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Latin name	Suriana maritima L.
Family	Surianaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; West Indies) South America, S Eurasia and Africa (tropics), NW NC ME Oceania (Micronesia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel xer calc sili
Use	dr (branch and leaves bath for rheumatism, leaves and bark decoction or powder applied externally, powdered leaves with flour applied as poultice for bleeding) fw ti
Synonym
English name	maritime baycedar; bay cedar (Puerto Rico); bay-cedar; baycedar (Virgin Islands); juggerman, junifer; sea samphire (Jamaica); suriana, tassel plant, thatch-leaf
French name	suriane maritime; christe marine; crisse marine (Haiti); oseille bord de mer; perce-pierre (Haiti); romarin noir
Spanish name	cuabilla (Cuba); cuazumilla; cubilla de costa (Cuba); cucharo (Venezuela); gitarón, giterón; guazumilla (Dominican Republic); guitarán (Puerto Rico); incenso (Cuba); jobero, jovero (Dominican Republic); palo corra; pantzil, santsit (Mexico); temporana (Puerto Rico)
Other name	kriz marinn (creole, Haiti); newe, ngiangi (marshallese, Marshall Is.); nietkot, nigas (chamorro, Micronesia); pes piè (creole, Haiti); rekung (marshallese, Marshall Is.)
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Latin name	Swartzia Schreb.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Fairchildia Britton & Rose Hoelzelia Weck. Huertia Mutis ex Sagást. Possira Aubl. Rittera Schreb. Riveria Kunth Tounatea Aubl.
English name	Swartzpea
French name	swartzia
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Latin name	Swartzia caribaea Griseb.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Lucia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	sci hyg mes?
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Synonym	Tounatea caribaea (Griseb.) Taub. Tunatea caribaea (Griseb.) Kuntze
English name	Caribbean Swartzpea; coco negre hebrew, wild nutmeg
French name	swartzia caraïbe; acoucoua, acouquois, arcoquois, bois du bras de sable, bois olivier, bois-maler, bois-olivier, brésillette, casse, graine à agouti, graine agouti, muscade marron, olivier, yoranger, z'oranger blanc
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Latin name	Swartzia cubensis (Britton & P.Wilson) Standl.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica, Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel mes calc
Use	ma (oil content, resin) ti (nice turned work wood)
Synonym
English name	Cuban Swartzpea
French name	swartzia de Cuba
Spanish name	carne asada (Honduras); corazón azul (Mexico); costilla de danto (Costa Rica); yema de huevo (Honduras)
Other name	cutacuatzitziquí (nahuatl, Mexico); k’atalox (Mexico)
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Latin name	Swartzia cubensis (Britton & P.Wilson) Standl. var. cubensis
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (S Mexico to Nicaragua; Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	calc?
Use	dr
Synonym	Swartzia lundellii Standl. Tounatea cubensis Britton & P.Wilson
English name	typical Cuban Swartzpea; bitter wood, crying blood, northern rosewood (Belize)
French name	swartzia de Cuba typique
Spanish name	llora sangre (Belize, Cuba); pico de gallo (Cuba); sangre de torro (Belize)
Other name	catalox, cataosh, cataox, katalox (Mexico)
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Latin name	Swartzia cubensis var. nicaraguensis (Britton & Rose) R.S.Cowan
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Swartzia nicaraguensis (Britton & Rose) Standl. Tounatea nicaraguensis Britton & Rose
English name	Nicaragua Cuban Swartzpea
French name	swartzia de Cuba du Nicaragua
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Latin name	Swartzia guatemalensis (Donn.Sm.) Pittier
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Swartzia myrtifolia var. guatemalensis Donn.Sm. Tounatea guatemalensis (Donn.Sm.) Britton & Rose
English name	Guatemala Swartzpea
French name	swartzia du Guatemala
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Other name	so solche
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Latin name	Swartzia myrtifolia Sm.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) N MW SE South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, SE Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Riveria nitens Kunth Tounatea myrtifolia (Sm.) Taub. Tunatea myrtifolia (Sm.) Kuntze
English name	myrtleleaf Swartzpea
French name	swartzia à feuilles de myrte
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Latin name	Swartzia myrtifolia Sm. var. myrtifolia
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE? North America (possibly Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE?
