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Latin name	Bourreria virgata (Sw.) G.Don
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba to Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer
Use
Synonym	Ehretia virgata Sw.
English name	twiggy strongbark
French name	bourreria virgata
Spanish name	roble de guayo; cafecillo, raspalengua (Cuba); guazumilla (Dominican Republic); palo de vaca (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Bourreria wrightii Alain
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Bourreria grandiflora (Poir.) Griseb. non Bertol. Crematoria grandiflora (Poir.) Miers Ehretia grandiflora Poir. Morelosia grandiflora (Poir.) Kuntze
English name	Wright strongbark
French name	bourreria de Wright
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Latin name	Bouvardia Salisb.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	bouvardia
French name	bouvardia
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Latin name	Bouvardia macdougallii Lorence
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC North America (end Mexico: Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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English name	MacDougall bouvardia
French name	bouvardia de MacDougall
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Latin name	Brahea Mart.
Family	Palmae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Erythea S.Watson Glaucothea O.F.Cook
English name	braheapalm; brahea, erythea, fan palm
French name	brahea
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Other name	Brahea (german); brahea (italian)
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Latin name	Brahea armata S.Watson
Family	Palmae
Distribution	[MC] SW [SC] North America (end USA and Mexico: west side of divide from vicinity of Cataviñá to San Ignacio, islands in Gulf of California, Baja California, canyons and desert of Sierra Juárez) int MW Eurasia (Georgia)
North America distribution zone	[MC] SW [SC]
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel [sci] xer
Use	fd(ob) (the Cócopah Indians roasted and ate the seeds) pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Brahea glauca Hook.f. Erythea armata S.Watson Glaucothea armata O.F.Cook
English name	blue braheapalm; big blue hesper palm (USA); blue palm
French name	brahea bleu; palmier à feuilles de zinc, palmier bleu
Spanish name	palma blanca (Mexico)
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Latin name	Brahea brandegeei (Purpus) H.E.Moore
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SW North America (end Baja California: Sierra de la Giganta)
North America distribution zone	SW
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fd (fruits, leaves buds) ti
Synonym	Centaurium brandegeei (Purpus) Druce Erythea brandegeei Purpus Glaucothea brandegeei (Purpus) I.M.Johnst.
English name	Brandegee braheapalm; Brandegee palm, San José hesper palm (USA)
French name	brahea de Brandegee
Spanish name	palma de tlaco, palma negra, palmilla (Mexico)
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Latin name	Brahea dulcis (Kunth) Mart.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer calc
Use	fd ma (fiber) ti
Synonym	Corypha dulcis Kunth
English name	sweet braheapalm
French name	brahea doux
Spanish name	cocaiste, palma de sombrero, palma popotia, palmito, zoyate (Mexico)
Other name	apah (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Brahea edulis H.Wendl. ex S.Watson
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SW North America (end Mexico: Isla Guadalupe) int MW Eurasia (Georgia)
North America distribution zone	SW
Height	G
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	fd (fruits)
Synonym	Erythea edulis (H.Wendl.) S.Watson
English name	Guadalupe braheapalm; Guadelupe palm
French name	brahea de la Guadaloupe; palmier de la Guadeloupe
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Latin name	Brahea prominens L.H.Bailey
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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English name	prominent braheapalm
French name	brahea saillant
Spanish name	palma
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Latin name	Brahea roezlii Linden
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SW North America (end Mexico: Guaymas area)
North America distribution zone	SW
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	sci
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Synonym	Erythea roezlii (Linden) Becc.
English name	shortarm braheapalm; short-arm blue hesper palm (USA)
French name	brahea de Roezl
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Latin name	Brahea salvadorensis H.Wendl. ex Becc.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (El Salvador, Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	ma
Synonym	Acoelorraphe cookii Bartlett Acoelorraphe salvadorensis Bartlett Erythea salvadorensis (Wendl. ex Becc.) H.E.Moore
English name	ElSalvador braheapalm
French name	brahea d'El Salvador
Spanish name	palma
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Latin name	Bravaisia DC.
Family	Acanthaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	bravaisia
French name	bravaisia
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Latin name	Bravaisia berlandieriana (Nees) T.F.Daniels
Family	Acanthaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (SE Mexico, Belize, Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	cl dr ti
Synonym	Bravaisia tubiflora Hemsl. ex Hook. Onychacanthus berlandierianus Nees
English name	Berlandier bravaisia
French name	bravaisia de Berlandier
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Other name	hulaba, hulup, julub (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Bravaisia grandiflora Donn.Sm.
