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Couroupita guianensis Aubl.

Lecythidaceae

SE North America (Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama) N M South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador: Napo, Pastaza, Morona-Santiago; Peru, Bolivia, Brazil) int SC Eurasia

M[L]

D[E] (where native)

hel hyg

dr (measles) ma pl pp ti

Couratari pedicellaris Rizzini Couroupita acreensis R.Knuth Couroupita antillana Miers Couroupita froesii R.Knuth Couroupita guianensis var. surinamensis (Mart. ex O.Berg) Eyma Couroupita idolica Dwyer Couroupita membranacea Miers Couroupita peruviana O.Berg Couroupita saintcroixiana R.Knuth Couroupita surinamensis Mart. ex O.Berg Couroupita venezuelensis R.Knuth Lecythis bracteata Willd. Pekea couroupita Juss. ex DC.

Guiana cannonballtree; cannon-ball tree; cannonball tree (Guianas); cannon ball, moke, muco (Trinidad and Tobago)

couroupita boulet-de-canon; abricot de singe, arbre à bombes, arbre à boulets de canon; boulet de canon, calebasse colin (French Guiana)

arbol de granadillo (Panama); ayahuma (Peru); bala de cañon (Dominican Republic, Honduras); bola de cañón; coco de mono (Guyana, Venezuela); coco sachapura, cocuelo (Colombia); granadillo de las huacas (Panama); kouroupitoumou (French Guiana); mamey hediondo, mamey hediono (Venezuela); maracao, maraco (Colombia); muco (Dominican Republic, Venezuela); nispero hediondo (Venezuela); tapara chuco (French Guiana); tapara de chuco, tapara hediondo (Venezuela); taparo de chuco (French Guiana, Guyana); taparo de monte (Venezuela); taparom (French Guiana); taparon (Venezuela)

abricó; abricó de macaco, árvore de macaco (Brazil); bosch kalebas, boskalebas (Suriname); boulèt kanon, bwa bom (creole, Haiti); castanha de macaco, cuia de macaco, cuiarana, cuirana (Brazil); iwadaballi (Suriname); Kanonenkrugel Baum (german); kaupe, ko-poe-e (Suriname); kourou pitou-mov (French Guiana); laba bom (creole, Haiti); lustunda, lustundu mulu (quichua, Ecuador); macacarecuia; palla di cannone (italian); pancabucabu (waorani, Ecuador); wilde abrikoos (Suriname)

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Latin name	Couroupita guianensis Aubl.
Family	Lecythidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama) N M South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador: Napo, Pastaza, Morona-Santiago; Peru, Bolivia, Brazil) int SC Eurasia
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	D[E] (where native)
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	dr (measles) ma pl pp ti
Synonym	Couratari pedicellaris Rizzini Couroupita acreensis R.Knuth Couroupita antillana Miers Couroupita froesii R.Knuth Couroupita guianensis var. surinamensis (Mart. ex O.Berg) Eyma Couroupita idolica Dwyer Couroupita membranacea Miers Couroupita peruviana O.Berg Couroupita saintcroixiana R.Knuth Couroupita surinamensis Mart. ex O.Berg Couroupita venezuelensis R.Knuth Lecythis bracteata Willd. Pekea couroupita Juss. ex DC.
English name	Guiana cannonballtree; cannon-ball tree; cannonball tree (Guianas); cannon ball, moke, muco (Trinidad and Tobago)
French name	couroupita boulet-de-canon; abricot de singe, arbre à bombes, arbre à boulets de canon; boulet de canon, calebasse colin (French Guiana)
Spanish name	arbol de granadillo (Panama); ayahuma (Peru); bala de cañon (Dominican Republic, Honduras); bola de cañón; coco de mono (Guyana, Venezuela); coco sachapura, cocuelo (Colombia); granadillo de las huacas (Panama); kouroupitoumou (French Guiana); mamey hediondo, mamey hediono (Venezuela); maracao, maraco (Colombia); muco (Dominican Republic, Venezuela); nispero hediondo (Venezuela); tapara chuco (French Guiana); tapara de chuco, tapara hediondo (Venezuela); taparo de chuco (French Guiana, Guyana); taparo de monte (Venezuela); taparom (French Guiana); taparon (Venezuela)
Other name	abricó; abricó de macaco, árvore de macaco (Brazil); bosch kalebas, boskalebas (Suriname); boulèt kanon, bwa bom (creole, Haiti); castanha de macaco, cuia de macaco, cuiarana, cuirana (Brazil); iwadaballi (Suriname); Kanonenkrugel Baum (german); kaupe, ko-poe-e (Suriname); kourou pitou-mov (French Guiana); laba bom (creole, Haiti); lustunda, lustundu mulu (quichua, Ecuador); macacarecuia; palla di cannone (italian); pancabucabu (waorani, Ecuador); wilde abrikoos (Suriname)
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