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Latin name	Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. var. distichum
Family	Taxodiaceae
Distribution	MC ME SC SE North America (USA: Illinois to New York, Texas to Florida)
North America distribution zone	MC ME SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg->xer
Use	ma pl sa ti
Synonym
English name	typical common baldcypress; bald cypress, baldcypress typical; cypress (UK); gulf-cypress (USA); pond cypress, pondcypress, red cypress, red-cypress, southern cypress, southern-cypress, swamp cypress, swamp-cypress, tidewater red-cypress, white cypress, yellow cypress, yellow-cypress
French name	taxode chauve typique
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Other name	Elibenzypresse, Sumpfzypresse, Zweizeilige Sumpfzypresse (german)
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Latin name	Taxodium distichum var. imbricatum (Nutt.) Croom
Family	Taxodiaceae
Distribution	ME SE North America (Louisiana to Florida to Virginia)
North America distribution zone	ME SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	sci->hel hyg [calc] acid->neut
Use	ma pl sa ti(ob)
Synonym	Cupressus disticha var. imbricata Nutt. Cupressus disticha var. nutans Aiton Glyptostrobus lineatus (Poir.) Druce Taxodium ascendens Brongn. Taxodium ascendens var. nutans (Aiton) Rehder Taxodium distichum var. nutans (Aiton) Sweet Taxodium imbricarium (Nutt.) R.M.Harper Thuja lineata Poir.
English name	pond baldcypress; black-cypress, cypress, pond cypress, pondcypress
French name	taxode chauve pyramidal; cyprès chauve pyramidal, cyprès de Virginie, cyprès des étangs, taxode des marais
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Other name	cipresso calvo piramidale (italian); Pyramidale Sumpfzypresse, Sumpfzypresse, Zierliche (german)
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Latin name	Taxodium mucronatum Ten.
Family	Taxodiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (USA: Texas; Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hyg acid->neut
Use	cl (emblem tree of Mexico) dr (acid resin exuded by the trunk was used to cure ulcers, gout and headache, infusion obtained from cooking the bark is used as home remedy to bring on menstruation and as diuretic) fw ma pl (ornamental, shade in park and garden) ti (beams, dugouts, posts, rural construction)
Synonym	Taxodium distichum var. mexicanum (Carrière) Gordon Taxodium distichum var. mucronatum (Ten.) A.Henry Taxodium mexicanum Carrière Taxodium montezumae Decne.
English name	Montezuma baldcypress; cypress, Mexican cypress p.p., Mexican swamp cypress, Montezuma bald cypress, Montezuma baldcypress of Mexico, tule tree
French name	taxode de Montézuma; ciprès, cyprès de Montezuma
Spanish name	ahuehuete, bochil, cedro (Mexico); camphoreta, ciprés; el gigante ciprés, naciño (Mexico); sabino
Other name	ahoéhuetl (aztec, Mexico); ahuehuetl, ahuéhuetl, chuché, hauoli (Mexico); Mexikanische Sumpfzypress, Mexikanische Zypresse (german); ndaxinda, pénhawu, quitsincui, sabino; t-nuyucul (Mexico); tassodio mucronato (italian); tnugucu, watéoco, yaayitz, yacunda, yaga-chichicina, yaga-chiciña, yaga-guichicina, yaga-quichi, yucu-ndatura (Mexico)
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Latin name	Taxus L.
Family	Taxaceae
Distribution
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English name	yew
French name	if
Spanish name	taxo, tejo
Other name	Eibe (german); tasso (italian)
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Latin name	Taxus brevifolia Nutt.