Family	Acanthaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (SE Mexico, N Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Bravaisia proxima S.F.Blake
English name	largeflowered bravaisia
French name	bravaisia à grandes fleurs
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Latin name	Bravaisia integerrima (Spreng.) Standl.
Family	Acanthaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg->mes calc
Use	dr (pain reliever in some localities: the roots when cooked in guarapo which is a fermented beverage made from either sugar cane or pineapple) pl (ornamental) ti (boxboard, cheap construction, food containers, lumber)
Synonym	Amasonia integerrima Spreng. Androcentrum multiflorum Lem. Barleria anomala Spreng. Bravaisia floribunda DC. Onychacanthus arboreus H.Karst. Onychacanthus cumingii Nees Onychacanthus speciosus Oerst.
English name	jiggerwood barvaisia; jiggerwood, white mangue (Trinidad and Tobago)
French name	bravaisia à feuilles entières
Spanish name	canacoíte (Mexico); mangle blanco (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama); mangle de agua (Costa Rica, Panama); maranjillo, naranjillo bobo (Venezuela); palo blanco (Mexico); palo de agua (Costa Rica, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama); pintopié (Mexico); sancaraño, sancho arana (Colombia)
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Latin name	Brongniartia Kunth
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
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Synonym	Brongniartia Blume Megastegia G.Don Peraltea Kunth
English name	brongniartia
French name	brongniartia
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Latin name	Brongniartia alamosana Rydb.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage	D
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English name	Alamos brongniartia
French name	brongniartia d'Alamos
Spanish name	palo piojo (Mexico)
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Latin name	Brosimum Sw.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Alicastrum P.Browne Brosimopsis S.Moore Ferolia Aubl. Galactodendrum Kunth Piratinera Aubl.
English name	breadnuttree; breadnut p.p., cow tree, milk tree
French name	brosimum; arbre à la vache, arbre au lait
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Other name	Kuhbaum, Milchbaum (german); capomo (italian)
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Latin name	Brosimum alicastrum Sw.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg mes calc neut->basi
Use	dr (seed) fd (fruits, milk substitutes) fr (leaves) fw ma (painting) pl (ornamental) ti (axe, construction, tool handles)
Synonym	Alicastrum brownei Kuntze Brosimum bernadetteae Woodson Brosimum gentlei Lundell Brosimum terrabanum Pittier Helicostylis ojoche K.Schum. ex Pittier Piratinera alicastrum (Sw.) Baill.
English name	ramon breadnuttree; breadnut (Belize); capomo (USA); cow tree, milk tree, ramón, white mabouya
French name	brosimum fourrager; arbre à la vache, arbre au lait; moussara (Trinidad and Tobago)
Spanish name	apomo, ash (Mexico); capomo (Belize, Honduras, Mexico); charo (Venezuela); charo macho; congona (Peru); guaimaro (Colombia, Venezuela); guáimaro (Cuba); hichoso (Honduras); huje (Mexico); laredo, lerado (Central America, Mexico); manchinga (Peru); maseco (Guatemala, Honduras); masica (Honduras, Nicaragua); masicaran (Belize); masico (Guatemala, Honduras); masiquilla (Honduras); moho, mojo, mojote, mojú nazareno, ojite (Mexico); ojoche (Central America, Mexico); pisma (Honduras); ramón (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico); ramón blanco (Guatemala, Mexico); ramón de Mexico (Honduras); samaritano Juan Diego (Mexico); sande; sandé (Ecuador); ujushte, ujushte blanco (Guatemala)
Other name	a-agl, hairi, hairi-te, jauri, jushapu, juskapu, lan-fe-lá, moj-cuji, tlatlacóyic, tunumi-taján; marométiqui, massoura (campa asháninca, Peru); Brotnussbaum, Kuhbaum, Milchbaum (german); ojox, ojx (huasteco, Mexico); ox (maya, Guatemala, Mexico); ax, mo, mojú, talcoite, tzoltzax (maya, Mexico); huji, osh, talcoite (Mexico); ojoxitle, oxitle (nahuatl, Mexico); muiratinga (portuguese, Brazil)
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Latin name	Brosimum alicastrum Sw. ssp. alicastrum
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC? SE North America (Belize to Panama) int South America
