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Latin name	Thrinax morrisii H.Wendl.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán; Belize; USA: Florida; Bahamas, Greater Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel xer calc
Use	dr (roots decoction taken orally for anemia, chest cold, flu and cough) ma pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Coccothrinax laxa Becc. Simpsonia microcarpa (Sarg.) O.F.Cook Thrinax bahamensis O.F.Cook Thrinax drudei Becc. Thrinax ekmanii Burret Thrinax keyensis Sarg. Thrinax microcarpa Sarg. Thrinax ponceana O.F.Cook Thrinax praeceps O.F.Cook Thrinax punctulata Becc. Thringis laxa O.F.Cook
English name	Key thatchpalm; brittle thatch palm (Puerto Rico); brittle thatchpalm, brittle-thatch; broom palm (Anguilla); broom-palm; buffalo top, buffalo top palm, buffalo-top (Bahamas); peaberry palm, silvertop palmetto; small-fruited thatch-palm (Bahamas)
French name	thrinax à petits fruits; guano campêche (Guadeloupe); latanier; latanier de mer, latanier la mer (Haiti); palmier à balai, palmier à petits fruits
Spanish name	guanillo (Dominican Republic); guano de sierra, miraguano (Cuba); palma de cojollo, palma de escoba (Puerto Rico); palmita (Cuba); pandereta, yaray (Puerto Rico)
Other name	latanye lamè (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Thrinax multiflora Mart.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico, Belize; USA: Florida; Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Thrinax excelsa L.H.Bailey non Griseb.
English name	bullhead thatchpalm; bullhead thatch, peaberry palm, sea thatch
French name	palmier-éventail bord-de-mer; latanier bord de mer, latanier lan mer (Haiti)
Spanish name	guanillo (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Thrinax radiata Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán, Belize; USA: Florida; Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes calc
Use	dr fd fr ma (fibre for mattress-stuffing, dried leaves for decoration) ti tx
Synonym	Coccothrinax martii (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) Becc. Coccothrinax radiata (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Sarg. Porothrinax pumilio H.Wendl. ex Griseb. Thrinax floridana Sarg. Thrinax harrisoniana Becc. Thrinax martii Griseb. & H.Wendl. ex Griseb. Thrinax multiflora sensu Read non Mart. Thrinax parviflora Britton & Millsp. Thrinax parviflora Sauv. Thrinax parviflora Sw. Thrinax tessellata Becc. Thrinax wendlandiana Becc.
English name	Florida thatchpalm; broom thatch (Jamaica); fan palm (Belize); Jamaica thatchpalm; large-fruited thatch-palm (Bahamas); large-fruited thatchpalm; salt water palmetto, salt water pimenta, salt water pimento (Belize); silktop palmetto, silktop thatch, silktop thatchpalm; thatch palm (Jamaica, USA); thatch pole (Jamaica); thatchpalm
French name	palmier-éventail de Floride; latanier; latanier de mer, latanier la mer (Haiti); palmier à balai, palmier éventail de Jamaïque
Spanish name	guanillo (Dominican Republic); guano Campeche (Cuba); guano de Campeche; guano de costa, miraguano de lana (Cuba)
Other name	chit (maya, Belize and Mexico)
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Latin name	Thrinax rivularis (Léon) Borhidi & O.Muñiz
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Hemithrinax rivularis Léon
English name	waterside thatchpalm
French name	palmier-éventail riverain
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Latin name	Thuja L.
Family	Cupressaceae
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Synonym	Biota (D.Don) Endl. Platycladus Spach Thuja sect. Biota D.Don Thuya L.
English name	arborvitae; arbor vitae, arbor-vitae, cedar, thuja, white cedar
French name	thuya; cèdre, thuïa, thuier (Canada)
Spanish name	kijikâtek, kishkatek, kishkâtek (algonquin, Canada); Lebensbaum, Thuja (german); tuia (italian)
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Latin name	Thuja occidentalis L.