Height	S
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Ecology
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English name	typical myrtleleaf Swartzpea
French name	swartzia à feuilles de myrte typique
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Latin name	Swartzia myrtifolia var. standleyi (Britton & Rose) R.S.Cowan
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Swartzia standleyi (Britton & Rose) Standl. Tounatea standleyi Britton & Rose
English name	Standley myrtleleaf Swartzpea
French name	swartzia à feuilles de myrte de Standley
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Latin name	Swartzia nuda Schery
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	naked Swartzpea
French name	swartzia dénudé
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Latin name	Swartzia panamensis Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	[D]
Ecology	hyg
Use	ti (building, cabinet work, fence posts, flooring, general heavy construction, railroad ties, turned work, wheelstock)
Synonym	Fairchildia panamensis (Benth.) Britton & Rose Tounatea panamensis (Benth.) Taub. Tunatea panamensis (Benth.) Kuntze
English name	Panama Swartzpea
French name	swartzia du Panama
Spanish name	carboncillo (Costa Rica); chichipate (El Salvador, Honduras); comenegro (Costa Rica); cucharo, cucharo colorado (Colombia); cutarro (Panama); guayacan (Costa Rica); madreado de montaña (Honduras); malvecino (Panama); paterno (Honduras)
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Latin name	Swartzia phaneroptera Standl.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	winged Swartzpea
French name	swartzia ailé
Spanish name	costilla de Danto (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Swartzia picramnoides Standl. & L.O.Williams
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	mes
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English name	falsebitterbush Swartzpea
French name	swartzia fausse-picramnie
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Latin name	Swartzia simplex (Sw.) Spreng.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (C Mexico to Panama, Jamaica, Dominica, St.Vincent, Grenadines, Grenada) N M SC SE South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg->mes?
Use	ma ti (construction)
Synonym	Possira simplex Sw. Rittera grandiflora Vahl Rittera simplex (Sw.) Vahl Swartzia calophylla Poepp. Swartzia grandiflora (Vahl) Willd. Swartzia macrosperma Bertol. Swartzia ochnacea DC. Swartzia simplex var. continentalis Urb. Swartzia simplex var. genuina Urb. Swartzia simplex var. jamaicensis Urb. Swartzia simplex var. ochnacea (DC.) R.S.Cowan Swartzia simplicifolia Willd. Tounatea calophylla (Poepp.) Taub. Tounatea costaricensis Britton Tounatea gatunensis Britton Tounatea hayesii Britton Tounatea hondurensis Britton Tounatea jamaicensis (Urb.) Britton Tounatea macrosperma (Bertol.) Britton & Rose Tounatea ochnacea (DC.) Britton Tounatea penomenensis Britton Tounatea pittieri Britton Tounatea simplex (Sw.) Taub. Tounatea williamsii Britton Tunatea simplex (Spreng.) Kuntze
English name	simple Swartzpea; fishing rod; wild orange (Tobago, Trinidad)
French name	swartzia simple; abricotier bois, mabouya, z'oranger rouge, zicaque France, zoranger, zoranger noir
Spanish name	caballo caspi (Ecuador); limoncillo; naranjillo (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama); naranjito (Costa Rica, Panama); negro caspi (Ecuador); niranjito (Costa Rica); pernilla del monte; pusilde (Ecuador)
Other name	laranjinha
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Latin name	Swartzia simplex var. grandiflora (Raddi) R.S.Cowan
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama) N M SC SE South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L?
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Synonym	Mimosa crocea Vell. Swartzia crocea (Vell.) Benth. Swartzia darienensis Pittier Swartzia grandiflora sensu Vogel non Willd. nec Gmel. Swartzia simplex var. darienensis (Pittier) Schery Swartzia trifolia Pittier Swartzia triphylla var. grandiflora Raddi Tounatea crocea (Vell.) Taub. Tounatea cuneata Britton Tounatea darienensis (Pittier) Britton & Rose Tounatea johnsonii Britton Tounatea subcoriacea Britton Tounatea trifolia (Pittier) Britton & Rose Tunatea crocea (Vell.) Kuntze
English name	bigflower simple Swartzpea
French name	swartzia simple à grandes fleurs
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Other name	caramuca, laranjeira do mato, maçutayba, naranja
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Latin name	Swartzia simplex (Sw.) Spreng. var. simplex
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Jamaica, Dominica, St.Vincent, Grenadines, Grenada) NC MW MC South America (Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, Peru, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L?
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English name	typical simple Swartzpea; wild orange
French name	swartzia simple typique; abricotier bois
Spanish name	naranjillo amarillo
Other name	mabouya, yoranger
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Latin name	Swartzia sumorum A.R.Molina
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Nicaragua Swartzpea
French name	swartzia du Nicaragua
Spanish name	uvillo
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Latin name	Swietenia Jacq.
