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Latin name	Sideroxylon stevensonii (Standl.) T.D.Penn.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	ma (latex)
Synonym	Bumelia stevensonii (Standl.) Stearn Dipholis stevensonii Standl. Sideroxylon rufotomentosum Standl. Sideroxylon stevensonii (Standl.) Standl. & Steyerm.
English name	Stevenson jungleplum; red faisán, white faisán (Guatemala)
French name	acoma de Stevenson
Spanish name	chicle faisán (Belize); faisán (Guatemala); zapote faisán (Belize, Guatemala)
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Latin name	Sideroxylon tenax L.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	ME SE North America (USA: N Carolina to Florida)
North America distribution zone	ME SE
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	fr
Synonym	Bumelia lacuum Small Bumelia megacocca Small Bumelia tenax (L.) Willd.
English name	tough jungleplum; ironwood, narrowleaf bumelia, tough buckthorn; tough bully (USA); tough bumelia
French name	acoma tenace; bumélia bois-de-fer tenace
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Latin name	Sideroxylon tepicense T.D.Penn.
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Ecology
Use	fd ma
Synonym	Chrysophyllum tepicense Standl. Mastichodendron angustifolium (Standl.) Cronquist Sideroxylon angustifolium Standl. Sideroxylon mexicanum Hemsl.
English name	Tepic jungleplum
French name	acoma de Tepic
Spanish name	kafe (Mexico); matabuy, tempisque (Guatemala); tempisque de tierra fria (El Salvador); tempixte
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Latin name	Simaba Aubl.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	simaba
French name	simaba
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Latin name	Simaba amara Aubl.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) MW South America (Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	bitter simaba
French name	simaba amer
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Latin name	Simaba cedron Planch.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N M South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr (drink of bark or fruits against gastrointestinal pains, seed remedy for snake bite) fd pl
Synonym	Aruba cedron (Planch.) Kuntze Quassia cedron Baill.
English name	cedron simaba
French name	simaba cedrón
Spanish name	cedrón (Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama); cendron (Colombia)
Other name	cedron (Brazil); ina gaibid (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Simaba guianensis Aubl.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Quassia cuspidata (Spruce ex Engl.) Noot. Simaba cuspidata Spruce ex Engl.
English name	Guiana simaba
French name	simaba de Guyane
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Latin name	Simaba polyphylla (Cavalc.) W.W.Thomas
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Simaba guianensis ssp. polyphylla Cavalc.
English name	manyleaf simaba
French name	simaba multifolié
Spanish name	marupa negro (Peru)
Other name	sapi karta (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Simarouba Aubl.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Simaruba Aubl.
English name	simarouba; simaruba
French name	simarouba
Spanish name	aceituno (Panama)
Other name	bwa blan, bwa fwenn, fwenn (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Simarouba amara Aubl.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America, West Indies) South America (tropics) int SC Eurasia?
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg->mes
Use	dr (bark and roots: medicine, disentery, febrifuge, fortifying, paludism, regulation of digestion, tonic) fr (fruits: birds, insects) fw ma (liquor preparation) pl (wood production) pp ti (boxes, cabinet work, crates, fiber board, furniture components, heels of shoes, interior construction, light construction, matches, moulding, musical instruments, particleboards, pine substitute in USA, plywood, sawn timber, sports equipment, sticks, toys, veneer)
Synonym	Quassia simarouba L.f. Simarouba amara var. typica Cronquist Simarouba officinalis DC. non Macfad. Simaruba amara Aubl. Zwingera amara (Aubl.) Willd.
