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Latin name	Terminalia latifolia Sw.
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	broadleaf terminalia; broad leaf (Jamaica)
French name	terminalier à feuilles larges
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Latin name	Terminalia lucida Hoffmanns. ex Mart.
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) N M South America (Colombia to Guianas, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg->xer calc
Use	ma ti (cabinet work, dragline mats, flooring, furniture, general construction, plywood, siding)
Synonym	Terminalia firma Mart. Terminalia nyssaefolia Britton
English name	shining terminalia
French name	terminalier luisant
Spanish name	guayabillo (Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama); guayabo (Guatemala, Honduras); guayabo de Monte (Nicaragua); guayabo del monte (Costa Rica); guayabón (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua); huesillo (Costa Rica, Honduras); naranjo, naranjón (Honduras); quiura (Costa Rica); volador (Guatemala, Honduras)
Other name	yaksu (Honduras)
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Latin name	Terminalia oblonga (Ruiz & Pav.) Steud.
Family	Combretaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	SD
Ecology
Use	ma ti (cabinet work, carpentry, dragline mats, fence posts, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, general construction, heavy construction, plywood, posts, railroad ties, siding)
Synonym	Chuncoa oblonga Pers. Gimbernatia oblonga Ruiz & Pav. Terminalia chiriquensis Pittier Terminalia tarapotensis Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
English name	oblong terminalia; white nargusta (Belize)
French name	terminalier oblong
Spanish name	chamisa (Peru); guayaba de montaña (Costa Rica); guayabillo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama); guayabito (Costa Rica, Panama); guayabo (Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela); guayabo de montaña (Costa Rica, El Salvador); guayabo de monte (Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama); guayabo del monte (Costa Rica); guayabon (Venezuela); guayabón (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama); guayabón surá (Costa Rica); huesillo (Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama); manicillo (Bolivia); naranjo (Honduras); pata de danta amarillo; rifari, rifarillo (Peru); roble (Ecuador); surá (Costa Rica); verdolago, verdolago amarillo (Bolivia); volador (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama); yacushapana (Peru)
Other name	letiri (campa asháninca, Peru); yuyun (quichua, Ecuador)
Trade name	guayabo de monte

Latin name	Ternstroemia Mutis ex L.f.
Family	Theaceae
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English name	ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia
Spanish name	copey vera (Cuba); manglillo, sajinillo (Panama)
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Latin name	Ternstroemia barkeri Ekman & O.Schmidt
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Morne Formon, Morne L'Étang)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Barker ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia de Barker
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Latin name	Ternstroemia calycina Fawc. & Rendle
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
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English name	calyxlike ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia à faux calice
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Latin name	Ternstroemia elliptica Sw.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L?]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Amphania integrifolia Sol. ex DC. Mokofua elliptica (Sw.) Kuntze
English name	elliptic ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia elliptique; bois l'épreuve (Guadeloupe, Martinique); bois vert, bois-rouge vert; cacao montagne (Guadeloupe, Martinique); merise (St. Lucia); merisier
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Latin name	Ternstroemia granulata Krug & Urb.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M?
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English name	granulate ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia granulé
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Latin name	Ternstroemia hartii Krug & Urb.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	calc
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English name	Hart ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia de Hart
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Latin name	Ternstroemia heptasepala Krug & Urb.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Taonabo heptasepala (Krug & Urb.) Britton
English name	sevensepal ternstroemia; saintedwood (Puerto Rico)
French name	ternstroemia à sept sépales
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Latin name	Ternstroemia howardiana Kobuski
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
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English name	Howard ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia de Howard
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Latin name	Ternstroemia landae Standl. & L.O.Williams
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Honduras ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia du Honduras
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Latin name	Ternstroemia lineata DC.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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English name	lineate ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia ligné
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Latin name	Ternstroemia lineata ssp. chalicophila (Loes.) B.M.Barthol.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Ternstroemia chalicophila Loes.
English name	chalicophilous lineate ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia ligné chalicophile
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Latin name	Ternstroemia luquillensis Krug & Urb.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	ex
Synonym	Toanabo luquillensis (Krug & Urb.) Britton
English name	Luquillo ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia de Luquillo
Spanish name	palo colorado (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Ternstroemia multiovulata Gómez-Laur., Q.Jimenez & N.Zamora
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	multiovulate ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia multiovulé
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Latin name	Ternstroemia obovalis A.Rich.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola, Guadeloupe, Martinique)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L?
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Ecology	xer?
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Synonym	Ternstroemia meridionalis Sw. non Mutis ex L.f.
