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Latin name	Tessmannianthus Markgr.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	tessmannianthus
French name	tessmannianthe
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Latin name	Tessmannianthus carinatus Almeda
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	keeled tessmannianthus
French name	tessmannianthe du Panama
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Latin name	Tessmannianthus cereifolius Almeda
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	waxyleaf tessmannianthus
French name	tessmannianthe à feuilles cireuses
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Latin name	Tessmannianthus gordonii Almeda
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Gordon tessmannianthus
French name	tessmannianthe de Gordon
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Latin name	Tetrachyron Schltdl.
Family	Compositae
Distribution
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Synonym	Calea sect. Tetrachyron (Schltdl.) Benth. & Hook. Calea subgen. Tephrocalea (A.Gray) B.L.Rob. & Greenm.
English name	tetrachyron
French name	tétrachyron
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Latin name	Tetrachyron orizabaensis (Klatt) Wussow & Urbatsch
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC North America (S Mexico, Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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Synonym	Calea orizabaensis Klatt Tetrachyron orizabaensis Sch.Bip. ex Klatt
English name	Orizaba tetrachyron
French name	tétrachyron d'Orizaba
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Other name	muk'tik ch'a te' (Mexico)
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Latin name	Tetrachyron orizabaensis (Klatt) Wussow & Urbatsch var. orizabaensis
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC North America (S Mexico, Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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Ecology	mes
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Synonym	Calea guatemalensis Donn.Sm. Calea rupestris Brandegee
English name	typical Orizaba tetrachyron
French name	tétrachyron d'Orizaba typique
Spanish name	lluvia de oro (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Tetragastris Gaertn.
Family	Burseraceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Hedwigia Sw. non Ehrh.
English name	tetragastris
French name	sucrier
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Other name	bwa kochon (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Tetragastris altissima (Aubl.) Swart
Family	Burseraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba) NC M South America (Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	sci
Use	ti (cabinet work, gun grip)
Synonym	Amyris altissima Willd. Icica altissima Aubl. non West Protium altissimum Marchal Tetragastris phanerosepala Sandwith
English name	tallest tetragastris
French name	sucrier grandissime; cèdre bagasse
Spanish name	azucarito blanco, caraña, caraña blanca (Venezuela); isigo, isigo colorado, japunaki, lagunero (Bolivia); laurel (Venezuela); nafa (Bolivia); tacamahaco (Venezuela)
Other name	cèdre rouge, encens rouge (creole); haiwaballi (Guyana); keña yo', kiña, kiña yo', marakhwa, marakhwa yo' (Venezuela); roodesalie (Suriname); sali (aukaans and saramaccan)
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Latin name	Tetragastris balsamifera (Sw.) Oken
Family	Burseraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba?, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, Guadeloupe)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg
Use	dr (bark decoction with sugar or salt taken orally for respiratory ailments, leaves decoction taken orally for colic and gastrointestinal ailments, roots and seed kernel taken orally for rheumatism, wood and roots essential oil decoction with salt taken orally for anemia and fever) ti (cabinet work, flooring, paneling)
Synonym	Hedwigia balsamifera Sw. non Engl. Icica altissima West. non Aubl. Icica hedwigia A.Rich. Tetragastris balsamifera (Sw.) Kuntze Tetragastris balsamifera var. lanceifolia Swart Tetragastris ossaea Gaertn.
English name	balsam tetragastris; hogwood (Puerto Rico)
French name	sucrier de montagne; bois à barrigne (Lesser Antilles); bois cochon, bois cochon marron (Haiti); gommier, gommier encens (Guadeloupe); sucrier montagne (Lesser Antilles)
Spanish name	abey, amacey, amacey hembra (Dominican Republic); azucarero (Cuba); masa (Puerto Rico); palo cochino (Cuba); palo de aceite (Puerto Rico)
Other name	bwa kochon, bwa kochon mawon, sikriye mòn (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Tetragastris panamensis (Engl.) Kuntze
Family	Burseraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) NC M South America (Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	[D]
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr (bark decoction for mushroom and skin disease) fd fr fw ma ti (boat building, bridge structure and timbers, fence posts, finish for yacht, flooring, framing, general carpentry, general heavy construction, light construction, plywood corestock, railroad ties, ship building, tool handles)
Synonym	Hedwigia balsamifera Engl. non Sw. Hedwigia panamensis Engl. Protium crassifolium Engl. Tetragastris panamensis var. grandifolia Swart Tetragastris panamensis var. hirtella Swart Tetragastris paraensis Cuatrec. Tetragastris stevensonii Standl.
English name	Panama tetragastris; copal, mountain copal, red copal (Belize)
French name	sucrier du Panama; baume à cochon, cèdre rouge, gommier de montagne, sali, sucrier de montagne
Spanish name	anime, animé (Panama); aracho, aracho blanco, azucarito, azucarito blanco, biscochuelo (Venezuela); canfin (Costa Rica, Honduras); caramacate blanco, caraño, caraño negro (Venezuela); carbón (Belize); catamajaca tierra firme (Venezuela); copal caspi, copal colorado (Peru); isigo (Bolivia); kerosen (Brazil, Guyana, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela); kerosén (Honduras); lagunero (Bolivia); sali (Honduras); zucarito (Venezuela)
Other name	almesca (Brazil); guapichuna, guira (carijona); haiawaballi (Guyana); sali (Suriname); tserinayek (arecuna, Venezuela)
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Latin name	Tetralix Griseb.
