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Latin name	Sloanea guianensis (Aubl.) Benth.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) N M South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	fd? fw (firewood)
Synonym	Ablania guianensis Aubl. Ablania guyanensis Aubl. Dasynema pubescens Schott Sloanea alnifolia Mart. Sloanea breviseta Steyerm. Sloanea guyanensis (Aubl.) Benth. Sloanea microcarpa Planch. ex Benth. Trichocarpus laurifolia Willd.
English name	Guiana burrwood
French name	sloanea de Guyane
Spanish name	aletón (Venezuela); cepanchina (Peru); hicaquillo (Venezuela); urucusillo (Bolivia)
Other name	adadidi (ye'cuana, Venezuela); mah'sequi (tacana, Bolivia)
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Latin name	Sloanea hystrix ined. (oct. 1999)
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Veracruz)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
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English name	spiny burrwood
French name	sloanea épineux
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Latin name	Sloanea ilicifolia Urb.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr (leaves decoction taken orally for menstrual cramps)
Synonym	Sloanea castor Urb. & Ekman
English name	boxleaf burrwood
French name	sloanea chapeau-carré; chapeau carré, châtaignier, châtaignier à petites feuilles, petites feuilles (Haiti)
Spanish name	castor, chicharrón (Dominican Republic)
Other name	chapo kare, chatanye ti fèy (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Sloanea jamaicensis Hook.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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English name	Jamaica burrwood; break-axe tree, lignum durum
French name	sloanea de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Sloanea laevigata Dam.A.Sm.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) MW South America (Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	smooth burrwood
French name	sloanea glabre
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Latin name	Sloanea latifolia (Rich.) K.Schum.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Blondea latifolia Rich.
English name	broadleaf burrwood
French name	sloanea à feuilles larges
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Latin name	Sloanea laurifolia (Benth.) Benth.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama) N M South America (Venezuela: Amazonas; Peru, Brazil: Amazonas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	cl (burn when freshly cut and during heavy rain)
Synonym	Dasynema laurifolium Benth. Sloanea oppositifolia Spruce ex Benth.
English name	laurelleaf burrwood
French name	sloanea à feuilles de laurier
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Latin name	Sloanea ligulata Dam.A.Sm.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	ligulate burrwood
French name	sloanea ligulé
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Latin name	Sloanea longipes Ducke
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	ti (cabinet work, construction)
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English name	longstalk burrwood
French name	sloanea de l'Amérique centrale
Spanish name	charcharón, cucaracho, ramón, ramudo, toro prieto, vaca (Honduras)
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Latin name	Sloanea marcescens Dam.A.Sm.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	persisting burrwood
French name	sloanea marcescent
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Latin name	Sloanea medusula K.Schum. & Pittier
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Sloanea platyphylla Standl.
English name	abrojo burrwood
French name	sloanea abrojo
Spanish name	abrojo (Costa Rica); areno (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Sloanea megaphylla Pittier
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	bigleaf burrwood
French name	sloanea à grandes feuilles
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Latin name	Sloanea meiantha Sw.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	?
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English name	Honduras burrwood
French name	sloanea du Honduras
Spanish name	carbon negro (Honduras)
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Latin name	Sloanea meianthera Donn.Sm.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	smalleranther burrwood; female guam tail, male guam tail, mountain copal (Belize)
French name	sloanea à anthères plus petites
Spanish name	achotillo (Honduras); cola de pava embra, cola de pavo macho (Belize)
Other name	apa (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Sloanea obtusifolia (Moric.) K.Schum.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Costa Rica) NC M South America (Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Adenobasium obtusifolium Moric. Sloanea obtusa Planch. ex Benth.
English name	obtuseleaf burrwood
French name	sloanea à feuilles obtuses
Spanish name	cachichiro (Bolivia)
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Latin name	Sloanea petenensis Standl. & Steyerm.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Veracruz, Chiapas; Guatemala: Petén; Belize, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Ecology
Use	fd (arils)
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English name	Petén burrwood
French name	sloanea de Petén
Spanish name	ramudo (Honduras)
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Latin name	Sloanea picapica Standl.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fd (fruits)
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English name	picapica burrwood
French name	sloanea picapica
Spanish name	achotillo (Honduras); tereiopelo (Nicaragua); zopilote (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Sloanea rugosa Dam.A.Sm.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	rugose burrwood
French name	sloanea rugueux
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Latin name	Sloanea schippii Standl.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala: Petén; Belize)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Schipp burrwood
French name	sloanea de Schipp
Spanish name	achetillo (Belize)
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Latin name	Sloanea shankii Standl. & L.O.Williams
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Shank burrwood
French name	sloanea de Shank
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Latin name	Sloanea subsphaerocarpa Dam.A.Sm.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	subglobosefruit burrwood
French name	sloanea à fruits subglobuleux
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Latin name	Sloanea sulcata Dam.A.Sm.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	sulcate burrwood
French name	sloanea cannelé
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Latin name	Sloanea terniflora (Moç. & Sessé ex DC.) Standl.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	fd? fr? fw?
