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Latin name	Blakea hammelii Almeda
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Hammel blakea
French name	blakea de Hammel
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Latin name	Blakea pauciflora Gleason
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	fewflower blakea
French name	blakea pauciflore
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Latin name	Blakea penduliflora Almeda
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	droopingflower blakea
French name	blakea à fleurs pendantes
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Latin name	Blakea purpusii Brandegee
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC North America (end Mexico-Guatemala border)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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English name	Purpus blakea
French name	blakea de Purpus
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Latin name	Blakea repens (Ruiz & Pav.) D.Don
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	fw (fuel)
Synonym	Blakea incerta J.F.Macbr. Valdesia repens Ruiz & Pav.
English name	creeping blakea
French name	blakea rampant
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Latin name	Blakea scarlatina Almeda
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	scarlet blakea
French name	blakea écarlate
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Latin name	Blakea storkii (Standl.) Almeda
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Blakea woodsonii Gleason Topobea grandiflora Suess. Topobea storkii Standl.
English name	Stork blakea
French name	blakea de Stork
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Latin name	Blakea subconnata O.Berg ex Triana
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Use	dr (flowers: medicinal use)
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English name	subconnate blakea
French name	blakea subconné
Spanish name	cacha micite (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Blakea tapantiana Umaña & Almeda
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Tapanti blakea
French name	blakea de Tapanti
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Latin name	Blakea tuberculata Donn.Sm.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	tuberculate blakea
French name	blakea tubéreux
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Latin name	Blakea wilsoniorum Almeda
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Wilsons' blakea
French name	blakea des Wilson
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Latin name	Blepharidium Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution
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English name	blepharidium
French name	blepharidium
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Latin name	Blepharidium guatemalense Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (S Mexico, Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes calc sili
Use	ti
Synonym	Blepharidium mexicanum Standl. Tocoyena tabascensis Standl.
English name	Guatemala blepharidium
French name	blepharidium du Guatemala
Spanish name	estricnina (Guatemala); popiste (Mexico)
Other name	popistle (Mexico); sagisché (lacandon); sak' yaxte' (maya)
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Latin name	Blepharocalyx O.Berg
Family	Myrtaceae
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Synonym	Blepharocalyx subgen. Temu (O.Berg) Nied. Heteromyrtus Blume Marlieriopsis Kiaersk. Temu O.Berg
English name	blepharocalyx
French name	blepharocalyx
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Latin name	Blepharocalyx eggersii (Kiaersk.) Landrum
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe) NW NC MW MC South America (Venezuela, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg
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Synonym	Marlieriopsis eggersii Kiaersk. Mitranthes eggersii (Kiaersk.) Nied. Myrcia splendens Griseb. p.p. non DC.
English name	wildcherry blepharocalyx; wild cherry (St. Vincent)
French name	blepharocalyx cerisier-montagne; cerisier-montagne-petites-feuilles; cerisier montagne petite feuille (Lesser Antilles)
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Latin name	Blomia Miranda
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Tikalia Lundell
English name	blomia
French name	blomia
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Latin name	Blomia prisca (Standl.) Lundell
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Blomia cupanioides Miranda Cupania prisca Standl. Tikalia prisca (Standl.) Lundell
English name	prisca blomia
French name	blomia prisca
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Latin name	Bocconia L.
Family	Papaveraceae
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English name	bocconia
French name	bocconia
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Latin name	Bocconia frutescens L.
Family	Papaveraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Bahamas, West Indies) South America (general) int NW NE Oceania (Java, Hawaii) and ME Africa
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci mes
Use	dr (latex for treatment of warts) ma (latex for dye) pl
Synonym	Bocconia arborea S.Watson Bocconia pearcei Hutch.
English name	SouthAmerican bocconia; celandine, John-Crow-bush (Jamaica); plume poppy (Bahamas); tree-celandine
French name	bocconia bois-de-coq; arbre à pain, bois codine, bois coq d'Inde, bois de coq (Haiti)
Spanish name	calderón (Mexico); camotillo (Guatemala); celedonia (Colombia, Venezuela); celidueña (Colombia); curador; gengibrillo (Dominican Republic); golondrinia (Colombia); gordolobo (Mexico); guacamayo (Costa Rica); higuera del diablo, higuera infierno, horasangre (Dominican Republic); llora sangre (Mexico); llorasangre (Dominican Republic, Mexico); mano de leon (Mexico); mano de tigre; palo amarillo, palo de pan cimarrón (Cuba); palo de toro (Dominican Republic); palo del diablo, palo santo (Mexico); pan blanco, pan blanco cimarrón (Dominican Republic); pan cimarrón; panapen cimmaron, panapen cimmarón, pasilla (Puerto Rico); sangre de toro (Guatemala); sarno (Colombia); tabaquillo (Costa Rica); trompeto (Colombia); yagramo macho (Dominican Republic); yagrumita (Cuba); yagrumo macho (Dominican Republic)
Other name	amak'ari (aymara, Bolivia); coscuáhuitl (nahuatl, Mexico); khellu khellu (aymara, Bolivia)
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Latin name	Bocconia glaucifolia Hutch.