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Mahagoni Adans. Roia Scop. Suitenia Stokes
English name	mahogany; true mahogany
French name	acajou
Spanish name	caoba
Other name	Mahagonibaum (german); mogano (italian)
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Latin name	Swietenia aubrevillena Stehlé & Cusin
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guadeloupe) SE Eurasia
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
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English name	Aubréville mahogany
French name	acajou hybride; mahogani hybride
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Latin name	Swietenia humilis Zucc.
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica) W Africa
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	xer calc
Use	dr ex fd ma pl (quickset edge) ti (cabinet work, furniture, general construction, scientific and musical instruments as pianos, walls)
Synonym	Swietenia bijuga P.Preuss Swietenia cirrhata S.F.Blake
English name	Mexican mahogany; dry zone mahogany, Pacific coast mahogany
French name	acajou amer
Spanish name	cáguano (Honduras); caoba (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Mexico); caoba del Pacifico (Nicaragua); caoba del sur; coabilla (Mexico); cóbano, cuche (Guatemala); gateado, venadillo (Mexico); zapatón (Guatemala); zopilote (Mexico)
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Latin name	Swietenia macrophylla King
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán peninsula to Panama) South America (general) int Eurasia and Africa
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	D E
Ecology	sci->hel (shade tolerant in youth) hyg->mes calc acid->neut
Use	cl (emblem tree of Belize) dr (infusion obtained with bark and seed against neurosis, diarrhea and fever) ex (almost extinct in Colombia) fd (excellent honey species) fw (fuel) ma pl (quickset hedge) sa (agroforestry) ti (boats building, cabinet work, wood carving, cuts and crafts, figurative plaque, furniture, general construction, houses, joinery, logs, lumber, matches, moulding, musical instruments, paneling, pattern making, pianos, plywood, tooth-picks, turned work, veneer) tx (dermatitis)
Synonym	Swietenia belizensis Lundell Swietenia candollei Pittier Swietenia krukovii Gleason Swietenia macrophylla var. marabaensis Ledoux & Lobato Swietenia tessmannii Harms
English name	Honduras mahogany; American mahogany, baywood; Belize mahogany, Brazilian mahogany, British Honduras mahogany (USA); broad leaf mahogany (Virgin Islands); broad-leaved mahogany; broken ridge mahogany (Belize); Central American mahogany (Virgin Islands); Colombian mahogany, Costa Rica mahogany, Costa Rican mahogany, Guatemalan mahogany, guenuine mahogany (India, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA); mahogany (Belize, India, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA); mahogany tree, Mexican mahogany p.p., Nicaraguan mahogany, Panama mahogany, Peruvian mahogany, South American mahogany, Tabasco mahogany, true mahogany; Venezuelan mahogany (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA)
French name	acajou du Honduras; acajou, acajou d'Amérique (French Guiana); acajou d'Amérique centrale, acajou de Honduras; acajou du Venezuela, acajou étranger (Haiti); mahogani du Honduras, mahogani-grandes feuilles
Spanish name	aguano (Peru); ahuano (Ecuador); cáguano (Honduras); cahoba del Atlántico (Nicaragua); caoba (Central and South America); caoba americana (Colombia); caoba centroamericana (Cuba, Nicaragua); caoba de Honduras (Cuba, Puerto Rico); caoba del Atlántico (Honduras); caoba hondureña (Dominican Republic); caobo, caobo de Las Antillas (Venezuela); cedro carmesi, cedro cebolla, cedro espinoso; chacalte (Guatemala); chiculte (Belize); chiculti, cóbano (Mexico); ebano (Peru); flor de venadillo, gateado (Mexico); granadillo (Colombia); mara (Bolivia); orura, oruro (Venezuela); palo zopilote (Mexico); palosanto (Ecuador, Colombia); zopilote gateado (Mexico)
Other name	acagiu (italian); Acajouholz (german); acaju (portuguese); aguano (Brazil); ahuano (quichua, Ecuador); anacardo da América (portuguese); araputanga (Brazil); caoba (portuguese, Brazil); cedro-i, cedrorana (Brazil); Echtes Mahagoni (german); kajou etranje, kajou venezwela (creole, Haiti); kamarakatta (Guyana); Mahagoni, Mahagoniholz (german); mahok (dutch); mo-uá (chinanteco); mogano, mogano americano (italian); mogno, mogno brasileiro, mogno-brasileiro (Brazil); puná (lacandon); sutz'uch (maya, Belize); tzopilotl (nahuatl, Mexico); tzopilt-zontecomatl (nahuatl); tzutzul (Mexico); watergroenhart (Suriname); Zentralamerikanisches Mahagoni (german)
Trade name	acajou Amérique, acajou d'Amérique, Brazilian mahogany, caoba, Honduras mahogany, mahogany

Latin name	Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: S Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica) South America (tropics) int Eurasia, Africa and Oceania (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D[E]
Ecology	hel mes xer calc sili [acid]
Use	dr (bark, leaves decoction with salt taken orally for nerve disorders, leaves or roots extract applied externally for bleeding, macerated or decoction of bark with salt taken orally for fever, anemia, diarrhea and dysentery, resin or bark decoction for toothache, seed tea taken orally for chest pain, steeped bark and roots taken orally for vitamins and iron, steeped bark taken orally for loss of appetite, steeped bark with rum for 3-4 days taken orally as aphrodisiac) fd ma pl sa ti (fine cabinet, furniture, ship building)
Synonym	Cedrela mahagoni L. Cedrus mahogani (L.) Mill. Swietenia acutifolia Stokes Swietenia fabrilis Salisb. Swietenia mahagoni Lam. Swietenia mahagoni var. praecociflora Hemsl. Swietenia mahogani C.DC. Swietenia mahogoni Lam.