English name	Orinoco simarouba; bitter ash, bitterwood, board wood, maruba, tomtar, white deal, white plum (Lesser Antilles)
French name	simarouba blanc; acajou (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique); acajou blanc (French Guiana, Guadeloupe); acaju blanc (French Guiana); acayoa blanc; bois blanc (French Guiana, Lesser Antilles); bois de cajú, simarupa, simarupe (French Guiana)
Spanish name	aceituna (Costa Rica); aceituno (Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama); acetuno (Nicaragua); amargo (Colombia); amargo negro, amaro (Bolivia); arenillo blanco; carruco (Guyana, Venezuela); cedrillo (Colombia); cedro blanco (Venezuela); chiriguaná, chuña-chuña (Bolivia); cuña (Ecuador); daquillo (Dominican Republic); gavilán (Cuba); lucumo (Bolivia); marouba (Tobago, Trinidad); maruba (Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent); marupa (Colombia, Dominica, French Guiana, Honduras, Peru, St. Lucia, Venezuela); negrito (Honduras); palo blanco, palo períco, papelillo (Colombia); pasa-ar (Mexico); simarouba (Guyana); simaruba (Honduras, Venezuela); tara
Other name	caixeta, caíxeta, craíba (Brazil); duapaikai (huitoto); malacacheta, maruba, marupa, marupá, marupá-verdadeiro, marupaúba, papariúba, paraíba, parapaiba, praíba (Brazil); soemaroeba, soemaroepa (Suriname); soemarouba (Brazil); tamanqueira (portuguese, Brazil); tamaqueira (Brazil); urgub (kuna, Panama)
Trade name	acajou blanc, marupa, simarouba

Latin name	Simarouba berteroana Krug & Urb.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Étang saumâtre, Gauthier; Dominican Republic: Barahona, Boca de Ori)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
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English name	Hispaniola simarouba
French name	simarouba d'Hispaniola; bois frêne, frêne, frêne étranger (Haiti)
Spanish name	aceituna, daguilla, Juan primero, olivio (Dominican Republic)
Other name	bwa fwenn, fwenn, fwenn etranje (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Simarouba glauca DC.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida, Bahamas, Greater Antilles) int SC Eurasia (India)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel sci mes calc sili
Use	dr (all parts, bark decoction or tea for diarrhea and fever, bark used as antipyretic, against dyspepsia, vomiting, nervousness and tropical fever, gastrointestinal disorders, leaves decoction applied as lotion for bruise and body pain, leaves for rheumatism, macerated bark decoction taken orally for fever, massage with crushed leaves for skin itch, pulverized leaves seed and bark boiled in sugar water taken orally for rheumatism) fd (fruits, cooking and baking oil from fruits and seeds) fr (flower for bees, fruits) fw (fuel) ma (aceituno fat is used for soap production, oil, pollen, seed fat for soap) pl (ornamental tree) pp (very good for paper pulp) sa (living fences, shade tree on coffee, cocoa and for cattle) ti (boxes, crates, fence posts, furniture, heels of shoes, house construction, household articles, light constructions, match manufacture, moulding, planks, plywood core, posts, sawntimber, shoe moulds, sports equipment, staves, sticks, substitute for pine for some musical instruments, toys, veneer, wall lining, wood chips and lumber, wood industries) tx (toxin in the residual cake of the oil extraction process)
Synonym	Quassia glauca (DC.) Spreng. Quassia simarouba L.f. Simarouba amara Hayne Simarouba glauca var. latifolia Cronquist Simarouba medicinalis Endl. Simarouba officinalis DC. p.p. Simarouba officinalis Macfad. Simarouba officinalis f. glabra Krug & Urb. Simaruba glauca DC.