Family	Papaveraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
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English name	glaucousleaf bocconia
French name	bocconia à feuilles glauques
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Latin name	Bocconia vulcanica Donn.Sm.
Family	Papaveraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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English name	volcanicolous bocconia
French name	bocconia volcanicole
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Latin name	Boehmeria Jacq.
Family	Urticaceae
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English name	falsenettle
French name	boehméria
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Latin name	Boehmeria aspera Wedd.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia to Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes
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Synonym	Boehmeria diversifolia Wedd. Boehmeria pavonii var. diversifolia Wedd.
English name	rough falsenettle
French name	boehméria rugueux
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Latin name	Boehmeria caudata Sw.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hel hyg
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Synonym	Boehmeria ampullacea Kunth Boehmeria arborescens Gardner Boehmeria arguta Mart. ex Miq. Boehmeria caudata var. arborescens (Gardner) Wedd. Boehmeria caudata var. arguta (Mart. ex Miq.) Wedd. Boehmeria caudata var. lanceolata Wedd. Boehmeria caudata var. petiolaris (Kunth) Blume Boehmeria caudata var. tomentosa Wedd. Boehmeria flagelliformis Liebm. Boehmeria guatemalensis Gand. Boehmeria palmeri S.Watson Boehmeria peruviana Blume Boehmeria petiolaris Kunth Boehmeria sordida Rusby Boehmeria stipulata Glaz. Boehmeria tenuistachys Rusby Urtica spicata Sessé & Moç.
English name	caudate falsenettle; nettle tree (Jamaica)
French name	boehméria caudé
Spanish name	gusano, munchiro (Colombia); ortiguilla (Ecuador); rabo de gato (Colombia)
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Latin name	Boehmeria pavonii Wedd.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Andes, Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Boehmeria pallida (Rusby) Killip Boehmeria ramiflora var. paraguariensis Hassl. Phenax pallidus Rusby Procris longifolia Ruiz & Pav. ex Wedd.
English name	Pavón falsenettle
French name	boehméria de Pavón
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Latin name	Boehmeria ramiflora Jacq.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Boehmeria cuspidata Wedd. Boehmeria ehrenbergiana Urb. Boehmeria jamaicensis Urb. Boehmeria ramiflora var. cuspidata (Wedd.) Wedd. Boehmeria ramiflora var. subvelutina Blume Boehmeria rhynchophylla Wedd. Caturus ramiflora (Jacq.) L. Procris ramiflora (Jacq.) Poir. Ramium ramiflorum Kuntze
English name	oldbranchflower falsenettle
French name	boehméria fleuri
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Latin name	Boehmeria ulmifolia Wedd.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) MW MC South America (Ecuador: Andes, Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Boehmeria anomala (Wedd.) Killip Boehmeria fallax Wedd. Boehmeria fallax var. cordata Wedd. Boehmeria fallax var. ulmifolia (Wedd.) Wedd. Boehmeria pavonii var. anomala Wedd. Phenax ulei Krause
English name	elmleaf falsenettle
French name	boehméria à feuilles d'orme
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Latin name	Bombacopsis Pittier
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution
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English name	bombacopsis
French name	bombacopsis
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Latin name	Bombacopsis quinata (Jacq.) Dugand
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg->xer
Use	dr ex ma (resin, pillow) pl (cultivated in Colombia and Costa Rica, cut branches are often planted as living fences, quickset hedge) pp sa ti (beton framing, cabinet work, doors, exterior construction, furniture, general construction, interior carpentry, interior part of furniture, matches, moulding, packing, particleboards, plaquet, plywood, sawn timber, sewing up, veneer, windows)
Synonym	Bombacopsis fendleri (Seem.) Pittier Bombacopsis jaris Pittier Bombacopsis pachiroides auct. non Pittier p.p. Bombacopsis sepium Pittier Bombax fendleri (Seem.) Pittier Bombax nicoyense Pittier Bombax quinatum Jacq. Pachira fendleri Seem. Pachira quinata (Jacq.) W.S.Alverson Pochota quinata (Jacq.) W.D.Stevens Pochota vulgaris Ram.Goyena
English name	cottontree bombacopsis; cotton tree (Colombia); saqui-saqui; spiny cedar (Panama)
French name	bombacopsis à cinq folioles
Spanish name	cedro (Honduras); cedro dulce (Venezuela); cedro espino (Central America); cedro espinosa (Colombia); cedro espinoso (Central America); cedro macho (Colombia, Costa Rica); cedro tolua (Central America, Colombia); ceiba colorado, ceiba purro, ceiba roja (Colombia); ceiba tolua (Colombia, Honduras); ceiba tolúa (Central America, Colombia); murea (Venezuela); pochote (Central America, Colombia, Venezuela); saqui-saqui (Guyana, Venezuela); saquisaqui (Venezuela); tolú, tolúa (Colombia)
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Trade name	pochote

Latin name	Bonnetia Mart.
Family	Theaceae
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English name	bonnetia
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