Family	Taxaceae
Distribution	NW MW North America (Canada: British Columbia; USA: S Alaska, Washington to Montana to California)
North America distribution zone	NW MW
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg->mes calc
Use	cl cl(ob) dr (taxol for treating cancer) fr fw ma(ob) (peint) pl (ornamental) ti (clubs, combs, hooks, knifes, oars, shovel, spoons, wedges) ti(ob) (bows) tx (all parts)
Synonym	Taxus baccata ssp. brevifolia (Nutt.) Pilg. Taxus baccata var. brevifolia (Nutt.) Koehne Taxus baccata var. canadensis Benth. Taxus boursieri Carrière Taxus lindleyana A.Murray bis
English name	Pacific yew; American yew, bowplant, Californian yew; western yew (Canada)
French name	if de l'Ouest; if de Californie; if occidental (Canada)
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Other name	Kurzblättrige Eibe, Pazifische Eibe (german)
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Latin name	Taxus floridana Nutt. ex Chapm.
Family	Taxaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end USA: along the bluffs of the Apalachicola River in Florida)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	mes?
Use	ex (of conservation concern)
Synonym	Taxus baccata var. floridana (Nutt. ex Chapm.) Pilg.
English name	Florida yew
French name	if de Floride
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Latin name	Taxus globosa Schltdl.
Family	Taxaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Taxus baccata ssp. globosa (Schltdl.) Pilg. Taxus mexicana J.Nelson
English name	Mexican yew
French name	if du Mexique
Spanish name	ciprés, pinabete
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Latin name	Tecoma Juss.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Kokoschkinia Turcz. Stenolobium D.Don Tecomaria Spach
English name	trumpetflower; trumpet-flower, trumpetbush
French name	técoma
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Other name	Jasmintrompete (german); tecoma (italian); Trompetenwinde (german)
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Latin name	Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	MC S North America (USA: Arizona to Texas, Florida; Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general) int M S Africa
North America distribution zone	MC SW SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg xer? calc
Use	cl (emblem flower of US Virgin Islands) dr (flowers used as diuretic, leaves decoction taken orally against stomachache and diabetes mellitus, leaves infusion taken orally for diabetes, strong leaves and roots decoction taken orally as diuretic and for syphilis and intestinal worms) fd fw pl (ornamental tree, quickset edge) sa (protection against wind) ti
Synonym	Bignonia frutescens Mill. ex A.DC. Bignonia incisa hort. ex A.DC. Bignonia stans L. Gelseminum mollis (Kunth) Kunth Gelseminum stans (L.) Kuntze Stenolobium molle (Kunth) Seem. Stenolobium quinquejugum Loes. Stenolobium stans (L.) Seem. Stenolobium stans var. apiifolium (hort. ex A.DC.) Seem. Stenolobium stans var. multijugum R.E.Fr. Stenolobium stans var. pinnatum Seem. Tecoma molle Kunth Tecoma stans var. apiifolia hort. ex A.DC.
English name	yellow trumpetflower; buttercup; Christmas-hope (Trinidad); coribee (Antigua); cowstick (Cayman Is.); elderbush; Florida yellow-trumpet (USA); ginger thomas, ginger-thomas (Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands); hardy yellow-trumpet; hemlock (Cayman Is.); kelki heel (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); shamrock (Cayman Is.); shruby yellow bignonia, trumpet bush, trumpetflower, yellow bells, yellow elder; yellow trumpet-flower (USA); yellow trumpetbush, yellow-bells; yellow-blossom (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); yellow-cedar (Virgin Islands); yellow-elder (Bahama Is., USA, Virgin Islands); yellow-trumpet (USA)
French name	técoma jaune; bois à enivrer; bois caraibe (Grenada); bois fleurs jaunes (Guadeloupe, St. Lucia); bois-pissenlit; chanté (Guatemala); chevalier, fleur de St-Pierre (Haiti); fleurs jaunes; herbe de Saint-Nicolas, herbe de Saint-Pierre (Haiti); técoma dressé
Spanish name	amarguito (Nicaragua); barreto, borla de San Pedro (Guatemala); candelillo (Costa Rica); carboncillo (Costa Rica); chacté (Guatemala); chicalá (Colombia); chilca (Nicaragua); chirlobirlo, chirlobirlos (Colombia); cholán (Ecuador); copete (Panama); esperanza; flor amarilla (Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua); flor amarillo (Colombia); fresnillo (Colombia, Venezuela); fresno (Ecuador); fresno americano (Colombia); gloria (Mexico); guaran amarillo, guaranguaran, guaranguay blanco, huaran-amarillo (Argentina); marchucha (El Salvador); miñona; quillotoco (Colombia); retama (Mexico); roble amarillo (Colombia, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico); ruibarba (Puerto Rico); San Andrés (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras); San Pedro; sardinillo (Central America, Honduras, Nicaragua); sauco amarillo (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico); saúco amarillo (Cuba, Hispaniola); saúco de jardin (Hispaniola); tache, tagualaishte, tagualaiste, tasto (El Salvador); timboco, timboque (Guatemala); tronadora (Mexico); vainilla (Costa Rica)
Other name	candox, canlol-che (Guatemala); chevalye, flè senpiè (creole, Haiti); Gelbblühender Trompetenbaum, Gelbe Tecoma (german); tecoma giallo (italian); tèk, zèb sennikola (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Tecoma stans var. angustatum Rehder
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	MW MC SW SC North America (USA: Arizona; Mexico)
North America distribution zone	MW MC SW SC
Height	S?