English name	paradisetree simarouba; bitter ash (Puerto Rico); bitter damson (Jamaica); bitter-ash (Puerto Rico); bitterwood; dysentary bark (Belize); Florida-bitterwood; paradise-tree (Bahamas); princess tree (Puerto Rico, USA); simarouba (USA)
French name	simarouba glauque; acajou blanc (Guadeloupe, Martinique); bois amer (France, Haiti); bois blanc, bois frêne, bois négresse, d'olive, frêne (Haiti); quinquina d'Europe (France, Haiti); simarouba, simarouba amer
Spanish name	aceituna (Belize); aceituno (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico); acetuno (Nicaragua); amargo (Venezuela); cavilan; chapascuapul (Guatemala); daguilla, daguillo (Dominican Republic); gavilán (Cuba); gusano; jocote de mico (Guatemala); Juan primero (Dominican Republic); jucumico (Guatemala); laguilla (Dominican Republic); marupa (Honduras); negrito (Belize); Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua); olivio (Dominican Republic); olivo (Costa Rica, Panama); palo amargo (Dominican Republic); palo blanco (Cuba); pasac (Guatemala); pasaque; quassia amargo (Dominican Republic); rabo de largato blanco; roble macho, roblecillo, roblillo, simaruba (Cuba); talchocote (Nicaragua); zapatero (Guatemala)
Other name	bwa blan, bwa fwenn, bwa négès, doliv, fwenn, kenkena etranje (creole, Haiti); pa-sak (maya, Belize); pajul'té, pasa'ak; x-passak'-il, xpaxakil (Mexico); xpazakil (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Simarouba laevis Griseb.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	serp
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English name	smooth simarouba
French name	simarouba glabre
Spanish name	gavilán (Cuba)
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Latin name	Simarouba tulae Urb.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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English name	Tula simarouba
French name	simarouba de Tula
Spanish name	aceitillo, aceitillo cimarrón, aceitillo falso (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Simira Aubl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Arariba Mart. Calderonia Standl. Exandra Standl. Sickingia Willd.
English name	simira
French name	simira
Spanish name	colorado (Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador); rosita (Honduras)
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Latin name	Simira darienensis Dwyer
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Darien simira
French name	simira de Darien
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Latin name	Simira klugei (Standl.) Steyerm.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NC South America (Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Calderonia klugei Standl. Sickingia klugei (Standl.) Standl. Sickingia parvifolia Pittier
English name	Klug simira
French name	simira de Klug
Spanish name	palo colorado (Panama)
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Latin name	Simira maxonii (Standl.) Steyerm.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology
Use	ti (bridge stringers, fence posts, tool handles)
Synonym	Genipa maxonii Standl. Sickingia maxonii (Standl.) Standl.
English name	Maxon simira; inkwood (Panama)
French name	simira de Maxon
Spanish name	guaiatil, guaiatil colorado; guaitil, guaitil colorado, guaytil (Costa Rica); igualtil, iguolfil (Nicaragua); jagua colorado (Costa Rica); jagua de montaña (Costa Rica, Panama)
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Latin name	Simira salvadorensis (Standl.) Steyerm.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg mes calc
Use	dr fw ma ti (cabinetwork, furniture, turned work)
Synonym	Calderonia salvadorensis Standl. Sickingia lancifolia Lundell Sickingia lancifolia var. puberula Lundell Sickingia mollis Lundell Sickingia multiflora Lundell Sickingia salvadorensis Standl. Sickingia vestita Lundell
English name	ElSalvador simira; chactacote; high ridge redwood (Belize); John Crow redwood, redwood (Belize)
French name	simira d'El Salvador
Spanish name	brasil, campeche (El Salvador); chacahuante (Guatemala); chacahuanté (Mexico); chactemuch (Guatemala); chuc chenuch (Belize); colay (Guatemala); drago (El Salvador); nazareno (Mexico); nieve (Belize); palo colorado (Belize, El Salvador, Mexico); palo de puntero (Belize); palo de rosa (Mexico); saltemuch (Guatemala); sangre de chucho (El Salvador); tapalcuit (Belize); tapalcuite; tapalcuito (Belize)
Other name	chakte-kok (maya); sac te m'ooch (maya, Belize); tzik-u-lax (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Simmondsia Nutt.
Family	Simmondsiaceae
Distribution
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English name	jojoba
French name	jojoba
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Latin name	Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C.K.Schneid.
Family	Simmondsiaceae
Distribution	MW SW SC North America (USA: California, Arizona; Mexico: Baja California, Sonora)
North America distribution zone	MW SW SC
Height	[S]?
Foliage	E D?