North America distribution zone	SC? SE
Height	S
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English name	typical ramon breadnuttree
French name	brosimum fourrager typique
Spanish name	ajoche, ajoche macho (Nicaragua); capomo, macica, masicaran (Belize); ramon rajo (Guatemala); ramon rosa (Belize); ramón, ramón blanco (Belize)
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Latin name	Brosimum alicastrum ssp. bolivarense (Pittier) C.C.Berg
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW NC MW MC South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hel xer
Use	fr pl ti
Synonym	Brosimum bernadetteae Woodson Brosimum bolivarense (Pittier) Romero Brosimum columbianum S.F.Blake Brosimum latifolium Standl. Brosimum uleanum Mildbr. Helicostylis bolivarensis Pittier Helicostylis latifolia Pittier
English name	Bolivar ramon breadnuttree
French name	brosimum fourrager de Bolivar
Spanish name	berba (Panama); charo (Colombia, Venezuela); congona (Peru); guaimaro (Colombia, Venezuela); guáimaro (Colombia); machinga (Peru); mare (Colombia); ojoche (Nicaragua); sande (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela); tilo (Ecuador); urpay manchinga (Peru)
Other name	muiratinga (portuguese, Brazil)
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Latin name	Brosimum costaricanum Liebm.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Atlantic coast of Central America)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	fd (fruits, milky latex) ti (cabinet work, carpentry, fence posts, flooring, furnitures, heavy construction, interior construction, plywood, railroad ties, ship building, sports equipment, turned work, veneer, etc.)
Synonym	Alicastrum costaricanum (Liebm.) Kuntze Brosimum sapiifolium Standl. & L.O.Williams Helicostylis montana Pittier
English name	CostaRica breadnuttree
French name	brosimum du Costa Rica
Spanish name	morillo, ojoche, ojoche amarillo, ojoche macho (Costa Rica); ojoche blanco (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Brosimum guianense (Aubl.) Huber
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador: Coast, Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L[G]
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Use	dr ma ti (fancy articles, turned work, veneer, violin case)
Synonym	Alicastrum guianense (Aubl.) Kuntze Brosimum aubletii Poepp. & Endl. Brosimum discolor Schott Brosimum lecointei Ducke Brosimum lemeei (Benoist) Lemée Brosimum palmarum Standl. Brosimum panamense (Pittier) Standl. & Steyerm. Brosimum rotundatum Standl. Brosimum tessmannii Mildbr. Brosimum velutinum (S.F.Blake) Ducke Piratinera discolor (Schott) Pittier Piratinera guianensis Aubl. Piratinera lemeei Benoist Piratinera mollis Killip Piratinera panamensis Pittier Piratinera scabridula S.F.Blake Piratinera velutina S.F.Blake
English name	letterwood breadnuttree; bastard breadnut (Belize); gatea (Trinidad); leopard wood (Guyana, Trinidad); letterwood (Guyana, UK); mountain breadnut (Belize); snakewood (Guyana); specklewood, tortoiseshell wood; wild breadnut (Belize)
French name	brosimum lettre-mouchette; amourette (France); bois d'amourette, bois de lettre (French Guiana); bois de lettre moucheté (France); lettre mouchette (French Guiana)
Spanish name	bachirao (Bolivia); cacique carey (Panama); cimarron (Belize); coloradillo (Bolivia); coquillo (Bolivia); huaira caspi, huaya caspi, huayracaspi (Peru); langua de siervo (Costa Rica); ma requende, marequende (Ecuador); masica (Honduras); masico (Belize); masiquilla (Honduras); ojochillo (Costa Rica); palisangre (Peru); palo de oro (Venezuela); quecho, quecho verde (Bolivia)
Other name	aita (portuguese, Brazil); bourra courra, burokoro (Guyana); gateado (portuguese, Brazil); imparinaqui (campa asháninca, Peru); kapiteinletterhout, letterhout (sranan, Suriname); man letterhout (Suriname); manletterhout (dutch, Suriname); muirapenima, muirapimina (portuguese, Brazil); paida (Caribbean); pakael (palikúr, Brazil); pakasa (wayampi); quiré (portuguese, Brazil); sokonè ibiberoe (arawak); tibicusi, tibikishe, tibikishi (Guyana)
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Latin name	Brosimum lactescens (S.Moore) C.C.Berg
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama ) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	mes->xer?
