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Latin name	Talipariti elatum (Sw.) Fryxell
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies) int South America, S Eurasia, Africa and N M Oceania (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg->mes calc neut
Use	dr (leaves decoction gargle for throat infection and tonsillitis, leaves decoction taken orally with bath for diarrhea, colic, disentery, cough and malarial fever, powdered leaves, bark or fresh leaves compress or bath for skin irritation, bite and sore) fd ma (hat-making made with bark-fibre, rope) pl (ornamental on streets and avenues) sa (restoring of soils, varying shades) ti (boats, cabinet work, considered to be one of the finest timbers, fishing rods, flooring, footings, framing, furniture, gun stocks, inlay work, interior trim, railroad ties, shafts and bodies of carts and wagons, shingles, sills)
Synonym	Hibiscus azanzae DC. Hibiscus elatus Sw. Hibiscus tiliaceus ssp. elatus (Sw.) Borss.Waalk. Hibiscus tiliaceus var. elatus (Sw.) Hochr. Pariti elatum (Sw.) G.Don. Pariti grande Britton Pariti tiliaceum var. elatum (Sw.) O.Deg. & Greenwell Paritium azanzae (DC.) G.Don Paritium elatum (Sw.) G.Don Paritium elatum var. macrocarpum Griseb.
English name	tall talipariti; blue mahoe (Belize, Jamaica, Puerto Rico); Cuba-bark (Jamaica); Cuban bast (USA); Cuban-bast (Hawaii); Jamaica hibiscus; linden hibiscus (USA); mahoe (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, USA); mahot (St. Vincent); mountain mahoe (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); sea hibiscus (USA); seaside mahoe (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago); tree hibiscus (USA); wild cotton (Belize)
French name	talipariti élevé; bois de liège (Guadeloupe); bois flot (Guadeloupe, Martinique); coton marron (Haiti); grand mahaut, grand mahot (Guadeloupe); hibiscus elatus, hibiscus en arbre; mahaut, mahaut bleu, mahaut franc (Haiti); mahaut gombo (Guadeloupe); mahot gombo (Guadeloupe); pariti (French Guiana)
Spanish name	algodoncillo (Venezuela); demajagua (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Peru); emajagua excelsa (Puerto Rico); holó (Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela); huamaga (Ecuador); magagua hembra (Cuba); majagua (Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela); majagua azul (Cuba); majagua de playa (Panama); majagua hembra (Cuba, Jamaica); majagua macho (Cuba); majagüito de playa (Colombia); majahua (Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela); majao (Honduras); majó (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); majugua, majugua azul (Cuba); masahua (Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela)
Other name	Baumhibiscus, Hoher Linden-Eibisch (german); ibisco arboreo (italian); kayuwa (Guyana); maho (Guyana, Suriname); mahoe; mahot ble (creole, Haiti)
Trade name	blue mahoe

Latin name	Talipariti tiliaceum (L.) Fryxell
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama; USA: S Florida; West Indies) South America, S Eurasia and N M Oceania (tropics) int Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr (flower, roots and roots bark decoction taken orally for gastro-intestinal ailments, constipation, cough and abscess, leaves decoction for hemorrhoids) fw ma (coarse cloth, fibre of the bark is used by fishermen for string and cordage in making nets and as tow for caulking boats, hammocks, mats, native cloth, sail) pl pp sa (excellent living fences) ti (floats, planking and building light boats, wood: substitute for cork)
Synonym	Hibiscus abutiloides Willd. Hibiscus tiliaceus L. Hibiscus tiliaceus var. abutiloides (Willd.) Hochr. Hibiscus tiliaefolius Salisb. Pariti tiliaceum (L.) A.Juss. Paritium abutiloides (Willd.) G.Don Paritium elatum var. abutiloides (Willd.) Griseb. Paritium tiliaceum (L.) A.Juss. Paritium tiliaceum (L.) A.St-Hil. Paritium tiliaceum (L.) Wight & Arn. Paritium tiliifolium (Salisb.) Nakai
English name	linden talipariti; coast hibiscus (South Africa); linden hibiscus; mahoe (Bahamas, Bermuda, Puerto Rico); mountain-mahoe (Jamaica); rope mangrove; sea hibiscus (Puerto Rico); sea rosemallow, seabiscus (USA); seaside mahaut (Jamaica); seaside mahoe (Cayman, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago); tree hibiscus
French name	talipariti à feuilles de tilleul; bois de liège, bois de rose, bois flot, bois-flot; coton mahaut (Haiti); coton marron (Lesser Antilles); cotton marron, grand mahaut (Haiti); hibiscus à feuilles de tilleul; mahaut, mahaut franc (Haiti); maho blanc; mahot (Lesser Antilles); mahot franc, mahot-gombo
Spanish name	algodoncillo (Panama); damajagua (Dominican Republic); emajagua, emajagua excelsa (Puerto Rico); hembra (Cuba); mahoe (Panama); mahot mangle; majagua (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Panama, Venezuela); majagua azul (Cuba); majagua de Cuba (Dominican Republic); majagua hembra (Cuba); majao (Honduras); najagua (Puerto Rico)