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Synonym	Stenolobium incisum Rose & Standl. Stenolobium tronadora Loesn. Tecoma incisa (Rose & Standl.) I.M.Johnst. Tecoma tronadora (Loes.) I.M.Johnst.
English name	narrow yellow trumpetflower
French name	técoma jaune étroit
Spanish name	palo de arco, tronadora (Mexico)
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Latin name	Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth var. stans
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	MW MC S North America (USA: Arizona to Texas; Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	MW MC SW SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	pl
Synonym
English name	typical yellow trumpetflower; ginger thomas (Virgin Islands); trumpet flower, yellow elder (British Antilles)
French name	técoma jaune typique
Spanish name	angel (Mexico); árbol canario (Bolivia); barreto (Guatemala); borla de San Pedro (Mexico); candelillo (Costa Rica); chirlobirlos (Colombia); copete (Panama); corneta amarilla, estamasuchil (Mexico); flor amarilla (Nicaragua); flor amarillo (Mexico, Venezuela); flor de San Pedro (Mexico); fresnillo (Venezuela); fresno (Colombia); garanguay amarillo, garrocha (Argentina); gloria (Mexico); guarán-guarán (Argentina); guaranguay (Bolivia); huaranhuai (Peru); marangaya (Bolivia); marchucha (El Salvador); Maria Luisa (Venezuela); palo de arco (Mexico); palo hueso (Colombia); quaranguay (Bolivia); retama, retamo (Mexico); roble amarillo (Cuba, Puerto Rico); San Andres (El Salvador, Guatemala); San Pedro (Mexico); sardinillo (Nicaragua); sau-sau (Bolivia); sauco amarillo (Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico); tache, tagualaishte, tasto (El Salvador); timboco, timboquc (Guatemala); trompeta, trompetilla, tronadora, tulasuchil (Mexico); vainilla (Costa Rica)
Other name	canlol, canlol-che (maya, Mexico); chacte (quecchí, Guatemala); kanlo, kanlol (maya, Mexico); nextamalxochitl, nixtamalazo, nixtamaxochitl (nahuatl, Mexico)
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Latin name	Tecoma stans var. velutina A.DC.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico, Guatemala) N MW MC SC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Ecology
Use	fw (firewood) ti (log)
Synonym	Tecoma fabrisii T.Mey. Tecoma sorbifolia Kunth
English name	velvety trumpetflower
French name	técoma jaune velouté
Spanish name	cholan (Ecuador); ciarhirachero (Peru); fresno (Ecuador); huaranhuai (Peru); sardinillo; timbaco (Guatemala); tronadora (Mexico)
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Latin name	Telanthophora H.Rob. & Brettell
Family	Compositae
Distribution
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English name	telanthophora
French name	telanthophora
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Latin name	Telanthophora arborescens (Steetz) H.Rob. & Brettell
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym	Senecio arborescens Steetz Senecio chicharrensis Greenm. Telanthophora chicharrensis H.Rob. & Brettell
English name	treelike telanthophora
French name	telanthophora arborescent
Spanish name	estrella, mano de léon (Guatemala); monton, papayo (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Telanthophora cobanensis (J.M.Coult.) H.Rob. & Brettell
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Ecology
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Synonym	Senecio cobanensis J.M.Coult.