English name	WestIndies mahogany; Barbados mahogany, Cuban mahogany; curlet-mahogany (Jamaica); Dominican mahogany (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA, Virgin Islands); mahogany (Bahamas, India, Puerto Rico, Tobago, Trinidad, USA, Virgin Islands, West Indies); mahogany tree; sabica (Bahamas); small-leaf mahogany (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA, Virgin Islands); Spanish mahogany (St.Vincent, Tobago, Trinidad); true mahogany (West Indies); West Indian mahogany (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA, Virgin Islands); WestIndian mahogany
French name	acajou des Antilles; acajou (Haiti); acajou d'Amérique; acajou de Cuba (West Indies); acajou de Saint Domingue (Guadeloupe); acajou pays (Haiti); arbre d'acajou (West Indies); bois d'acajou, cajou, cajou à planche, cajou à planches; cèdre des Antilles (West Indies); mahogani de Saint-Domingue, mahogani-pays; mahogany, mahogany du pays (Guadeloupe); mahogany petites feuilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique); swiéténia mahagony
Spanish name	aguano, ajo de perdiz, cabello de angel; caoba (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); caoba antillana, caoba de caracolillo; caoba de Cuba (Cuba); caoba de las Antillas (Panama); caoba de obra, caoba de ramazón; caoba de Santo Domingo (Puerto Rico); caoba dominicana (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); caoba yema de huevo (Cuba); caobilla; caobo (Cuba, Dominican Republic); caroba de ramazón (Cuba); madiera (Bahamas); ojo de perdiz
Other name	albero di acajou; Antillen-Mahagoni, Echtes Mahagoni, Insel-Mahagoni (german); kajou, kajou peyi (creole, Haiti); Kuba-Mahagoni (german); madeira; mahok (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); mahoni (Suriname); mahonijboom, (dutch, Tropical America); mogano di Cuba (italian); nieuxbladboom (dutch, Tropical America); teponastli (Mexico); Westindisches Mahagoni (german)
Trade name	mahogany

Latin name	Syagrus Mart.
Family	Palmae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Cocos L. p.p. Rhyticocos Becc.
English name	syagruspalm
French name	syagrus
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Latin name	Syagrus amara (Jacq.) Mart.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique) NC South America (Trinidad)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg->mes xer
Use	ma (leaves) pl (ornamental) pp?
Synonym	Cocos amara Jacq. Rhyticocos amara (Jacq.) Becc.
English name	moca syagruspalm; moca palm (Montserrat)
French name	syagrus amer; cocomay (Dominica); palmier amer (Guadeloupe); petit coco (Guadeloupe, Martinique); ti coco
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Latin name	Symphonia L.f.
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution
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English name	symphonia
French name	manil
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Latin name	Symphonia globulifera L.f.
Family	Guttiferae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Lesser Antilles) South America (general) Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel sci hyg->mes
Use	dr (latex for cicatrization of ulcer and skin abscess, poultice, resin used as diuretic, tonic) dr(ob) (latex used medicinally by indigenous peoples) fd (fruits) fr (flowers: hummingbirds, fruits: bats) fw (resinous exudate is burned as a source of light) ma (boiling and drying the sap produces a wax used in tool manufacture and maintenance, candles, dye, latex for caulking boats, resin, torches) ma(ob) (sap has been used by Piaroa Amerindians to caulk canoes and as general purpose glue) pl pp sa ti (athletic and sports equipment, barrel for solid food, boat framing, roofing and planking, boxes, bridge boards and structure, cabinet work, cooperage, crates, fence posts, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, general construction, industry and artisan uses, installations, paneling and interior trim, piling, plywood, posts cutting, railroad ties, ship building, stick and boxe matches, tuns, turned work)
Synonym	Moronobea coccinea Aubl. Moronobea coccinea sensu Duss Moronobea globulifera Schtdl. Moronobea grandiflora Choisy Symphonia gabonensis (Vesque) Pierre Symphonia globulifera var. gabonensis Vesque Symphonia microphylla R.E.Schult. Symphonia ultissima R.E.Schult.