Other name	bad luti (malinke); bãnda (serer); baru-baru (malay, Brunei); gran maho (creole, Haiti); kali bang-bang (dusun, Sabah); koton maho, koton mawon (creole, Haiti); langkubing (kelabit, Sarawak); maho fran (creole, Haiti); menoa (kelabit, Sarawak); nirparutti (India); thinban (Burma); wildekatoenboom (afrikaans, South Africa)
Trade name	blue mahoe

Latin name	Talipariti tiliaceum var. pernambucense (Arruda) Fryxell
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SES
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	fd ma (fiber) pl ti
Synonym	Hibiscus arboreus Ham. Hibiscus bracteosus DC. Hibiscus fragrantissimus Sessé & Moç. Hibiscus pernambucensis Arruda Hibiscus pernambucensis Bertol. Hibiscus tiliaceus ssp. pernambucensis (Arruda) A.Cast. Hibiscus tiliaceus var. pernambucensis (Arruda) I.M.Johnst. Hibiscus tiliaceus f. immaculatus (O.Deg. & Greenwell) H.St.John Pariti tiliaceum f. immaculatum O.Deg. & Greenwell Paritium pernambucense (Bertol.) G.Don
English name	Pernambuco linden talipariti; blue moho, mahoe, wild cotton (Belize)
French name	talipariti à feuilles de tilleul de Pernambuco
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Other name	algodào-da-praia, algodào-do-brejo, guaxima-do-mangue (Brazil)
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Latin name	Talisia Aubl.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Acladodea Ruiz & Pav. Comatoglossum H.Karst. & Triana Racaria Aubl.
English name	talisia
French name	talisie
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Latin name	Talisia allenii Croat
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) MW South America (Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Allen talisia
French name	talisie d'Allen
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Other name	sur beno (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Talisia ecuatoriana Acev.-Rodr.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) MW South America (Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology
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English name	Ecuador talisia
French name	talisie de l'Équateur
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Latin name	Talisia floresii Standl.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán, Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fd
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English name	Flores talisia
French name	talisie de Flores
Spanish name	guaya campecheana (Mexico)
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Latin name	Talisia hexaphylla Vahl
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NC MW MC South America (Trinidad, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	mes
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Synonym	Talisia panamensis Pittier
English name	sixleaf talisia
French name	talisie à six feuilles
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Other name	japunaki (Bolivia)
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Latin name	Talisia jimenezii Alain
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Jiménez talisia
French name	talisie de Jiménez
Spanish name	cotoperí (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Talisia macrophylla (Mart.) Radlk.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica, Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	[D]
Ecology	hyg calc
Use	ti (carpentry, farm buildings, flooring, heavy construction, turned work)
Synonym	Cupania cubense M.Gómez & Molinet Cupania cubensis M.Gómez & Molinet Cupania juglandifolia A.Rich. Cupania macrophylla A.Rich. Cupania macrophylla Mart.
English name	bigleaf talisia
French name	talisie à grandes feuilles
Spanish name	carbón blanco (Honduras); carbon colorado (Guatemala); guara blanca, guara colorada, guara macho (Cuba)
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Latin name	Talisia megaphylla Sagot ex Radlk.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NC MW South America (Suriname, French Guiana, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	bigleaf talisia
French name	talisie à grandes feuilles
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Latin name	Talisia nervosa Radlk.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology
Use	fd (seed) ti? (axe handles)
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English name	nerved talisia
French name	talisie nervurée
Spanish name	huesillo (Costa Rica); lengua de mujer, mamon (Nicaragua); mamón de monte (Panama); mamon montañero (Nicaragua); palo de piedra, tostado (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Talisia olivaeformis (Kunth) Radlk.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel xer calc
Use	fd fd(ob) fr ma pl sa
Synonym	Melicocca olivaeformis Kunth Talisia oliviformis (Kunth) Radlk.
