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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Couma macrocarpa Barb.Rodr.

Apocynaceae

SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Napo; Peru, Amazonian Bolivia, Brazil)

L[G]

hyg mes basi

dr fd (chewing gum) ma (for caulking canoes) pp ti

Couma capiron Pittier Couma caurensis Pittier Couma guatemalensis Standl. Couma sapida Pittier

cowtree couma; cow tree (Belize)

couma à gros fruits

arbol de vaca (Venezuela); avichuri (Colombia); bacon (Nicaragua); barca (Belize, Honduras); barra (Belize); caimito lirio (Colombia); cajimán, cuma (Venezuela); fransoca (Honduras); guaimaro macho (Venezuela); Juan zoco; leche caspi (Colombia, Peru); leche huayo, lechi-caspi (Peru); lirio (Colombia); osurba; palo de leche, palo de vaca (Guatemala); pendare, pendare grande, pendare nocha ancha (Venezuela); pera (Panama); perillo (Peru, Venezuela); perillo negro, popa (Colombia); vacahosca (Venezuela)

ama-apa (Suriname); cumá assú (Brazil); dokalli (Suriname); dukaballi (Guyana); fransoca (Brazil); icucau (huitoto); lechi-caspi (Brazil); opaca (waorani, Ecuador); pendare (huitoto); sejuco (carijona, Colombia); sorba grande, sorua, sowa (Brazil); umá-yek, yuma-yek (arecuna, Venezuela)

cow tree

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Latin name	Couma macrocarpa Barb.Rodr.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Napo; Peru, Amazonian Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage
Ecology	hyg mes basi
Use	dr fd (chewing gum) ma (for caulking canoes) pp ti
Synonym	Couma capiron Pittier Couma caurensis Pittier Couma guatemalensis Standl. Couma sapida Pittier
English name	cowtree couma; cow tree (Belize)
French name	couma à gros fruits
Spanish name	arbol de vaca (Venezuela); avichuri (Colombia); bacon (Nicaragua); barca (Belize, Honduras); barra (Belize); caimito lirio (Colombia); cajimán, cuma (Venezuela); fransoca (Honduras); guaimaro macho (Venezuela); Juan zoco; leche caspi (Colombia, Peru); leche huayo, lechi-caspi (Peru); lirio (Colombia); osurba; palo de leche, palo de vaca (Guatemala); pendare, pendare grande, pendare nocha ancha (Venezuela); pera (Panama); perillo (Peru, Venezuela); perillo negro, popa (Colombia); vacahosca (Venezuela)
Other name	ama-apa (Suriname); cumá assú (Brazil); dokalli (Suriname); dukaballi (Guyana); fransoca (Brazil); icucau (huitoto); lechi-caspi (Brazil); opaca (waorani, Ecuador); pendare (huitoto); sejuco (carijona, Colombia); sorba grande, sorua, sowa (Brazil); umá-yek, yuma-yek (arecuna, Venezuela)
Trade name	cow tree