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Latin name	Tetrazygia hispida (Sw.) Cogn.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Heterotrichum hispidum (Sw.) Griseb. Melastoma glandulosum Sw. Melastoma hispidum Sw. Tetrazygiopsis hispida (Sw.) Borhidi
English name	hispid tetrazygia
French name	tétrazygia hispide
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Latin name	Tetrazygia hispida (Sw.) Cogn. var. hispida
Family	Melastomataceae
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	typical hispid tetrazygia
French name	tétrazygia hispide typique
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Latin name	Tetrazygia hispida var. laevis (Griseb.) Cogn.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Heterotrichum hispidum var. laevius Griseb.
English name	smooth tetrazygia
French name	tétrazygia glabre
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Latin name	Tetrazygia lanceolata Urb.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Tetrazygia impressa Urb.
English name	lanceolate tetrazygia
French name	tétrazygia lancéolé
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Latin name	Tetrazygia longicollis Urb. & Cogn.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Tetrazygiopsis longicollis (Urb. & Cong.) Borhidi
English name	longneck tetrazygia
French name	tétrazygia à long cou
Spanish name	cenizoso, mañeco, papayito
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Latin name	Tetrazygia pallens (Spreng.) Cogn.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Melastoma pallens Spreng. Miconia pallens Triana Tetrazygia ovata Cogn.
English name	pale tetrazygia; ashes bush, ashes wood, black ashes, clover ash
French name	tétrazygia pâle
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Latin name	Tetrazygia urbanii Cogn.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	pl (potential)
Synonym	Menendezia stahlii (Cogn.) Britton Menendezia urbanii (Cogn.) Britton Tetrazygia stahlii Cogn. Tetrazygiopsis stahlii (Cogn.) Borhidi Tetrazygiopsis urbanii (Cogn.) Borhidi
English name	Urban tetrazygia
French name	tétrazygia d'Urban
Spanish name	camasey, cenizo (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Tetrazygiopsis Borhidi
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Tetrazygia Rich. ex DC. p.p.
English name	tetrazygiopsis
French name	tétrazygiopsis
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Latin name	Tetrazygiopsis brachycentra (Griseb.) Borhidi
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Graffenrieda brachycentra Griseb. Miconia brachycentra (Griseb.) M.Gómez Tetrazygia brachycentra (Griseb.) Triana
English name	shortspur tetrazygiopsis
French name	tétrazygiopsis à éperon court
Spanish name	cordobancillo (Cuba)
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Latin name	Tetrazygiopsis ekmanii (Urb.) Borhidi
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Tetrazygia ekmanii Urb.
English name	Ekman tetrazygiopsis
French name	tétrazygiopsis d'Ekman
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Latin name	Tetrazygiopsis laxiflora (Naudin) Borhidi
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Miconia rangeliana Wright ex Griseb. Tetrazygia elaeagnoides Griseb. non DC. Tetrazygia laxiflora Naudin
English name	looseflower tetrazygiopsis
French name	tétrazygiopsis laxiflore
Spanish name	cordobancillo (Cuba)
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Latin name	Tetrorchidium Poepp.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution
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English name	tetrorchidium
French name	tétrorchidium
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Latin name	Tetrorchidium andinum Müll.Arg.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Tetrorchidium gorgonae Croizat
English name	Andes tetrorchidium
French name	tétrorchidium des Andes
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Latin name	Tetrorchidium brevifolium Standl. & Steyerm.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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English name	shortleaf tetrorchidium
French name	tétrorchidium à feuilles courtes
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Latin name	Tetrorchidium costaricense Huft
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	CostaRica tetrorchidium
French name	tétrorchidium du Costa Rica
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Latin name	Tetrorchidium euryphyllum Standl.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	broadleaf tetrorchidium
French name	tétrorchidium à feuilles larges
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Latin name	Tetrorchidium macrophyllum Müll.Arg.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	bigleaf tetrorchidium
French name	tétrorchidium à grandes feuilles
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Latin name	Tetrorchidium microphyllum Huft
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	smallleaf tetrochidium
French name	tétrochidium à petites feuilles
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Latin name	Tetrorchidium rotundatum Standl.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	[D]
Ecology	hyg mes
Use	ti (furniture components, light construction, manual goods, sawn timber)
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English name	rounded tetrorchidium
French name	tétrorchidium rond
Spanish name	bala de cañon (Nicaragua); lechón, manteca, manteco, San Juan campano, San Juan chino, San Juan guayapeño (Honduras)
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Latin name	Tetrorchidium rubrivenium Poepp.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America, Jamaica, St.-Vincent) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology	calc
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English name	redvein tetrorchidium; gum wood (Jamaica)
French name	tétrorchidium à nervures rouges
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Latin name	Theobroma L.
Family	Sterculiaceae
Distribution
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English name	chocolatetree; cocoa
French name	cacaoyer; cacaotier
Spanish name	cacao
Other name	Kakaobaum (german); cacao (italian)
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Latin name	Theobroma angustifolium Moq. & Sessé ex DC.