English name	oboval ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia oboval; bois-vert, cacao-montagne
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Latin name	Ternstroemia oligostemon Krug & Urb.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia) NC South America (Trinidad and Tobago)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Ternstroemia proctoriana Kobuski
English name	fewstamen ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia à peu d'étamines; bois-vert, merise
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Latin name	Ternstroemia peduncularis A.DC.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel xer?
Use	dr (bath with various plant parts for rheumatism, various plant parts to cure dysentery) ti
Synonym	Ternstroemia elliptica West, Eggers, Duss non Sw. Ternstroemia meridionalis Sw. non Mutis ex L.f. Ternstroemia obovalis Griseb. non A.Rich. Toanabo peduncularis (DC.) Britton
English name	pedunculate ternstroemia; red wood (Dominica)
French name	ternstroemia pédonculé; bois d'Inde marron, bois d'ine marron (Haiti); bois rouge, bois vert (Lesser Antilles); cacao de Grande Terre, cacao de montagne (Guadeloupe, Martinique); olivier bâtard (Lesser Antilles); zabricot pointu (Lesser Antilles)
Spanish name	botoncillo (Dominican Republic); copey vera (Cuba, Puerto Rico)
Other name	bwa denn mawon, bwa dinn mawon (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Ternstroemia pringlei (Rose) Standl.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Morales)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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Ecology	mes
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Synonym	Taonabo pringlei Rose
English name	Pringle ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia de Pringle
Spanish name	flor de tilia grande, limoncillo, limoncillo del monte, tilia, trompillo
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Latin name	Ternstroemia rostrata Krug & Urb.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	rostrate ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia rostré
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Latin name	Ternstroemia seemannii Triana & Planch.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Mokofua seemanii (Triana & Planch.) Kuntze Taonabo seemanii (Triana & Planch.) Standl.
English name	Seemann ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia de Seemann
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Latin name	Ternstroemia stahlii Krug & Urb.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes calc
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Synonym	Taonabo pachyphylla (Krug & Urb.) Britton Taonabo stahlii (Krug & Urb.) Britton Ternstroemia pachyphylla Krug & Urb.
English name	Stahl ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia de Stahl
Spanish name	cupeyillo, mamey del cura, mamey-de-cura, palo de buey (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Ternstroemia standleyana Kobuski
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Standley ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia de Standley
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Latin name	Ternstroemia subsessilis (Britton) Kobuski
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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Use	ex
Synonym	Taonabo subsessilis Britton
English name	subsessile ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia subsessile
Spanish name	el yunque-colorado (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Ternstroemia sylvatica Schltdl. & Cham.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Oaxaca, Veracruz)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M?
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Synonym	Mokofua sylvatica (Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze
English name	sylvan ternstroemia
French name	ternstroemia sylvestre
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Latin name	Ternstroemia tepezapote Schltdl. & Cham.
Family	Theaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
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Ecology	hyg [calc]
Use	dr fw ma (tannin)
Synonym	Mokofua tepezapote (Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze Taonabo sphaerocarpa Rose Taonabo tepezapote (Schltdl. & Cham.) Szyszyl. Ternstroemia impressa Lundell Ternstroemia seleriana Loes. Ternstroemia sphaerocarpa (Rose) Melch.
English name	tepezapote ternstroemia; river craboo (Belize)
French name	ternstroemia tepezapote
Spanish name	azajarillo (Honduras); baratillo; chique, chucul, hualicuc (Guatemala); manganilla de sabana, manglillo (Panama); panool, roble, trencillo (Guatemala); trompillo (El Salvador, Honduras); trompito (Belize)
Other name	cholol (maya, Belize); uixlilil-caax (maya, Guatemala)
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Latin name	Tessaria Ruiz & Pav.
Family	Compositae
Distribution
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English name	tessaria
French name	tessarie
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Latin name	Tessaria integrifolia Ruiz & Pav.
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N M SC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr fw (fuel) pl (living fences) sa ti
Synonym	Conyza riparia Kunth Tessaria dentata Ruiz & Pav. Tessaria legitima DC.
English name	entireleaf tessaria
French name	tessarie à feuilles entières
Spanish name	alamo (Ecuador); bobo (Bolivia); huapariu (Peru); olivo (Ecuador); pajaro-bobo (Peru); pajarobobo, payaro loco (Bolivia); sauce playero (Colombia); tseco (Peru)
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Latin name	Tessaria mucronata DC.
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	mucronate tessaria
French name	tessarie mucronée
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