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Latin name
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Stenocereus fimbriatus (Lam.) Lourteig
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Family
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Cactaceae
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Distribution
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SE North America (Greater Antilles)
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North America distribution zone
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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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xer calc
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Use
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fd ma pl
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Synonym
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Cactus fimbriatus Lam.
Cactus hystrix Haw.
Cereus eburneus Griseb. non Salm-Dyck
Cereus hystrix (Haw.) Mill.
Cereus hystrix (Haw.) Salm-Dyck
Cereus peruvianus Fawc. & Rendle
Harrissia fimbriata (Lam.) F.M.Knuth
Lemaireocereus griseus (Roíg non Haw.) Briton & Rose
Lemaireocereus griseus Roíg non Britton & Rose
Lemaireocereus hystrix (Haw.) Britton & Rose
Lemaireocereus hystrix (Haw.) Salm-Dyck
Ritterocereus hystrix (Haw.) Backeb. non (L.) Mill.
Stenocereus hystrix (Haw.) Buxb.
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English name
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fringed stenocereus; dildo, dildo pear (Jamaica); Spanish dildo
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French name
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stenocereus fimbrié; catastres, catrastes (Haiti)
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Spanish name
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cardon, cardón, cardòn (Cuba); cayuco (Dominican Republic); dildo español (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name
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Stenocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Buxb.
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Family
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Cactaceae
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Distribution
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MW SW SC North America (USA: Arizona; Mexico: Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa)
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North America distribution zone
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MW SW SC
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Height
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Foliage
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Ecology
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Use
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fd(ob) (economic means of subsistence of native Americans of the Central Baja California, Sonora and Arizona Indians) fr (fruits) ma(ob) (Seri Indians pounded dried stems with animal fat to make pitch for caulking boats) ti(ob) (ribs used by Seri Indians for daub and wattle constructions, torches and tongs)
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Synonym
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Cereus thurberi Engelm.
Lemaireocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
Marshallocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Backeb.
Neolemaireocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Backeb.
Pachycereus thurberi (Engelm.) Bravo
Pilocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Rumpl.
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English name
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organpipe stenocereus; organ pipe cactus (Mexico)
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French name
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stenocereus de Thurber
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Spanish name
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marismeña, mehuelé, órgano, pitahaya, pitahaya dulce (Mexico)
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Other name
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Latin name
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Sterculia apetala (Jacq.) H.Karst.
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Family
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Sterculiaceae
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Distribution
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SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) 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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L[G]
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Foliage
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D E
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Ecology
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hyg calc sili
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Use
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cl (emblem tree of Panama) dr (bark used for malaria, decoction of leaves prevent badness and is employed for chest ailments and cold, flower decoction taken orally for cough and insomnia, flower syrup taken orally for flu, bronchitis, chronic cough and asthma, leaves decoction taken orally for rheumatism, seed decoction is a diuretic used as a tonic for nervous and cardiac disease, seed decoction tonic as stimulant) fd (food industry with oil, fruits, seed ground and mixed with water are used as beverage or to flavor chocolate, seeds contain oil as what is found in cashews and peanuts, seeds named chesnuts are eaten boiled or roasted) fr (honey, seed used to fatten pigs) fw (firewood) ma (manufacture of soap with the seed) pl (fruits, honey, shade) sa (shade tree) ti (boxes, cabinet work, crates, fence posts, general carpentry, interior construction, matchboxes, matchsticks, medicine spatula, moulding, packaging, particleboards, piquet, plywood, posts, rude seat, tooth-pick, veneer, wrapping) tx
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Synonym
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Clompanus apetala Kuntze
Helicteres apetala Jacq.
Sterculia carthagenensis Cav.
Sterculia elata Ducke
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English name
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coolie sterculia; panama; Panama tree (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); Panama wood
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French name
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mahot apétale; maho (Antilles); maho cochon (French Guiana); pistache des Indes (Haiti)
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Spanish name
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anaca huita (Dominican Republic); anacagüita (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); anacahuita (Cuba, Dominican Republic); bellota (Guatemala, Mexico, Panama); cacaguillo (Venezuela); cacaito (Colombia); cacaíto (Venezuela); cama jorú, camajón, camajón duro, camajonduro, camajuru, camajurú (Colombia); camaruca (Cuba); camoruco (Guyana, Venezuela); castaño (Central America); chiapas (Guatemala, Mexico, Panama); chicha (Honduras); coco de monte (Ecuador); esterculia (Cuba); huarmi caspí (Peru); kobé (Honduras); majao (Colombia); panama (Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama); panamá (Honduras); pata de danta (Venezuela); pinón (Costa Rica); suán (Colombia); sujo (Bolivia); sunsún; sun-sún (Venezuela); tepetaca (Mexico)
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Other name
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bajirri (Colombia); chicha (Brazil); comótsontoc (campa asháninca, Peru); exixa (portuguese, Brazil); joyo (Bolivia); kobé (Honduras, Suriname); pistach (creole, Haiti)
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Trade name
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chicha
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Latin name
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Sterculia caribaea R.Br.
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Family
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Sterculiaceae
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Distribution
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SE North America (Lesser Antilles) NC South America (Trinidad, Guianas)
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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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Use
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pp ti
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Synonym
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Clompanus caribaea (R.Br.) Kuntze
Sterculia ivira Sw.
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English name
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carib sterculia; bastard mahoe, mahoe (Lesser Antilles); red mahoe (Tobago, Trinidad)
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French name
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mahot caraïbe; bois-mapou (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia); châtaiquier grandes feuilles; mahot cochon (West Indies); mahot-cochon, mapou-baril (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia)
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Spanish name
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anacaguita (Cuba, Puerto Rico); castaña, castaño (Central America)
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