Family	Sterculiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico to Panama) NC South America (Trinidad)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg?
Use	fd (fruits) fr (fruits)
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English name	narrowleaf chocolatetree
French name	cacaoyer à feuilles étroites
Spanish name	cacao cimarron (Panama); cacao de Costa Rica (Guatemala); cacao de mico, caco silvestre (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Theobroma bernouillii Pittier
Family	Sterculiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Bernouilli chocolatetree
French name	cacaoyer de Bernouilli
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Latin name	Theobroma bernouillii ssp. asclepiadiflorum (Schery) Cuatrec.
Family	Sterculiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Theobroma asclepiadiflorum Schery
English name	asclepiasflower Bernouilli chocolatetree
French name	cacaoyer de Bernouilli à fleurs d'asclépiade
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Latin name	Theobroma bernouillii Pittier ssp. bernouillii
Family	Sterculiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	typical Bernouilli chocolatetree
French name	cacaoyer de Bernouilli typique
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Latin name	Theobroma bicolor Humb. & Bonpl.
Family	Sterculiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes
Use	fd (fruits) ma pl ti
Synonym	Cacao bicolor (Humb. & Bonpl.) Poir. Theobroma cordata Ruiz & Pav. Theobroma ovatifolia Moç. & Sessé ex DC. Tribroma bicolor (Humb. & Bonpl.) O.F.Cook
English name	Nicaragua chocolatetree; mountain cacao (Belize); patashte
French name	cacaoyer bicolore
Spanish name	bacao, balam, balamati; cacao blanco (Ecuador); cacao del monte (Ecuador, Honduras); cacao malacayo, cacao marraco; cacao pataste (Nicaragua); cacao silvestre, macambo, majambo, najambu, pataiste, patasht, patashte, patashtle; patasta (Panama); pataste, pataste de sapo, pataste simarron, patatle, pataxte, petaste, petaxte
Other name	cacao bravo, cacau bafu (portuguese, Brazil); cacau de mata (Brazil); cacau do perú (portuguese, Brazil); cola (quichua, Ecuador); cupua-í, cupuassú (portuguese, Brazil); patas (quichua, Ecuador); pataste (Belize)
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Latin name	Theobroma cacao L.
Family	Sterculiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics) int SC Eurasia, W Africa and NW NC Oceania (Indonesia, Philippines)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel->sci hyg->mes acid
Use	dr (the cocoa butter has varied medicinal and cosmetic applications, the seed decoction is a diuretic that can be used as a tonic for nervous and cardiac diseases, the teobromina alcaloide is drow out of the fruits) fd (fruits) fw ma (fiber) ma(ob) pl (cultivated)
Synonym	Cacao guianensis Aubl. Cacao minor Gaertn. Cacao sativa Aubl. Cacao theobroma Tussac Theobroma cacao L. ssp. cacao Theobroma guianensis (Aubl.) J.F.Gmel. Theobroma leiocarpum Bernoulli Theobroma pentagonum Bernoulli Theobroma sativa (Aubl.) Lign. & Bey Theobroma sphaerocarpum Pittier
English name	cacao chocolatetree; cacao, cacao tree, chocolate-tree; cocoa (India); mountain cacao, wild cacao (Belize)
French name	cacaoyer commun; cacao, cacaotier, cacaoyer
Spanish name	bacao (Colombia); cacao (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela); cacao amarillo (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cacao criollo (Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cacao de monte (Ecuador, Peru); cacao dulce (Bolivia, Colombia); cacao forestero, cacao morado (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cacaotero (Venezuela); cacau, caco (Guatemala); chocolate (Bolivia)
Other name	cacao (Brazil; italian); cacateiro (Brazil); cacau, cacau comum, cacau verdadeiro (portuguese, Brazil); cacaueiro (Brazil); cuculat (Guatemala); Kakaobaum (german); kakawo (creole, Haiti); kicob, kicou, pacxo (Guatemala); quemítoqui (campa asháninca, Peru)
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Latin name	Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. ex Spreng.) K.Schum.
Family	Sterculiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	fd (fruits)
Synonym	Bubroma grandiflorum Willd. ex Spreng. Theobroma macrantha Bernouilli
English name	bigflower chocolatetree
French name	cacaoyer à grandes fleurs
Spanish name	copoas (Ecuador)
Other name	copuasú (Bolivia); oupuaou (Brazil)
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Latin name	Theobroma mammosum Cuatrec. & J.León
Family	Sterculiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	mammillate chocolatetree
French name	cacaoyer mamelonné
Spanish name	cacao indio (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Theobroma simiarum Donn.Sm.
Family	Sterculiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	fd (fruits)
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English name	monkey chocolatetree
French name	cacaoyer des singes
Spanish name	cacao de mico (Costa Rica); cacao de monte (Nicaragua); teta negra (Costa Rica)
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