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (Canada: S Manitoba to Nova Scotia; USA: Minnesota to Maine, Tennessee to North Carolina) int MW Eurasia (Russian Federation)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci->[hel] hyg->[xer] calc acid->[basi]
Use	cl(ob) dr (anthelminthic oil, decoction of leaves and bark used for vitamine C deficiency, deodorant, insect repelent, wood oil used in perfume industry, essential oil from distillation of twigs and wood) dr(ob) (branches used in Amerindian sweathouse to tonify and purify, Iroquois of Laurentian prepared an infusion rich in vitamin C made with bark and leaves named "annedda" which saved Jacques Cartier and his crew of the scurvy, after this, Cartier named this tree "arbor vitae" which means "tree of life", twigs oil formerly used in medicine, young leaves used for infusion, decoction, ointment and poultice to cure burns, cough, headhaches, toothache and hand and foot swellings) fr (seeds for birds) fw (bark very good to light fire) ma (wood oil used in microscopy) ma(ob) (Canadian ancestors used foliage to make brooms) pl (hedge-row, living fences) pp sa ti (cabinet work, canoes and other boats, carpentery, chest, clothes-press, exterior veneer, fence, outdoor decorative objects, paneling, pegs, poles, posts, shingle-board) ti(ob) (at the beginning of colonization in Canada wood was used to build palisade to protect fortresses, bark canoe framing, barn shingle-board, farm fence, telegraphic poles) tx (oil lethal when ingested in great doses)
Synonym	Thuja obtusa Moench Thuja theophrasti C.Bauhin ex Nieuwl. Thuya occidentalis L. Thuya odorata Marshall
English name	eastern arborvitae; American arborvitae; arbor vitae, arbor-vitae (Canada); arborvitae; cedar (Canada); eastern cedar; eastern white cedar (Canada); eastern white-cedar, northern thuja; northern white cedar, northern white-arbor-vitae, northern white-cedar (Canada, USA); swamp cedar, swamp-cedar; thuja (Canada); tree of life, white arborvitae; white cedar (Canada); white-cedar (Canada, USA)
French name	thuya occidental; arborvitae, arbre de Paradis, arbre de vie; balai, cèdre, cèdre blanc (Canada); cèdre de l'Est, cèdre du Canada; faux cyprès (France); thuya d'Occident; thuya de l'Est (Canada); thuya de l'Occident, thuya du Canada
Spanish name	arbol de la vida, tuya
Other name	Abendländischer Lebensbaum, Amerikanischer Lebensbaum (german); árvore-da-vida, cedro-branco (portuguese); Gemeiner Lebensbaum (german); tuia del Canada, tuia occidentale (italian); tuia-vulgar (portuguese); tuya zapadnaya (russian); tuya amerikanskaya (ukrainian); zywotnik (polish)
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Latin name	Thuja plicata Donn ex D.Don
Family	Cupressaceae
Distribution	NW MW North America (Canada: British Columbia; USA: Alaska, Washington to Montana to N California) int MW Eurasia (Britain to Italy)
North America distribution zone	NW MW
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel [sci] hyg->mes acid->basi
Use	cl (emblem tree of British Columbia Province of Canada) dr ma ma(ob) (interior bark to make baby's napkins, baskets, belts, brooms, carpets, ceremonial objects, clothes, door-mat, dressing, fishing nets, hats, mask, nets, ropes, snares, suits) pl (living fences) sa ti (boatbuilding, exterior millwork, outdoor furniture, paneling, poles, shingle-board, shingles, siding interior trim, veneer) ti(ob) (boxes, canoe, houses, mortuary poles, totemic poles) tx (dermatitis)
Synonym	Thuya gigantea Nutt. Thuya lobbiana Hort. ex Gord. Thuya lobbii Hort. Thuya menziesii Douglas ex Endl. Thuya plicata Donn Thuya plicata Lamb.
English name	giant arborvitae; arbor-vitae (USA); arborvitae; British Columbia cedar; British Columbia red cedar (UK); British Columbia red cedar, British Columbia-cedar, British Columbia-red cedar; canoe cedar (USA); canoe-cedar, canoecedar; cedar (Canada); giant arbor vitae; (Canada, USA); giant cedar, giant thuja, giant thuya, giant-cedar, knotty cedar, Pacific arbor vitae, Pacific red cedar, Pacific redcedar; red cedar (Canada, USA); red cedar of the west; shinglewood (USA); western arbor-vitae; western cedar, (USA); western red cedar (Canada, USA); western redcedar, western-cedar
French name	thuya géant; cèdre, cèdre de l'Ouest (Canada); cèdre rouge de l'Ouest, cèdre rouge occidental, thuya de Lobb, thuya géant de Californie, thuya plissé
Spanish name	tuia gigante (Spain)
Other name	Riesen-Lebensbaum, Riesen-Thuja, thuja; Lebensbaum (german); tuia di California, tuia di Lobb, tuia gigante (italian)
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Latin name	Tibouchina Aubl.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Lasiandra DC. Pleroma D.Don
English name	glorybush
French name	tibouchine
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Latin name	Tibouchina inopinata Wurdack
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	surprising glorybush
French name	tibouchine surprenante
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Latin name	Ticodendron Gómez-Laur. & L.D.Gómez
Family	Ticodendraceae
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English name	ticodendron
French name	ticodendron
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Latin name	Ticodendron incognitum Gómez-Laur. & L.D.Gómez
Family	Ticodendraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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English name	CostaRica ticodendron
French name	ticodendron du Costa Rica
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Latin name	Tilia L.
