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Latin name	Vochysia allenii Standl. & L.O.Williams
Family	Vochysiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology
Use	ti (boxes, concrete forms, crates, general carpentry, interior construction, plywood corestock, siding)
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English name	Allen vochysia
French name	vochysia d'Allen
Spanish name	boterama, mayo (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Vochysia aurifera Standl. & L.O.Williams
Family	Vochysiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	auriculate vochysia
French name	vochysia auriculé
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Latin name	Vochysia ferruginea Mart.
Family	Vochysiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	[D]
Ecology	hyg [mes]
Use	fr ma pp (pulp) ti (boxes, carpentry, concrete forms, crates, fence posts, furniture components, general carpentry, interior construction, interior trim, light construction, matches sticks and boxes, moulding, paneling, plays, plywood, railroad ties, rustic furniture, sawn timber, siding, sticks, turned work, veneer for fill)
Synonym	Cucullaria ferruginea (Mart.) Spreng. Vochya ferruginea (Mart.) Standl. Vochysia tomentosa Seem.
English name	yemeri vochysia; yemeri wood (Panama)
French name	vochysia brun-rouille
Spanish name	areno (Costa Rica); barba chele (Nicaragua); bota rama (Costa Rica); botagajo (Colombia); botarrama (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); botorama (Nicaragua); dormilón (Colombia); flor de mayo (Honduras, Panama); gomo sonoscuro (Colombia); manga larga zopilote (Nicaragua); mayo, mayo colorada (Costa Rica); mayo negro, mecri, mocri (Panama); palo de mayo rosada (Costa Rica); palo malin (Panama); palosantillo (Colombia); pegla, pegle (Panama); quaruba, San Juan colorado, San Juan guayapeño (Honduras); sorogá, sorogá negro (Colombia); yemeri (Nicaragua); yemeri macho, yemeri mayo (Panama); zopilote (Honduras, Nicaragua)
Other name	baak (bribri, Costa Rica); tigubla (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Vochysia guatemalensis Donn.Sm.
Family	Vochysiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	ti (cabinet work, carpentry, decorative accessories, furniture components, interior construction, plywood, sawn timber)
Synonym	Vochya guatemalensis (Donn.Sm.) Standl.
English name	Guatemala vochysia
French name	vochysia du Guatemala
Spanish name	bota rama (Nicaragua); San Juan, San Juan de Pozo, San Juan peludo (Honduras)
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Latin name	Vochysia guianensis Aubl.
Family	Vochysiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras) NC MW MC South America (French Guiana, Ecuador, Brazil: Pará)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	ti (carpentry, plywood)
Synonym	Cucullaria excelsa Willd. Vochysia excelsa (Willd.) A.Dietr. Vochysia melinonii Beckm. Vochysia paraensis Huber
English name	Guiana vochysia
French name	vochysia kouali; bois cruzeau; moutendé kouali (French Guiana)
Spanish name	bella María (Ecuador); ouaruba, San Juan, San Juan rojo (Honduras)
Other name	achiwa, bois cruseau, grignon fou (creole); itaballi koeleroe; katsura numt (shuar, Ecuador); moutendé, moutendé kouali (Panama); rhode kwari (dutch, Suriname); wossie
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Latin name	Vochysia hondurensis Sprague
Family	Vochysiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	ma pp (paper pulp) ti (boats, canoes, concrete forms, crates, general construction, interior part of furniture, moulding, ornamental boxes, plywood, plywood corestock, railroad ties, siding, veneer, wrapping)
Synonym	Vochya hondurensis (Sprague) Standl. Vochysia hondurensis Sprague var. hondurensis Vochysia hondurensis var. parvifolia Stafleu
English name	Honduras vochysia; white mahogany (Belize)
French name	vochysia du Honduras
Spanish name	barba chele (Nicaragua); chancho (Costa Rica); corozo (Panama); corpus, cozolmeca (Mexico); emeri, emery, emory (Belize); lagunillo, maca blanca (Mexico); magnolia, mayo (Costa Rica); mayo blanco (Costa Rica, Panama); palo bayo (Guatemala); palo chancho (Nicaragua); palo de agua (Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua); palo de brujo (Mexico); palo de chancho (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); palo de colote (Mexico); robanchad (Guatemala); San Juan (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras); San Juan de pozo, San Juan peludo (Honduras); sanpedrano, sayuc (Guatemala); yameri (Panama); yamery; yemeri (Belize, Panama); yemery (Belize)
Other name	teelpucuj (Mexico); yemcke (Belize)
Trade name	quaruba (USA)

Latin name	Vochysia jefensis A.Robyns
Family	Vochysiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	CerroJefe vochysia
French name	vochysia du Cerro Jefe
Spanish name	San Juan rojo (Honduras)
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Latin name	Vochysia magalophylla Stafleu
Family	Vochysiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	bigleaf vochysia
French name	vochysia à grandes feuilles
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Latin name	Vochysia tabascana Sprague
Family	Vochysiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Tabasco)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L?