Ecology	hel mes->xer acid->neut
Use	fd (coffelike beverage with roasted seeds) fr (cattle and wildlife) fw ma (jojoba oil, shampoo from fruits)
Synonym	Buxus chinensis Link Simmondsia californica Nutt. Simmondsia pabulosa Kellogg
English name	California jojoba; buck nut, coffeeberry, goatnut, gray box bush, jojoba, pignut, quinine plant, sheepnut, wild hazel
French name	jojoba de Californie
Spanish name	jojoba
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Latin name	Sinclairia Hook. & Arn.
Family	Compositae
Distribution
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Synonym	Liabum Adans. p.p.
English name	sinclairia
French name	sinclairia
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Latin name	Sinclairia deamii (B.L.Rob. & Bartlett) Rydb.
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	[S]?
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Ecology
Use	dr
Synonym	Liabum deamii B.L.Rob. & Bartlett Liabum subglandulare S.F.Blake Sinclairia subglandularis (S.F.Blake) Rydb.
English name	subglandular sinclairia
French name	sinclairia subglanduleux
Spanish name	nieve (Belize)
Other name	tzik-u-lax (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Sinclairia glabra (Hemsl.) Rydb.
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Ecology	[hyg]
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Synonym	Liabum glabrum Hemsl.
English name	glabrous sinclairia
French name	sinclairia glabre
Spanish name	papelillo (El Salvador)
Other name	tzuy (Mexico)
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Latin name	Sinclairia sublobata (B.L.Rob.) Rydb.
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	[hyg]
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Synonym	Liabum glabrum var. hypoleucum Greenm. Liabum sublobatum B.L.Rob. Sinclairia hypoleuca (Greenm.) Rydb.
English name	sublobed sinclairia
French name	sinclairia sublobé
Spanish name	hoja blanca (Honduras); ivoy (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Siparuna Aubl.
Family	Monimiaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Citriosma Tul. Citrosma Ruiz & Pav. Conuleum A.Rich.
English name	bogwood
French name	siparuna
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Latin name	Siparuna aspera (Ruiz & Pav.) A.DC.
Family	Monimiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology
Use	dr (extract of leaves in water used against rheumatism)
Synonym	Citriosma limoniodora Ruiz & Pav. ex Tul. Citrosma aspera Ruiz & Pav. Citrosma macrophylla Kunth Citrosma pyricarpa Ruiz & Pav. Siparuna amplifolia A.DC. Siparuna calocarpa Perkins Siparuna ecuadorica Heilborn Siparuna elliptica A.C.Sm. Siparuna exsculpta Perkins Siparuna gigantophylla Perkins Siparuna limoniodora (Tul.) A.DC. Siparuna macrophylla (Kunth) A.DC. Siparuna podocarpa Perkins Siparuna pyricarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Perkins Siparuna quadrangularis A.C.Sm. Siparuna rimbachii Standl.
English name	rough bogwood
French name	siparuna rugueux
Spanish name	limon de monte (Colombia)
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Latin name	Siparuna conica S.S.Renner & Hausner
Family	Monimiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	sci
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English name	conical bogwood
French name	siparuna conique
Spanish name	limón de monte, rama de hediondo (Ecuador)
Other name	ne chin buca (chachi, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Siparuna cristata (Poepp. & Endl.) A.DC.
Family	Monimiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N M South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Citriosma cristata Poepp. ex Endl. Citriosma macrophylla Mart. ex Tul. Citriosma radiata Poepp. & Endl. Citrosma cristata Poepp. & Endl. Siparuna obconica Jangoux Siparuna radiata (Poepp. & Endl.) A.DC. Siparuna sarmentosa Perkins Siparuna williamsii J.F.Macbr.
English name	crested bogwood
French name	siparuna huppé
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Other name	pungara (quichua, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Siparuna cuspidata (Tul.) A.DC.
Family	Monimiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N M South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology
Use	ti (used to carve dolls)
Synonym	Citrosma cuspidata Tul. Siparuna argyrochrysea Perkins Siparuna crassiflora Perkins Siparuna lepidiflora Perkins Siparuna ucayaliensis Perkins
English name	cuspidate bogwood
French name	siparuna cuspidé
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Other name	sabdur sichi, sapur gabi (kuna, Panama)
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