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Latin name	Solanum subinerme Jacq.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	[S]
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Synonym	Solanum heterophyllum Lam. Solanum juripeba Rich. Solanum longiflorum Vahl Solanum stamineum Steud. Solanum styracifolium Roem. & Schult.
English name	unarmed nightshade
French name	morelle inerme
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Latin name	Solanum torvum Sw.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (USA: Alabama, Florida; S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador) S Eurasia and Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Use	dr fd pl
Synonym	Solanum daturaefolium Dunal Solanum ferrugineum Jacq. Solanum ficifolium Ortega Solanum mayanum Lundell
English name	turkeyberry nightshade; gully bean (Jamaica); nightshade (Belize); shoo-shoo-bush (Tortola); susumber (Jamaica); tall redtrubba (Barbados); turkey berry (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); turkey-berry
French name	morelle à feuilles d'acanthe; amourette (Haiti); bâtard belongène (Dominica); bélangère bâtard (Guadeloupe); melongène marronne (Haiti); zamorette (Haiti)
Spanish name	berengena, berengena silvestre (Dominican Republic); berenjena cimarrona (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); berenjena de gallina, berenjena de monte, berenjena de puerco (Dominican Republic); friega-platos (Colombia); pendejena, pendejera (Cuba); susamba, susumba (Belize); tabacón (Dominican Republic); tomatillo (Guatemala)
Other name	amourèt (creole, Haiti); p'al, pachil (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Solanum triste Jacq.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Martinique)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel
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Synonym	Solanum sieberi Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. p.p.
English name	sad nightshade
French name	morelle grand-bois; bois caca, melongène diable, melongene grand-bois (Lesser Antilles)
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Latin name	Solanum umbellatum Mill.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Greater Antilles) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Ecology	xer? calc
Use	dr fr
Synonym	Solanum asperum Dunal non Rich. Solanum callicarpifolium Griseb. non Kunth & Bouché Solanum cortex-virens Dunal Solanum dichotomum Ruiz & Pav. p.p. Solanum edwardii Kunth & Bouché Solanum receptum Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
English name	umbellate nightshade
French name	morelle à ombelles
Spanish name	friega platos (Dominican Republic); pendejera macho (Cuba)
Other name	sapi mula (kuna, Panama); xhucuch xiw (maya, Mexico)
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Latin name	Solanum wrightii Benth.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (El Salvador to Costa Rica) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia) int MW S Africa
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	pl (decoration) sa (shadow of coffee plantation)
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English name	Wright nightshade; potato tree
French name	morelle de Wright
Spanish name	arbol de la papa (Venezuela)
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Latin name	Solenophora Benth.
Family	Gesneriaceae
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English name	solenophora
French name	solenophore
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Latin name	Solenophora calycosa Donn.Sm.
Family	Gesneriaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Solenophora australis C.V.Morton Solenophora toucana D.L.Denham & D.N.Gibson
English name	persistentcalyx solenophora
French name	solenophore à calice persistant
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Latin name	Solenophora obliqua D.L.Denham & D.N.Gibson
Family	Gesneriaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	oblique solenophora
French name	solenophore oblique
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Latin name	Sommera Schltdl.
Family	Rubiaceae
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English name	sommera
French name	sommera
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Latin name	Sommera chiapensis Brandegee
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M?
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English name	Chiapas sommera
French name	sommera du Chiapas
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Latin name	Sommera donnell-smithii Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Petesia minor Griseb. Sommera dunlappii L.O.Williams Sommera mesochroa Standl. Sommera rivularis L.O.Williams
English name	DonnellSmith sommera
French name	sommera de Donnell-Smith
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Latin name	Sommera grandis (Bartl.) Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Petesia grandis Bartl. Sommera subcordata Standl.
English name	big sommera
French name	sommera grand
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Latin name	Sommera montana L.O.Williams
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	mountain sommera
French name	sommera de montagne
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Latin name	Sophora L.