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English name	Tabasco vochysia
French name	vochysia de Tabasco
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Latin name	Votomita Aubl.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Coryphadenia Morley Glossocoma Endl. Glossoma Schreb. Meliandra Ducke
English name	votomita
French name	votomita
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Latin name	Votomita cupuliformis Morley & Almeda
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	cupshaped votomita
French name	votomita cupuliforme
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Latin name	Votomita monantha (Urb.) Morley
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Coryphadenia monantha (Urb.) Morley Coryphadenia monantha var. purpurescens (Urb.) Morley Mouriri monantha Urb. Mouriri purpurescens Urb.
English name	oneflower votomita
French name	votomita uniflore
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Latin name	Vouarana Aubl.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution
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English name	vouarana
French name	vouarana
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Latin name	Vouarana anomala (Steyerm.) Acev.-Rodr.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Toulicia anomala Steyerm.
English name	abnormal vouarana
French name	vouarana atypique
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Latin name	Vouarana guianensis Aubl.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) NC MW South America (French Guiana, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Guiana vouarana
French name	vouarana de Guyane
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Latin name	Wallenia Sw.
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution
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English name	wallenia
French name	wallénie
Spanish name	jacanillo (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Wallenia apiculata Urb.
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti; Dominican Republic: El Tetero, San José de Ocoa, de Constanza to Calata, Sierra de Yarua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	apiculate wallenia
French name	wallénie apiculée
Spanish name	caimonicillo, lengua de vaca (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Wallenia calyptrata Urb.
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	calyptrate wallenia
French name	wallénie à calyptre
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Latin name	Wallenia clusioides (Griseb.) Mez
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Ardisia clusioides Griseb.
English name	clusialike wallenia
French name	wallénie faux-clusier
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Latin name	Wallenia corymbosa Urb.
Family	Myrsinaceae
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	corymbose wallenia
French name	wallénie à corymbes
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Latin name	Wallenia ekmanii Urb.
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Miragoane, Formon, Petit Goave, Banane, Trouin, Anse à Foleur and Dominican Republic: Las Brujas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Ekman wallenia
French name	wallénie d'Ekman
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Latin name	Wallenia erythrocarpa Urb.
Family	Myrsinaceae
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	redfruit wallenia
French name	wallénie à fruits rouges
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Latin name	Wallenia formonensis Judd
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Massif de la Hotte, Massif de la Selle)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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English name	Formon wallenia
French name	wallénie de Formon
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Latin name	Wallenia grisebachii Mez
Family	Myrsinaceae
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	Grisebach wallenia
French name	wallénie de Grisebach
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Latin name	Wallenia laurifolia (Jacq.) Sw.
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Ardisia domingensis Willd. Petesioides laurifolium Jacq. Wallenia clusiaefolia Griseb. Wallenia clusiifolia Griseb.
English name	laurelleaf wallenia
French name	wallénie à feuilles de laurier; bois crapaud, louisine mau, petit raisin, raisin marron, raisinier (Haiti)
Spanish name	caimón, caimoní (Dominican Republic); carmoni, casmagua (Cuba); jacanillo, mameyuelo (Puerto Rico)
Other name	bwa krapo, lwisin mo, rezen, rezen mawon, ti rezen (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Wallenia pendula (Urb.) Mez
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg?
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Synonym	Ardisia pendula Urb. Petesioides pendulum (Urb.) Britton
English name	drooping wallenia
French name	wallénie pleureuse
Spanish name	jacanillo, quiebrahacha (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Wallenia purdieana Mez
Family	Myrsinaceae
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	Jamaica wallenia
French name	wallénie de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Wallenia sylvestris Urb.
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg calc
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English name	sylvan wallenia
French name	wallénie sylvestre
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Latin name	Wallenia venosa Griseb.
Family	Myrsinaceae
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	veined wallenia
French name	wallénie nervurée
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Latin name	Wamalchitamia Strother
Family	Compositae
Distribution
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English name	wamalchitamia
French name	wamalchitamia
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