopo sirie (Suriname); sululu (tacana, Bolivia); tehuixtle; túlsi (carib); ximbi'p, yaga-bia, yaga-piaa; zubul (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii (Hook. & Arn.) L.D.Benson
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	MW MC SC North America (USA: Colorado to Missouri, Arizona to Louisiana; Mexico: Sonora to Tamaulipas)
North America distribution zone	MW MC SC
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel mes
Use	fw ma (fruits saponin for hair or fine fabrics, silk and more mundame applications) ti (baskets for gathering cotton, packsaddle framing, items for furniture and turned work, manufacturing small craft) tx (fruits, used for stunning fish)
Synonym	Sapindus drummondii Hook. & Arn.
English name	western wingleaf soapberry; cherioni, Indian soap-plant, western soapberry, wild chinatree
French name	savonnier des Antilles de Drummond; savonnier de Drummond
Spanish name	amole de bolita, jaboncillo, palo blanco
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Latin name	Sapindus saponaria L. var. saponaria
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	M S North America (USA: Colorado to Missouri, Arizona to Florida; Mexico to Panama; West Indies) N M SC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Ceara; Paraguay, Argentina)
North America distribution zone	MW MC ME SW SC SE
Height	M?
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Sapindus inaequalis DC. Sapindus marginatus Willd. Sapindus thurstonii Rock
English name	typical wingleaf soapberry
French name	savonnier des Antilles typique
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Latin name	Sapium P.Browne
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	sapium; milktree, tallow tree
French name	glutier
Spanish name	lechon, lechoso (Honduras); mameicillo; ñipa, olivo (Panama)
Other name	bwa brilan, bwa lèt (creole, Haiti); Klebbaum, Talgbaum (german); sapone (italian)
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Latin name	Sapium allenii Huft
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Allen sapium
French name	glutier d'Allen
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