Use	fd fr ma ti
Synonym	Brosimopsis amplifolia Ducke Brosimopsis diandra S.F.Blake Brosimopsis lactescens S.Moore Brosimopsis oblongifolia Ducke Brosimum belizense Lundell Brosimum ojoche Woodson
English name	milky breadnuttree; breadnut (Belize)
French name	brosimum faux-bois-d'arc; faux bois d'arc
Spanish name	leitero; masica, masica colorada (Honduras); masico (Belize); murure, ojoche; ojoche blanco (Costa Rica); sapito (Bolivia); tillo (Ecuador); xanate (Bolivia)
Other name	kumakaballi (arawak, Guyana); man letterhout (sranan); pailalã (wayampi)
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Latin name	Brosimum rubescens Taub.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador: Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	mes->xer?
Use	ma ti (furniture)
Synonym	Alicastrum rubescens (Taub.) Taub. Brosimum angustifolium Ducke Brosimum brevipedunculatum Ducke Brosimum caloxylon Standl. Brosimum lanciferum Ducke Brosimum longistipulatum Ducke Brosimum paraense Huber Brosimum platyneurum Ducke Ferolia guianensis Aubl. Piratinera lancifera (Ducke) Benoist Piratinera paraensis (Huber) Benoist Piratinera rubescens (Taub.) Pittier
English name	Para breadnuttree; bloodwood; blood wood cacique (Panama); Brazil redwood, Brazilian red wood, Brazilian redwood, Brazilwood, cardinal wood; letterwood (Guyana); snakewood
French name	brosimum satiné; bois satiné (France); lettre ravané, lettres rouges; rubané (French Guiana); satiné (France, French Guiana); satiné gris, satiné rubané (France)
Spanish name	chimico; conza negro (Costa Rica); granadillo; lechero (Colombia); marequende (Ecuador); mirapiranga; mui (Colombia); palisangre (Peru); palo brasil (Colombia); palo de sangre; palo sangre (Peru); sande, sande negro (Colombia); vaco
Other name	bois d'arc, bois de lettre (creole); conduru, conduru-de-sangue (portuguese, Brazil); doctoa (guanano); doekaliballi (bora); doekaliballi ibiberoebaria (arawak); guasooge (tucano); huito sa'huio (secoya, Ecuador); ipguayoi (bora); jaiveciidi (muinane); karana (carijona); kiritiño (huitoto); letterhout (Suriname); muirapiranga (portuguese, Brazil); pairi seine (palikúr); páo rainha, pau-rainha (portuguese, Brazil); satijnhout (dutch, Suriname); siton-paya (aukaans); suar ginnet (kuna, Panama); yo-o-fi (andoque)
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Latin name	Brosimum utile (Kunth) Pittier
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	S North America (tropics) N M South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SW SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr fd (fruits, latex for chewing-gum, milk substitutes) ma (barkcloth) ma(ob) (Indians used bark for blankets) pp (very good for paper pulp) ti (boxes, cabinet work, concrete forms, general carpentry, fence posts, furniture, interior construction, particleboards, plywood, veneer)
Synonym	Alicastrum utile (Kunth) Kuntze Brosimum galactodendron D.Don ex Sweet Brosimum humboldti Carrière Brosimum utile (Kunth) Pittier & Endl. Galactodendron utile Kunth Piratinera utilis (Kunth) Baill.
English name	cow breadnuttree; cow tree, mills tree
French name	brosimum utile
Spanish name	arbol de leche (Colombia); arbol de vaca; arbol vaca, avichuri (Colombia); baco (Costa Rica); bibosi (Bolivia); flor de Jesucristo (Costa Rica); frutipán de monte (Ecuador); guaímaro (Colombia); lechero (Colombia, Costa Rica); lechoso (Costa Rica, Ecuador); mastate, mastate colorado (Costa Rica); mui (Colombia); palo de leche (Panama); palo de vaca (Colombia, Costa Rica); perillo (Colombia); pio (Bolivia); sande, sande negro (Colombia); vaco (Costa Rica); vacuno (Venezuela)
Other name	cocal; margis, marquis (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Brosimum utile ssp. allenii (Woodson) C.C.Berg
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Brosimum allenii Woodson
English name	Allen cow breadnuttree
French name	brosimum utile d'Allen
Spanish name	arbol de vaca, vaco baco
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Latin name	Brosimum utile ssp. dariense C.C.Berg
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)?
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L?
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English name	Darién cow breadnuttree
French name	brosimum utile de Darién
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Latin name	Brosimum utile (Kunth) Pittier ssp. utile
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
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English name	typical cow breadnuttree
French name	brosimum utile typique
Spanish name	palo de vaca
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