English name	oliveshape talisia
French name	talisie en forme d'olivier
Spanish name	cotoperis, cotoperiz, cotropiz (Venezuela); guaya (Belize, Mexico)
Other name	keneb (Mexico); kinep (Belize); uayab (Mexico); uayum (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Talisia princeps Oliv.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NC MW South America (Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology
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English name	princely talisia
French name	talisie princière
Spanish name	chupón, cola de caballo, coto palo, paragüito (Venezuela)
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Latin name	Tapirira Aubl.
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Joncquetia Schreb. Phlebochiton Wall. Tapiria Juss.
English name	tapirira
French name	tapirira
Spanish name	cedrillo, manteco
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Latin name	Tapirira brenessii Standl.
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N M SC South America (Colombia, Venezuela to Paraguay)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology
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English name	Brenes tapirira
French name	tapirira de Brenes
Spanish name	cirri (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Tapirira chimalapana T.Wendt & J.D.Mitch.
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Tehuantepec)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	fd ti
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English name	Mexican tapirira
French name	tapirira du Mexique
Spanish name	caobilla, caobillo (Mexico)
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Latin name	Tapirira guianensis Aubl.
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N M SC South America (Colombia to Guianas, Trinidad, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	cl (primary host of the venomous caterpillar Lonomia achelous venom of which injected by the spines of the insect causes extensive hemorrhage and may be fatal) fd (drupe edible when ripe, nuts) fr (birds) pl sa ti
Synonym	Comocladia tapaculo Kunth Joncquetia paniculata Willd. Mauria multiflora Mart. ex Benth. Mauria subbijuga Mart. ex Benth. Odina francoana Netto Tapiria fanshawei Sandwith Tapirira bijuga Hook.f. ex Marchand Tapirira guianensis var. cuneata Engl. Tapirira guianensis var. elliptica Engl. Tapirira myriantha Triana & Planch. Tapirira pao-pombo Marchand
English name	Guiana tapirira
French name	tapirira de la Guyane; gommier, gommier viande biche (Trinidad and Tobago)
Spanish name	caobina (Honduras); cazabe (Venezuela); cedrillo (Colombia, Costa Rica); cedro dulce (Costa Rica); cedro macho, cuarupayo, fresno (Colombia); fruta de paloma (Guyana); guarupayo (Colombia); huira caspi, huira caspi colorado (Peru); ichiramillo (Bolivia); jabón (Colombia); jobillo (Venezuela); kenim (Ecuador); manteco (Colombia); maquero (Ecuador); mara macho (Bolivia); maro (Venezuela); mata piojo, matapiojo (Honduras); ovillo, palo de mosquito, patillo (Venezuela); piojo (Honduras); tapaculo, zapacuro (Venezuela)
Other name	agaghamaïe (aukaans); aroeirana (Brazil); basa onopé (Suriname); bom-nome, camboatá, cedro-novo, cedroí, cedrói, copiúva, cupiúva, fruta-de-pombo, fruto-de-pombo, guapiruba (Brazil); isa paritsi (Peru); jobo (Brazil); maculuuchii (Ecuador); makarinyek (Venezuela); mombin blanc, mombin sauvage (creole); ñemewe (waorani, Ecuador); nihibimi (Bolivia); paopombo; pau-pombo, peito-de-pombo (Brazil); tamú ñe mën (panare, Venezuela); tapirirá, tapiriri, tatapiriraca, tatapiririca (Brazil); urgia, urguia (kuna, Panama); warima (Guyana, Suriname)
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Latin name	Tapirira guianensis Aubl. ssp. guianensis
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	?
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English name	typical Guiana tapirira
French name	tapirira de Guyane typique
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Latin name	Tapirira mexicana Marchand
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fd
Synonym	Tapirira macrophylla Lundell
English name	Mexican tapirira
French name	tapirira du Mexique
Spanish name	carbón de montaña, cola de pava, negrito, sirri (Honduras)
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Latin name	Tapura Aubl.
Family	Dichapetalaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	tapura
French name	tapura
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Latin name	Tapura cubensis (Poepp. & Endl.) Griseb.
