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Latin name	Unonopsis pittieri Saff.
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	fr
Synonym	Unonopsis schippii R.E.Fr.
English name	Pittier unonopsis
French name	unonopsis de Pittier
Spanish name	anona de montaña (Honduras); matacansado (Costa Rica); yava blanca, yaya blanca (Panama)
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Latin name	Unonopsis stevensii G.E.Schatz
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Stevens unonopsis
French name	unonopsis de Stevens
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Latin name	Unonopsis storkii Standl. & L.O.Williams
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	sci
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English name	Stork unonopsis
French name	unonopsis de Stork
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Latin name	Unonopsis theobromifolia N.Zamora & Poveda
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	chocolatetreeleaf unonopsis
French name	unonopsis faux-cacaoyer
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Latin name	Urbananthus R.M.King & H.Rob.
Family	Compositae
Distribution
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English name	urbananthus
French name	urbananthe
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Latin name	Urbananthus critoniformis (Urb.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Eupatorium critoniforme Urb. Eupatorium critoniforme var. pubescens C.D.Adams
English name	Jamaica urbananthus
French name	urbananthe de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Urera Gaudich.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution
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English name	scratchbush
French name	urera
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Latin name	Urera baccifera (L.) Gaudich.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Greater Antilles, St. Vincent, St. Thomas, Grenada) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg calc
Use	dr ma (fiber) pl (ornamental) ti tx
Synonym	Urera baccifera var. horrida Wedd. Urtica baccifera L. Urtica grandidentata Liebm.
English name	broadleaf scratchbush; cow-itch (Belize); cowitch (Belize); stinging nettle (Puerto Rico)
French name	urera bacciforme; feuilles enragées, maman guêpes, manman guêpes (Haiti)
Spanish name	chichicaste, chichicaste blanco (Guatemala); chichicaste cuyanigua, chichicaste nigua, chichicastón (El Salvador); chichicastre, chichicate (Cuba); guaritoto, mala mujer; nigua, nigüilla, nigüillo (El Salvador); ortega (Belize); ortiga (Mexico, Puerto Rico); ortiga brava (Puerto Rico); ortiga colorada (Argentina); ortiga de caballo (Mexico); pica pica (Bolivia); pringamoza; puca puca (Bolivia)
Other name	fèy anraje (creole, Haiti); ishanga (Peru); laal, laal tzimin (maya, Mexico); lah (maya, Guatemala); manman gèp (creole, Haiti); orcco itapallu (quichua, Bolivia); orccu-kusayuyu (aymara, Bolivia); ortiga (portuguese, Brazil; quichua, Bolivia); ortiga de cipo (portuguese, Brazil); laal (maya, Belize); piño-guazú (guarani, Bolivia); take (kuna, Panama); urtiga bronca, urtiga graúda (portuguese, Brazil)
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Latin name	Urera caracasana (Jacq.) Gaudich. ex Griseb.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg
Use	dr (leaves on legs of persons to cure rheumatism, native medicine by boiling the leaves, remedy for fever, roots infusion to cure bronchias) fd (leaves in salad) ma tx
Synonym	Urera acuminata Miq. Urera capitata var. pavonii Wedd. Urera caracasana var. miquelii (Wedd.) Wedd. Urera caracasana var. subpeltata (Miq.) Wedd. Urera caracasana var. tomentosa Wedd. Urera jacquini Wedd. Urera jacquini var. miquelii Wedd. Urera jacquini var. subpeltata (Miq.) Wedd. Urera subpeltata Miq. Urtica caracasana Jacq. Urtica verrucosa Liebm.
English name	flameberry scratchbush; stinging nettle (Puerto Rico)
French name	urera bois-fridoche; bois de frédoche; bois fridoche (Guadeloupe); grande ortie
Spanish name	chichicaste (Central America); chichicaste de flores rosadas (El Salvador); chichicaste de hormiga, chichicastón (Guatemala); crespón (Costa Rica); guaritoto hembra (Venezuela); ishanga, ishanga blanca, ishanga del agua (Peru); la (Guatemala); lattsimin (Mexico); mal hombre (Puerto Rico); orteguilla macho (Ecuador); ortiga; ortiga blanca (Costa Rica); ortiga brava (Argentina); ortiga colorado; ortiga de caballo (Mexico); pica pica (Bolivia); picatón (Venezuela); pringamoza (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela); quemador (Mexico); tabaquillon (Costa Rica)
Other name	urtiga; laal, ortiga (maya, Mexico)
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Latin name	Urera chlorocarpa Urb.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	sci hyg
Ecology	tx
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English name	yellowishgreenfruit scratchbush; stinging nettle
French name	urera à fruits vert-jaunâtres
Spanish name	ortiga (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Urera corallina (Liebm.) Wedd.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Urtica corallina Liebm.
English name	corallike scratchbush
French name	urera coralliforme
Spanish name	chichicaste (Nicaragua); chichicaste rojo (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Urera eggersii Hieron.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	Eggers scratchbush
French name	urera d'Eggers
Spanish name	chichicaste blanco (El Salvador); malatan (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Urera elata (Sw.) Griseb.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg xer
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Synonym	Urera killipiana Standl. & Steyerm. Urtica elata Sw.
English name	tall scratchbush; cow itch, poison ivy (Belize)
French name	urera élevé
Spanish name	chichicaste, chichicaste blanco, chichicaste de montaña (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Urera expansa (Sw.) Griseb.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Urera ovalifolia Urb. Urtica expansa Sw.