Family	Leguminosae
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English name	sophora; pagoda tree
French name	sophore; sophora
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Other name	Schnurbaum (german); sofora (italian)
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Latin name	Sophora secundiflora (Ortega) Lag. ex DC.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: New Mexico, Texas; Mexico: Chihuahua to Tamaulipas, Oaxaca to Veracruz)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes [xer]
Use	cl(ob) tx (seeds)
Synonym	Agastianis secundiflora (Ortega) Raf. Broussonetia secundiflora Ortega Calia erythrosperma Teran & Berland. Calia secundiflora (Ortega) Yakovlev Calia secundiflora f. xanthosperma (Rehder) Yakovlev Calia secundiflora ssp. albofoliolata Yakovlev Cladrastis secundiflora Raf. Dermatophyllum speciosum Scheele Sophora secundiflora f. xanthosperma Rehder Sophora sempervirens Engelm. Sophora speciosa Benth. Virgilia secundiflora Cav.
English name	mescalbean sophora; coral bean, coralbean, frijolito, mescalbean, Texas-mountain-laurel
French name	sophore toxique
Spanish name	colorín, frijolillo, frijolito
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Latin name	Sophora tomentosa L.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; Bermuda, Bahamas, West Indies) NW ME South America (Colombia, Brazil: Bahia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel xer
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English name	tomentose sophora; bead tree (Lesser Antilles); micar (Cayman Is.); necklace pod (USA)
French name	sophore tomenteuse; canique bâtard, haricot bâtard
Spanish name	tambabisa (Cuba)
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Latin name	Sophora tomentosa var. littoralis (Schrad.) Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Puerto Rico) ME South America (Brazil: Bahia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Sophora arenicola Nees Sophora crassifolia J.St.-Hil. Sophora littoralis Schrad. Sophora nitens Schumach. & Thonn. Sophora tomentosa ssp. littoralis (Schrad.) Yakovlev Sophora tomentosa f. glabra Steenis
English name	littoral tomentose sophora
French name	sophore tomenteuse littorale
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Latin name	Sophora tomentosa var. occidentalis (L.) Isely
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (USA: Texas; S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) NW South America (Colombia) Africa
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Sophora havanensis Jacq. Sophora occidentalis L. Sophora tomentosa ssp. havanensis (Jacq.) Yakovlev Sophora tomentosa ssp. occidentalis (L.) Brummitt Sophora tomentosa ssp. polyphylla (Urb.) Yakovlev Sophora tomentosa ssp. longiflora Yakovlev Sophora tomentosa f. longiflora Yakovlev Sophora tomentosa f. polyphylla (Urb.) Yakovlev
English name	yellow tomentose sophora; yellow sophora (USA)
French name	sophore tomenteuse occidentale
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Latin name	Sophora tomentosa var. truncata Torr. & A.Gray
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Sophora tomentosa ssp. bahamensis Yakovlev Sophora tomentosa f. aurea (Yakovlev) Yakovlev Sophora tomentosa f. longifolia Yakovlev Zanthyrsis paniculata Raf.
English name	truncate tomentose sophora
French name	sophore tomenteuse tronquée
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Latin name	Sorbus L.
Family	Rosaceae
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Synonym	Micromeles Decne. Pyrus L.
English name	mountainash; dogberry, mountain ash (USA); mountain-ash (Canada); rowen, white beam
French name	sorbier; alisier, cormier
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Other name	Eberesche, Mehlbeere (german); sorbo (italian)
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Latin name	Sorbus americana Marshall
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	NC NE MC ME North America (Canada: Ontario to Newfoundland; USA: Minnesota to Maine to Georgia)
North America distribution zone	NC NE MC ME
Height	S[M]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg->[xer]
Use	dr (fruits used in popular medicine are rich in C vitamin and iron and are laxative, diuretic, astringent and digestive) dr(ob) (stimulant) fd (fruits recolted after frost time give juice, jelly, jam, marmelade and are used in wine preparation and alcoolic drink aromatized with sorb) fd(ob) (Algonquin prepared an alcoolic drink by boiling its young branches with new branches of white spruce, leaves of Gaultheria procumbens and flowers of Sambucus canadensis in a little bit of wine, Amerindians picked up the fruits dryed and grinded them to obtain flour) fr (fruits eaten by birds and black bear) pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Aucuparia americana (Marshall) Nieuwl. Pyrus americana (Marshall) DC. Pyrus microcarpa (Pursh) Spreng.