Family	Dichapetalaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	acid
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Synonym	Chailletia cubensis Poepp. & Endl. Tapura cubensis ssp. obovata (Britton & P.Wilson) Borhidi Tapura cubensis var. wrightiana Baill. Tapura obovata Britton & P.Wilson non Rizzini
English name	Cuban tapura
French name	tapura de Cuba
Spanish name	cagada de Aura, vigueta naranja (Cuba)
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Latin name	Tapura cubensis (Poepp. & Endl.) Griseb. ssp. cubensis
Family	Dichapetalaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	?
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Ecology
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English name	typical Cuban tapura
French name	tapura de Cuba typique
Spanish name	cayada de aura, palo de aura, vigueta naranjo
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Latin name	Tapura guianensis Aubl.
Family	Dichapetalaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) N MW MC South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	ti
Synonym	Chailletia sessiliflora DC. Rohria petioliflora Willd. Rohria schreberi J.F.Gmel. Rohria tapura J.F.Gmel. Tapura cucullata Benth. Tapura negrensis Suess.
English name	Guiana tapura
French name	tapura de Guyane
Spanish name	hierrito, jabón, jabón de hoja ancha, vara vara negro (Venezuela)
Other name	areka-yek (arecuna, Venezuela); boesi kofi (Suriname); lukuchi-danni, muribania (Guyana); pakiratiki (Suriname); waiaballi, waidan (Guyana); wassakao (Suriname)
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Latin name	Tapura haitiensis Urb. & Ekman
Family	Dichapetalaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Massif de la Hotte)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M?
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Ecology
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English name	Haiti tapura
French name	tapura d'Haïti
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Latin name	Tapura latifolia Benth.
Family	Dichapetalaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg
Use	fw ti
Synonym	Tapura antillana Gleason Tapura guianensis Duss non Aubl. Tapura pedicellaris Chodat
English name	broadleaf tapura
French name	tapura noir; bois côte, bois cote gebois, bois côte grand bois, bois-côte noir, bois côte rouge, bois côtelette, bois-côtelette noir, rosillet
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Latin name	Tapura orbicularis Ekman & Urb.
Family	Dichapetalaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	orbicular tapura
French name	tapura orbiculaire
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Latin name	Tapura orientensis M.Koehler
Family	Dichapetalaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology
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English name	Oriente tapura
French name	tapura de l'Oriente
Spanish name	vigueta naranjo (Cuba)
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Latin name	Taxodium Rich.
Family	Taxodiaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	baldcypress; bald cypress, cypress p.p., southern cypress, swamp cypress, taxodium
French name	taxode; cyprès chauve, taxodium
Spanish name	ciprés americano
Other name	Sumpfzypresse (german); tassodio (italian)
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Latin name	Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.
Family	Taxodiaceae
Distribution	MC ME SC SE North America (USA: Illinois to New York, Texas to Florida) int MW SC? Eurasia (France, Germany, Romania, Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, SW India)
North America distribution zone	MC ME SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	sci->hel (shade tolerant in youth) hyg [mes] acid->basi
Use	cl (emblem tree of Louisiana State of USA) dr (bark) ex fr fw (charcoal, fuel) ma pl (ornamental) sa ti (beams, boat building, bridges, caskets, chemical vats and tanks, construction applications, docks, doors, fence posts, furniture, general millwork, greenhouse framing and other constructions subjected to moisture, joinery, light construction, paneling, poles, posts, railroad ties, sash, shingles, siding, trim, veneer)
Synonym	Cupressus disticha L. Schubertia disticha Mirb.
English name	common baldcypress; bald cypress, baldcypress, black cypress, cypress, deciduous cypress, gulf-cypress, pondcypress, red cypress, southern cypress, swamp cypress, tidewater cypress, tidewater red cypress, white cypress, white-cypress, yellow-cypress
French name	taxode chauve; cyprès à feuilles caduques, cyprès chauve, cyprès de la Louisiane, cyprès des marais, cyprès du Sud; taxodier, taxodium
Spanish name	ahuehuete, cipres de los pantanos, ciprés calvos; taxódio-distico (Spain)
Other name	cipresso calvo, cipresso della Luisiana, cipresso delle paludi (italian); cipreste-de-folha-caduca; sabino; Sumpfzypresse, Virginische Sumpfzypresse (german)
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