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution
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English name	tetralix
French name	tétralix
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Latin name	Tetralix brachypetalus Griseb.
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	shortpetal tetralix
French name	tétralix à pétales courts
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Latin name	Tetralix cristalensis Bisse
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	serp
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English name	SierraCristal tetralix
French name	tétralix de la Sierra Cristal
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Latin name	Tetralix jaucoensis Bisse
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
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English name	Jauco tetralix
French name	tétralix de Jauco
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Latin name	Tetralix moaensis Bisse
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Moa tetralix
French name	tétralix de Moa
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Latin name	Tetralix nipensis Urb.
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	SierraNipe tetralix
French name	tétralix de la Sierra Nipe
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Latin name	Tetrasiphon Urb.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution
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English name	tetrasiphon
French name	tétrasiphon
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Latin name	Tetrasiphon jamaicensis Urb.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica: St. Andrew, St. Thomas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	xer calc
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English name	Jamaica tetrasiphon
French name	tétrasiphon de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Tetrathylacium Poepp.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
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English name	tetrathylacium
French name	tétrathylacium
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Latin name	Tetrathylacium johansenii Standl.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg
Use	fr pl (living fences)
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English name	Johansen tetrathylacium
French name	tétrathylacium de Johansen
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Latin name	Tetrathylacium macrophyllum Poepp.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg?
Use	fd fw pl
Synonym	Edmonstonia pacifica Seem. Tetrathylacium costaricense Standl. Tetrathylacium macrophyllum var. pacificum (Seem.) Triana & Planch. Tetrathylacium nutans Sleumer Tetrathylacium pacificum (Seem.) Standl.
English name	bigleaf tetrathylacium
French name	tétrathylacium à grandes feuilles
Spanish name	anonilla, llaja hullahuayo (Peru); perdiz, punta de lanza (Ecuador); quereme (Colombia); sapote (Costa Rica); yerba dulce (Colombia)
Other name	andepacha (cofán, Ecuador); bagahaeimo (waorani, Ecuador); huallca muyu (quichua, Ecuador); imbuchay imburo teiug (Ecuador); manni cachi, manñijca'chi (cha'palaachi, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Tetrazygia Rich. ex DC.
Family	Melastomataceae
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Synonym	Tetrazygiopsis Borhidi p.p.
English name	tetrazygia; clover-ash
French name	tétrazygia
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Latin name	Tetrazygia albicans (D.Don ex Naudin) Triana
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Chitonia albicans D.Don ex Naudin
English name	whitish tetrazygia
French name	tétrazigia blanchâtre
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Latin name	Tetrazygia angustifolia (Sw.) DC.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes xer
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Synonym	Melastoma angustifolia Sw. Miconia angustifolia Griseb.
English name	narrowleaf tetrazygia; broonewood (Montserrat); candlewood (Antigua); stinking-fish, stinkingfish (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
French name	tétrazygia à feuilles étroites; bois côtelette, bois idelette petite feuille (Guadeloupe); bois-côtelette-petite-feuille; cre-cre blanc (Dominica); crecre petite feuille (Martinique); crécré-petite-feuille, palissade à Jacques
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Latin name	Tetrazygia bicolor (Mill.) Cogn.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg xer calc
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Synonym	Melastoma bicolor Mill. Naudinia argyrophylla A.Rich. Naudinia chrysophylla A.Rich. Tetrazygia angustiflora var. argyrophylla (A.Rich.) Griseb. Tetrazygia argyrophylla (A.Rich.) Millsp. Tetrazygia versicolor Urb.
English name	Florida tetrazygia; Florida clover-ash (USA); tetrazygia; wild guava (Bahamas)
French name	tétrazygia de Floride
Spanish name	cordobancillo (Cuba)
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Latin name	Tetrazygia biflora (Cogn.) Urb.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	pl (potential)
Synonym	Calycogonium biflorum Cogn. Menendezia biflora (Cogn.) Britton Tetrazygia krugii Cogn. Tetrazygiopsis biflora (Cogn.) Borhidi
English name	twoflower tetrazygia; Puerto Rico clover-ash (Puerto Rico)
French name	tétrazygia biflore
Spanish name	camasey
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Latin name	Tetrazygia discolor (L.) DC.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Jamaica, Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel
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Synonym	Melastoma acuminata Vahl Melastoma christophorianum Ham. Melastoma discolor L. Tetrazygia discolor var. villosa Griseb. Tetrazygia villosa (Griseb.) Cogn.
English name	discolor tetrazygia; hogwood (Montserrat)
French name	tétrazygia discolore; bois-cendre, cotelette blanc, côtelette blanc, crécré blanc
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Latin name	Tetrazygia elaeagnoides (Sw.) DC.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Monserrat, Martinique)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	ma ti (fence posts)
Synonym	Melastoma elaeagnoides Sw.
English name	elaeagnuslike tetrazygia; kre-kre (Virgin Islands)
French name	tétrazygia faux-chalef
Spanish name	camasey cenizo, cenizo (Puerto Rico); verdiseco (Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda)
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Latin name	Tetrazygia elegans Urb.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	graceful tetrazygia
French name	tétrazygia gracieux
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