English name	American mountainash; American mountain ash, American mountain-ash (Canada); American rowan-tree; catberry (USA); dogberry, missey-moosey, mountain ash (Canada, USA) mountain-ash, pigberry; roundwood (Canada, USA); rowan-berry, rowan-tree (USA); servicetree
French name	sorbier d'Amérique; cormier, maska, maskouabina (Canada); sorbier des montagnes d'Amérique, sorbier maskoubina
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Other name	Amerikanische Eberesche, Eberesche (german); sorbo americano (italian)
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Latin name	Sorbus decora (Sarg.) C.K.Schneid.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	NC NE MC ME North America (Canada: Manitoba to Newfoundland; Denmark: S Greenland; USA: Minnesota to Maine, Iowa to Pennsylvania)
North America distribution zone	NC NE MC ME
Height	M[L]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel[sci] hyg->xer acid->neut
Use	fd (fruits: spice) fr (fruits eaten by birds) pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Pyrus americana var. decora Sarg. Pyrus decora (Sarg.) Hyland Sorbus americana var. decora (Sarg.) Sarg. Sorbus sambucifolia sensu Dippel Sorbus scopulina sensu Hough
English name	showy mountainash; American mountain-ash; dogberry (USA); mountain-ash (Canada, USA); northern-ash; showy mountain ash (Canada); showy mountain-ash, showy northern-ash
French name	sorbier décoratif; cormier, sorbier des montagnes (Canada); sorbier élégant, sorbier monticole; sorbier plaisant (Canada)
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Latin name	Sorbus scopulina Greene
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	NW NC MW MC North America (Canada: Yukon Territory, British Columbia to Saskatchewan; USA: Alaska, Washington to North Dakota, California to New Mexico)
North America distribution zone	NW NC MW MC
Height	S
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Synonym	Pyrus scopulina (Greene) Longyear Sorbus andersonii G.N.Jones
English name	Greene mountainash; Greene's mountain-ash, western mountain-ash
French name	sorbier de Greene
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Latin name	Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis (G.N.Jones) C.L.Hitch.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	NW MW North America (Canada: British Columbia; USA: Washington to N California)
North America distribution zone	NW MW
Height	S?
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Synonym	Sorbus cascadensis G.N.Jones
English name	Cascade Greene mountainash
French name	sorbier de Greene des Cascades
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Latin name	Sorbus scopulina Greene var. scopulina
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	NW NC MW MC North America (Canada: Yukon Territory, British Columbia to Saskatchewan; USA: Alaska, Washington to North Dakota, California to New Mexico)
North America distribution zone	NW NC MW MC
Height	S?
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English name	typical Greene mountainash
French name	sorbier de Greene typique
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Latin name	Sorbus sitchensis M.Roem.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	NW MW North America (Canada: British Columbia, Alberta; USA: Alaska, Washington to Idaho to California)
North America distribution zone	NW MW
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	mes
Use	fd fd(ob) (Algonquin prepared an alcoolic drink) pl
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English name	Sitka mountainash; Pacific mountain-ash, Sitka mountain ash, western mountain-ash
French name	sorbier de Sitka
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Latin name	Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi (Wenz.) C.L.Hitch.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	NW MW North America (Canada: British Columbia; USA: Alaska, Washington to California)
North America distribution zone	NW MW
Height	S?
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Synonym	Sorbus occidentalis (S.Watson) Greene Sorbus sambucifolia var. grayi Wenz. Sorbus sitchensis ssp. grayi (Wenz.) Calder & Taylor
English name	Gray Sitka mountainash
French name	sorbier de Sitka de Gray
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Latin name	Sorbus sitchensis M.Roem. var. sitchensis
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	NW MW North America (Canada: British Columbia; USA: Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana)
North America distribution zone	NW MW
Height	S?
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Synonym	Pyrus sitchensis (M.Roem.) Piper Sorbus americana var. sitchensis (M.Roem.) Sudw.
English name	typical Sitka mountainash
French name	sorbier de Sitka typique
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Latin name	Sorocea A.St.-Hil.
Family	Moraceae
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Synonym	Balanostreblus Kurz Paraclarisia Ducke Pseudosorocea Baillon Trophisomia Rojas
English name	sorocea
French name	sorocea
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Latin name	Sorocea affinis Hemsl.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes
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English name	Panama sorocea
French name	sorocea du Panama
Spanish name	cauchillo (Panama)
Other name	moli nunis (kuna, Panama)
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