English name	expanded scratchbush
French name	urera expansé
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Latin name	Urera laciniata Goudot ex Wedd.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	[S]
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes
Use	dr (branch used to clean the "mal aire" of persons)
Synonym	Urera girardinioides Seem. Urtica laciniata Goudot ex Wedd.
English name	jagged scratchbush
French name	urera lacinié
Spanish name	chichicaste (Nicaragua); ortiga (Costa Rica); pica pica (Bolivia)
Other name	arará (chimane); chonta chini (quichua, Ecuador); nara (shuar, Ecuador); papaya chini (quichua, Ecuador); shirimpich nara, shiwiar nára (shuar, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Uribea Dugand & Romero
Family	Leguminosae
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English name	uribea
French name	uribea
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Latin name	Uribea tamarindoides Dugand & Romero
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	fd (fruits)
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English name	tamarindlike uribea
French name	uribea faux-tamarinier
Spanish name	almendro, arco, tamarindo (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Vaccinium L.
Family	Ericaceae
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Synonym	Batodendron Nutt. Cyanococcus (A.Gray) Rydb. Herpothamnus Small Hugeria Small Oxycoccus Mill. Picrococcus Nutt. Polycodium Raf. Rhodococcum (Rupr.) R.Avrorin
English name	blueberry; bilberry, cowberry, cranberry, deerberry, farkleberry
French name	airelle
Spanish name	arrayán, madoñito, madroño chino
Other name	axocopaconi, cahuichi, cahuitzi; Heidelbeere (german); mirtillo (italian); Preiselbeere (german)
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Latin name	Vaccinium arboreum Marshall
Family	Ericaceae
Distribution	MC ME SC SE North America (USA: Kansas to Virginia, Texas to Florida)
North America distribution zone	MC ME SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	sci mes acid->basi
Use	dr fd (berry) fr ti
Synonym	Batodendron andrachniforme Small Batodendron arboreum (Marshall) Nutt. Vaccinium arboreum var. glaucescens (Greene) Sarg.
English name	sparkle blueberry; farkleberry, sparkleberry, tree sparkleberry, tree-huckleberry, winter-huckleberry
French name	airelle arborée; airelle, airelle en arbre, myrtiller en arbre
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Other name	myrtillo arboreo (italian); Schweinsbeere (german)
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Latin name	Vaccinium consanguineum Klotzsch
Family	Ericaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Vaccinium consanguineum var. irazuense (Sleumer) Sleumer Vaccinium irazuense Sleumer
English name	consanguineous blueberry
French name	airelle consanguine
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Latin name	Vaccinium floccosum (L.O.Williams) Wilbur & Luteyn
Family	Ericaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Hornemannia floccosa L.O.Williams Symphysia floccosa (L.O.Williams) L.O.Williams
English name	floccose blueberry
French name	airelle floconneuse
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Latin name	Vaccinium giganteum Bisse
Family	Ericaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	giant blueberry
French name	airelle géante
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Latin name	Vaccinium leucanthum Cham. & Schltdl.
Family	Ericaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Vaccinium micranthum Dunal
English name	whiteflower blueberry
French name	airelle à fleurs blanches
Spanish name	axocopaconi, cahuichi, cahuitzi, cahuitzo, cocoi
Other name	huicté, xoxocotzi
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Latin name	Vaccinium meridionale Sw.
Family	Ericaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Jamaica) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hel
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English name	southern blueberry; bilberry (Jamaica)
French name	airelle méridionale
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Latin name	Vaccinium poasanum Donn.Sm.
Family	Ericaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Poas blueberry
French name	airelle de Poas
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Latin name	Vaccinium stenophyllum Steud.
Family	Ericaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Vaccinium angustifolium Benth. non Aiton
English name	Mexican blueberry
French name	airelle du Mexique
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Latin name	Vallesia Ruiz & Pav.
Family	Apocynaceae
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English name	vallesia
French name	vallésie
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Latin name	Vallesia antillana Woodson
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida; Mexico: Yucatán Peninsula; Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	xer calc
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Synonym	Vallesia glabra auct. non (Cav.) Link
English name	WestIndies vallesia; tearshrub (USA)
French name	vallésie des Antilles
Spanish name	palo boniato (Cuba)
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Latin name	Vallesia aurantiaca (M.Martens & Galeotti) J.F.Morales
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Ecology	sci hyg
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Synonym	Neriandra aurantiaca M.Martens & Galeotti Vallesia flexuosa Woodson Vallesia mexicana Müll.Arg.
English name	orangecoloured vallesia
French name	vallésie orangée
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Latin name	Vallesia glabra (Cav.) Link
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	S North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	dr (fruits juice used to treat eye inflammations, powdered leaves for alleviate rashes) fd (fruits) fr (fruits for hen)
Synonym	Rauvolfia glabra Cav. Vallesia chiococcoides Kunth Vallesia cymbifolia Ortega Vallesia dichotoma Ruiz & Pav. Vallesia glabra var. pubescens (Andersson) Wiggins Vallesia pubescens Andersson
English name	glabrous vallesia
French name	vallésie glabre
Spanish name	amarguillo, aracuarembiu (Bolivia); cacarahue, frutilla (Mexico); guañuna (Bolivia); huelatave, huevito (Mexico); leche leche, mataco (Bolivia); otátave (Mexico); perlilla, perlillos (Ecuador); sitavaro (Mexico); teta de gata (Argentina)
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