English name	Cobán telanthophora
French name	telanthophora de Cobán
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Latin name	Telanthophora cobanensis var. molinae (H.Rob. & Brettell) B.L.Clark
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
Foliage
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Synonym	Telanthophora molinae H.Rob. & Brettell
English name	Molina Cobán telanthophora
French name	telanthophora de Cobán de Molina
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Latin name	Telanthophora grandifolia (Less.) H.Rob. & Brettell
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
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Synonym	Roldana grandifolia H.Rob. & Brettell Senecio grandifolius Less.
English name	bigleaf telanthophora; bigleaf groundsel
French name	telanthophora à grandes feuilles
Spanish name	capitaneja, gordolobo, tabaquillo (Mexico)
Other name	micte (huasteco, Mexico)
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Latin name	Telanthophora grandifolia (Less.) H.Rob. & Brettell var. grandifolia
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M?
Foliage
Ecology
Use
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English name	typical bigleaf telanthophora
French name	telanthophora à grandes feuilles typique
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Latin name	Telanthophora grandifolia var. serraquitchensis (Greenm.) B.L.Clark
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Guatemala: Serraquitche, Alta Verapaz)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M?
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym	Senecio serraquitchensis Greenm. Telanthophora serraquitchensis (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Brettell
English name	Serraquitche bigleaf telanthophora
French name	telanthophora à grandes feuilles de Serraquitche
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Latin name	Telanthophora sublaciniatus (Greenm.) B.L.Clark
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC North America (Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology
Use
Synonym	Senecio cobanensis var. sublaciniatus Greenm.
English name	sublaciniate telanthophora
French name	telanthophora sublacinié
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Latin name	Terminalia L.
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Ramatuela Kunth
English name	terminalia
French name	terminalier; badamier, ramin
Spanish name	jicotea (Cuba)
Other name	Almend (german); terminalia (italian)
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Latin name	Terminalia amazonia (J.F.Gmel.) Exell
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hyg [xer] calc sili
Use	fw ma (tanbark) pl (wood production) pp (pulp) ti (barrels, beams, boat and ship building, bridge boards, cabinet work, doors, fences, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, general construction, heavy construction, house framing, laminated plywood, posts, railroad ties, structure, turned work, veneer, walls, windows)
Synonym	Chuncoa amazonia J.F.Gmel. Chuncoa amazonica J.F.Gmel. Chuncoa obovata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. Gimbernatea obovata Ruiz & Pav. Myrobalanus obovatus (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze Terminalia excelsa Liebm. ex Hemsl. Terminalia hayesii Pittier Terminalia obovata (Ruiz & Pav.) Steud. non Cambess. Terminalia odontoptera Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
English name	nargusta terminalia; ballywood (Belize); bolitree (Honduras); bully tree (Belize); coffee mortar (Guyana); nargusta (Honduras); pine ridge bully tree, white nargosta (Belize); white oliver (Trinidad); white olivier (UK)
French name	terminalier nargusta