Family	Tiliaceae
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English name	basswood; bee tree (USA); beetree, lein, lime; lime tree (USA); limetree; linden (Canada, USA); linn, wahoo (USA); whitewood (Canada); wickup (USA)
French name	tilleul
Spanish name	cirimo (Mexico); limoncillo; sirimo, tilo, tirimo (Mexico); yaca (Mexico)
Other name	Linde (german); nipisïy (cree, Canada); tiglio (italian); tília; wigob, wigobimij (otchipwe, Canada)
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Latin name	Tilia americana L.
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution	MC ME SC North America (Canada: Manitoba to New Brunswick; USA: North Dakota to Maine, Texas to Florida) int MW Eurasia
North America distribution zone	MC ME SC
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	sci hyg->xer calc acid->basi
Use	dr (cosmetics, dry flowers infusion calm down) fd (honey) fr ma ma(ob) (baskets, carpets, clothes, ropes, shoes, thread) pl (ornamental) pp sa (because of its great quantity of calcium and magnesium in the leaves, shade) ti (boxes, crates, curio, domestic goods like kitchen utensils and food containers, drawing-board, excelsior containers, framing, joinery, lathe-work, match splints, musical instruments patterns, novelties, pattern making, piano keys, toys, turned work, wood carving)
Synonym	Tilia nigra Borkh. Tilia relicta Laughlin Tilia stellata Hartig
English name	American basswood; American lime (UK); American linden (Canada); basswood (Canada, USA); basttree; bee tree (USA); beetree; lime (Canada); lime tree (USA); limetree; linden (Canada); linn, spoonwood; wahoo (Canada, USA); whitewood (Canada)
French name	tilleul d'Amérique; bois blanc (Canada); tilleul américain; tilleul d'Amérique du Nord (USA); tilleul du Canada (Canada, USA); tilleul glabre; tilleul noir (Canada, USA)
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Other name	Amerikanische Linde, Schwarze Linde (german); tiglio americano, tiglio nero (italian)
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Latin name	Tilia americana L. var. americana
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (Canada: Manitoba to New Brunswick; USA: North Dakota to Maine, Oklahoma to North Carolina)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	L?
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Synonym	Tilia americana var. neglecta (Spach) Fosberg Tilia glabra Vent. Tilia neglecta Spach Tilia palmeri F.C.Gates Tilia truncata Spach Tilia venulosa Sarg.
English name	typical American basswood; American basswood p.p.
French name	tilleul d'Amérique typique
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Latin name	Tilia americana var. caroliniana (Mill.) Castigl.
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution	MC ME SC SE North America (USA: Oklahoma to Missouri to North Carolina, Texas to Florida)
North America distribution zone	MC ME SC SE
Height	M[L?]
Foliage	D
Ecology	mes
Use	ti
Synonym	Tilia australis Small Tilia caroliniana Mill. Tilia caroliniana var. rhoophila Sarg. Tilia cocksii Sarg. Tilia creno-serrata Sarg. Tilia floridana Small Tilia floridana var. hypoleuca Sarg. Tilia floridana var. oblongifolia Sarg. Tilia georgiana Sarg. Tilia leptophylla (Vent.) Small Tilia leucocarpa Ashe Tilia leucocarpa var. brevipedunculata (Sarg.) Ashe Tilia littoralis Sarg. Tilia phanera Sarg. Tilia porracea Ashe Tilia pubescens Aiton Tilia texana Sarg.
English name	Carolina American basswood; basswood, Carolina basswood, Carolina linden, Florida basswood, Florida linden
French name	tilleul d'Amérique de la Caroline; tilleul de Caroline, tilleul de Floride
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Latin name	Tilia americana var. heterophylla (Vent.) Loudon
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (USA: Iowa to Maine, Louisiana to Florida)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	sci [hel] mes
Use	fd ma pp sa ti
Synonym	Tilia eburnea Ashe Tilia heterophylla Vent. Tilia heterophylla var. michauxii (Nutt.) Sarg. Tilia lasioclada Sarg. Tilia lata Ashe Tilia michauxii Nutt. Tilia monticola Sarg.