Synonym	Dasycarpus quadrivalvis (Seem.) Oerst. Lecostemon terniflorum Moç. & Sessé ex DC. Sloanea quadrivalvis Seem. Sloanea reticulata A.C.Sm.
English name	ternateflower burrwood
French name	sloanea à fleurs ternées
Spanish name	cepanchina (Peru); terciopelo (Costa Rica, Panama)
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Latin name	Sloanea tuerckheimii Donn.Sm.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica) N MW South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	ma ti
Synonym	Sloanea eriostemon Sprague & L.Riley Sloanea usurpatrix Sprague & L.Riley
English name	vonTürckheim burrwood; wild ake, wild atta, wild nata (Belize)
French name	sloanea de von Türckheim
Spanish name	achotillo, achotillo de montaña (Honduras)
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Latin name	Sloanea zuliaensis Pittier
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Sloanea microcephala Standl
English name	Zulia burrwood
French name	sloanea de Zulia
Spanish name	achotillo de montaña (Honduras)
Other name	butalar (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Socratea H.Karst.
Family	Palmae
Distribution
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Synonym	Iriartea sect. Schizophyllum Drude Iriartea subgen. Socratea (H.Karst.) Drude Iriartea subgen. Socratea (H.Karst.) Wess.Boer p.p. Metasocratea Dugand
English name	socratea
French name	socratea
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Latin name	Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H.Wendl.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N M South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr fd (fruits, palm cabbage) fr ma ti (rustic construction, stems are split into planks and used in house construction)
Synonym	Iriartea durissima Oerst. Iriartea exorrhiza Mart. Iriartea exorrhiza var. elegans (H.Karst.) Drude Iriartea exorrhiza var. orbigniana (Mart.) Drude Iriartea orbigniana Mart. Iriartea philonotia Barb.Rodr. Socratea albolineata Steyerm. Socratea durissima (Oerst.) H.Wendl. Socratea elegans H.Karst. Socratea gracilis Burret Socratea hoppii Burret Socratea macrochlamys Burret Socratea microchlamys Burret Socratea orbigniana (Mart.) H.Karst. Socratea philonotia (Barb.Rodr.) Hook.
English name	jira socratea; jira palm (Panama); stilt palm (Costa Rica, Panama)
French name	socratea jira
Spanish name	buxpu (Colombia); casha pona, cashapona (Peru); chiquita; choapo (Colombia); chonta (Costa Rica); huachapona, huacra, huacrapona (Peru); jira (Panama); kúpat (Peru); macanilla (Venezuela); maquengue (Costa Rica); maquenque (Costa Rica, Panama); ñico, pachiuba; pachiubilla, pachiuva (Bolivia); pachuda zamona, palmachoapo (Colombia); palmilera (Costa Rica); palmito (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); pambil; pampil (Ecuador); pona (Bolivia); pona lisa, rayador (Colombia); sancha pona (Bolivia); sancona (Colombia); sarare, upa (Venezuela); vinte pez (Bolivia); yuripa zancona, zancona (Colombia)
Other name	achudazamons (Colombia); acuna (itonama, Bolivia); anaccu tssatssa'vo (cofán, Ecuador); araa-yek (arecuna, Venezuela); araco joven (emberá, Colombia); baba (baniba, Venezuela); boeba (Suriname); bonbon (emberá, Colombia; siona, Ecuador); buxpu (Colombia); cachuda zancona (emberá, Colombia); castical (Brazil); choapo, chonta, chuapo (emberá, Colombia); cuhaca (mayongong, Brazil); ingi-pina, ingiprasara (Suriname); jira (emberá, Colombia); macanilla (baniba, Venezuela); manáca-man-ash-quili (mayongong, Brazil); manácam (sanama, Brazil); manoco (baure, Bolivia); nicó (siona, Ecuador); nobea (cubeo, Colombia); onipa (chácobo, Bolivia); pachiúba, pachiubera (Brazil); pachuba (guarayo, Bolivia); pachuda zancona (cubeo, Colombia); pachuvilla (guarayo, Bolivia); palma de zancos (cubeo, Colombia); pambil (quichua, Ecuador); pasiwoe (Suriname); paxiuba (Brazil); paxiuba palm; paxiúba, paxiúbinha (Brazil); pehpeh, pioelah (Suriname); piojoco (cubeo, Colombia); rayador (quichua, Ecuador); sarare (baniba, Venezuela); shiquita (quichua, Ecuador); upa (baniba, Venezuela); yu (guarayo, Bolivia)
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Latin name	Solanum L.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Androcera Nutt. Nycterium Vent.
English name	nightshade
French name	morelle
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Other name	amourèt (creole, Haiti); morella (italian); Nachtschatten (german)
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Latin name	Solanum accrescens Standl. & C.V.Morton
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Solanum erythrotrichum Standl. non Fernald
English name	accrescent nightshade
French name	morelle accrescente
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Latin name	Solanum acropterum Griseb.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
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English name	topwinged nightshade
French name	morelle à ailes terminales
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