Spanish name	aceituno (Venezuela); almendro (Belize, Honduras); amarillo (Argentina, Costa Rica, Panama); amarillo carabazuelo, amarillo real (Panama); amarillon (Costa Rica); amarillón (Argentina, Costa Rica); arbol del chuncho, arbol del chunchu (Peru); arispin (Venezuela); aurito (Ecuador); bolador (Guatemala, Honduras); bulitri (Honduras); canolté; canotté, canshán (Mexico); carboncillo (Panama); chemin, chicharrón (Venezuela); chuncho, chunchu (Peru); cochum, cochun, cortés amarillo (Mexico); cumbillo (Honduras); curichi (Colombia); guacharaco (Venezuela); guarabo, guatuso (Honduras); guavo (Cuba); guayabillo (Guatemala, Honduras); guayabo (Belize, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela); guayabo de montana (Panama); guayabo del monte (Costa Rica); guayabo león (Colombia); guayabo negro (Costa Rica); guayabo volador (Guatemala); guayabon (Nicaragua); guayabón (Honduras); guayacán, guayacán amarillo, macano (Colombia); mara macho (Bolivia); mashipe (Ecuador); membrillo (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras); mezcla (Venezuela); nagusta (Tobago, Trinidad); naranjo (Honduras, Guatemala); nargusta (Belize, Honduras, Panama); nargusta terminalia; nogal amarillo (Peru); palo prieto (Colombia); papayo (Costa Rica); pardillo negro, pardo amarillo, pata de danta amarillo, pata de danto, pata de danto amarillo (Venezuela); quebracho (Guatemala); raya (Honduras); roble (Ecuador); roble coral (Costa Rica); sisín (Guatemala); sombrerete, suchi amarillo, tapesuchil, tepesúchil (Mexico); vara de León (Colombia); verdolago, verdolago amarillo, verdolago blanco, verdolago colorado (Bolivia); volador (Guatemala, Honduras); yacushapana (Peru)
Other name	anangostii (Guianas); araca (Brazil); boesi-amandra (Suriname); canxan (maya, Guatemala); canxun (maya, Belize); canxún (maya); caolté (Mexico); caxun (Guatemala); durgab (kuna, Panama); fukadi (Guyana); girija hoeke (Suriname); pau-mulato brancho (Brazil); pookadi (Guyana); pucte (Guatemala); tepesúchil (Mexico); yumbigue (shuar, Ecuador)
Trade name	nargusta, white oliver

Latin name	Terminalia arbuscula Sw.
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica: St. Elizabeth, Hanover, Trelawny)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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English name	treelet terminalia; white olive
French name	terminalier arbrisseau
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Latin name	Terminalia bipleura Borhidi
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	twovein terminalia
French name	terminalier à deux nervures
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Latin name	Terminalia bucidioides Standl. & L.O.Williams
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) MW South America (Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
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English name	bucidalike terminalia
French name	terminalier faux-bucida
Spanish name	escobo (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Terminalia chicharronia Wright ex Sauv.
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology
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Synonym	Chicharronia intermedia A.Rich. Chuncoa arbuscula Griseb. non Sw. Chuncoa chicharronia Griseb. Combretum dipterum A.Rich. Terminalia intermedia (A.Rich.) Urb.
English name	chicharrón terminalia
French name	terminalier chicharrón
Spanish name	chicharrón (Cuba, Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Terminalia chicharronia ssp. domingensis (Urb.) Alwan & Stace
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
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Synonym	Terminalia domingensis Urb. Terminalia intermedia auct. non Urb.
English name	SantoDomingo chicharrón terminalia
French name	terminalier chicharrón de Saint-Domingue
Spanish name	chicharrón (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Terminalia chicharronia ssp. neglecta (Bisse) Alwan & Stace
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Terminalia neglecta Bisse
English name	neglected chicharrón terminalia
French name	terminalier chicharrón négligé
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Latin name	Terminalia chicharronia ssp. orientensis (Monach.) Alwan & Stace
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology
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Synonym	Terminalia aroldoi Bisse Terminalia nipensis Alain Terminalia orientensis Monach. Terminalia pachystyla Borhidi
English name	Oriente chicharrón terminalia
French name	terminalier chicharrón de l'Oriente
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Latin name	Terminalia eriostachya A.Rich.
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology
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Synonym	Chuncoa eriostachya Griseb. Terminalia maestrensis Bisse
English name	wolly terminalia
French name	terminalier laineux
Spanish name	chicharrón, júcaro de la Maestra (Cuba)
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