English name	white American basswood; beetree, beetree linden, white basswood
French name	tilleul d'Amérique blanc; tilleul blanc
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Latin name	Tilia houghii Rose
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Nuevo León)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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Synonym	Tilia houghi Rose
English name	Hough basswood
French name	tilleul de Hough
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Latin name	Tilia mexicana Schltdl.
Family	Tiliaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Jalisco)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
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Ecology	mes
Use	ti (guitars)
Synonym	Tilia occidentalis Rose
English name	Mexican basswood
French name	tilleul du Mexique
Spanish name	cirimbo (Mexico); sirimo, sirumu
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Latin name	Tithonia Desf. ex Juss.
Family	Compositae
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English name	tithonia
French name	tithonie
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Latin name	Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A.Gray
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Use	dr fr pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Helianthus quinquelobus Sessé & Moç. Mirasolia diversifolia Hemsl. Tithonia diversifolia var. glabriuscula S.F.Blake Tithonia triloba Sch.Bip. ex Klatt Urbanisol tagetifolius var. diversifolius Kuntze Urbanisol tagetifolius f. grandiflorus Kuntze Urbanisol tagetifolius subf. flavus Kuntze
English name	Yucatán tithonia
French name	tithonie diversifoliée
Spanish name	arnica (Mexico)
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Latin name	Tithonia hondurensis La Duke
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Honduras tithonia
French name	tithonie du Honduras
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Latin name	Tithonia koelzii McVaugh
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Jalisco)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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English name	Koelz tithonia
French name	tithonie de Koelz
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Latin name	Tococa Aubl.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Microphysa Naudin Sphaerogyne Naudin
English name	tococabush
French name	tococa
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Latin name	Tococa guianensis Aubl.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	mes
Use	dr ma
Synonym	Maieta glandulifera Standl. Melastoma physophora Vahl Melastoma tococo Desr. Tibouchina coriacea S.Moore Tococa acuminata Benth. Tococa barbata Benth. Tococa chuivensis Wurdack Tococa chuivensis var. ecuadorensis Wurdack Tococa coriacea S.Moore Tococa discolor Pilg. Tococa loretensis Ule Tococa occidentalis Naudin Tococa peckiana B.L.Rob. Tococa roreimi Benth.
English name	Guiana tococabush; broad leaf sirin (Belize)
French name	tococa bois-macaque; bois macaque (French Guiana)
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Other name	ish-k'a-pim (maya, Belize); oluka (kuna, Panama); tococo (carib)
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Latin name	Tocoyena Aubl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution
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English name	tocoyena
French name	tocoyena
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Latin name	Tocoyena pittieri (Standl.) Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	fr
Synonym	Posoqueria obliquinervia Standl. Posoqueria pittieri Standl. Tocoyena cuatrecasasii Steyerm. Tocoyena obliquinervia (Standl.) Standl.
English name	Pittier tocoyena
French name	tocoyena de Pittier
Spanish name	comida de mono (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Tontelea Miers
Family	Celastraceae
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Synonym	Amphizoma Miers Custenia Neck. ex Steud. Custinia Neck. Daphnicon Pohl Salacia sect. Tontelea (Miers) Miers ex Loes. Salacia subgen. Tontelea (Miers) Triana & Planch. Tonsella Schreb. Tontelea Aubl.
English name	tontelea
French name	tontelea
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Latin name	Tontelea attenuata Miers
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador: Napo; Peru, Brazil: Amapá; Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	[S]
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Salacia attenuata (Miers) Peyr. Tontelea longifolia Miers Tontelea scandens Aubl.
English name	tapering tontelea
French name	tontelea atténué
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Other name	ayamoyihue (waorani, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Tontelea ovalifolia (Miers) A.C.Sm.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador: Napo; Peru, Brazil: Pará, Amazonas; Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
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Synonym	Cuervea ovalifolia Miers Salacia fluminensis Peyr. Salacia patens Triana & Planch. Tontelea fluminensis (Peyr.) A.C.Sm. Tontelea ovalifolia ssp. richardii (Peyr.) Görts & Mennega Tontelea richardii (Peyr.) A.C.Sm.
English name	ovalleaf tontelea
French name	tontelea à feuilles ovales
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Latin name	Topobea Aubl.
Family	Melastomataceae
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English name	topobea
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