English name	Guiana symphonia; boarwood (Jamaica, USA); bogum (Panama); brick-waxtree (Guyana); chewstick (USA); hog doctor, hog gum tree (Jamaica); hog plum; mangue (Tobago, Trinidad); manni (Guyana); sambo gum (Panama); waika chewstick, wycot (Belize); yellow mangle
French name	manil marécage; bois à cochon (Haiti); bois cochon (French Guiana); mang blanc, mang jaune; mangle blanc (Dominica); mangle jaune, nom onié à fleurs rouges; palétuvier jaune (Guadeloupe)
Spanish name	amarillo (Honduras); azufre (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru); azufre caspi (Peru); barillo, bario (Central America); bogum (Panama); botoncillo (Costa Rica); brea amarilla (Bolivia); brea-caspi (Peru); cerillo, cero (Costa Rica, Panama); chuchuy (Venezuela); corbán (Belize); corbian (Belize); kulura; leche amarilla (Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela); leche amarillo (Guatemala, Honduras); leche amarillo macho (Belize); leche mana (Honduras); leche Maria (Nicaragua); machare (Colombia, Ecuador); machasi, madroño (Colombia); mani, mani peraman (Venezuela); manil (Ecuador, Honduras); marillo (Costa Rica); ojoru (Venezuela); palo azufre (Peru); paraman, paramán (Venezuela); paraquina macho (Bolivia); peramán, peramancillo (Venezuela); pimientillo (Guatemala, Honduras); piraquina macho (Bolivia); puenga (Ecuador); resina amarilla (Bolivia); sambogum (Panama); sapute (Ecuador); tomé (Colombia, Ecuador); tometo (Colombia); varillo (Guatemala, Honduras); yapi, zaputi (Ecuador)
Other name	agben (yoruba); agberigbedi, agbérigbedi (Nigeria); anani (portuguese, Brazil); anany (Brazil); bangu bangu (Dem. Rep. of the Congo); beu (Ivory Coast); bolaka, bolongo (kundu); bombiko (gombe); bon (Ivory Coast); botele (babua); bulungu (kitetela); bwa kochon (creole, Haiti); can-i-lech (maya, Belize); canadi (portuguese, Brazil); dake (gombe); gambé (Cameroon); gambé (pybi?); guanandi (Brazil); inse (shuar, Ecuador); k'han-leech (maya, Belize); kalukula (kimbuba); kayungu (kibembe?); kirungu (kisongola); leche amarilla (Brazil); lungu (lokele, Dem. Rep. of the Congo); mani (portuguese, Brazil; Suriname, Venezuela); manil (Congo; creole, French Guiana); maniou dou (saramaccan); manioudou (portuguese, Brazil); manni, manniballi (Guyana); mataaki (aukaans?); mataki, matakkie (Suriname); mbiko (gombe); moamba mbuaki (kiyombe); mokoa (Cameroon); monianga (Gabon); mulimba (swahili); mulungu (kirega); mutu (kuna, Panama); mvanga mvanga (kiyombe); ndimba (kikumu); nianga, nianga nianga (Congo); nkuazi (kikongo); nom-onié (Cameroon); nsongia (kikongo); nungu (kiswahili); oanani (Brazil); okilolo (ljaw); onié (Cameroon); onongo (lombo); ossol (Cameroon and Gabon); ovien edun eze (edo, Nigeria); pau-breu, pitiá-de-lagoa (Brazil); puenka (shuar, Ecuador); saban mataaki (aukaans?); shineri (campa asháninca, Peru); sisako (Cameroon); ulungu (kikusu, kitetela); vanahi (Brazil); vanani (portuguese, Brazil)
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Latin name	Symplococarpon Airy Shaw
Family	Theaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	symplocarpon
French name	symplocarpon
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Latin name	Symplococarpon airy-shawianum Kobuski
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Mexico)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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English name	Mexico symplococarpon
French name	symplococarpon de Mexico
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Latin name	Symplococarpon flavifolium Lundell
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology
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English name	yellowleaf symplococarpon
French name	symplococarpon à feuilles jaunes
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