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Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.

Rubiaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; West Indies) N South America

SC SE

hel mes xer calc

dr (bark and fruits decoction taken orally for fever and malaria) fw(ob) ma ti

Cinchona caribaea Jacq. Cinchona jamaicensis W.Wright Exostema longicuspe Oerst.

princewood exostema; bastard iron wood (Cayman Island); Caribbean princewood (Bahamas, USA); Caribbee bark-tree, caribee bark tree (Jamaica); ironwood (Antigua); Jamaica Jesuit-bark (Jamaica); Jesuit bark (Bahamas, Jamaica); prince wood (Puerto Rico); princewood (Bahamas, USA); West Indian quinine bark (Puerto Rico); yellow-torch (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)

exostema des Caraïbes; bois chandelle (Guadeloupe); bois-chandelle, bois-flambeau, chandelle anglais; chandelle anglaise (Haiti); grenaolin, poiria montagne; quinine, quinine des Antilles (Haiti); quinquina (Hispaniola); quinquina caraïbe (Guadeloupe); quinquina des Antilles, quinquina des Caraïbes (Hispaniola); quinquina pays (Haiti); quinquina piton (Hispaniola, Martinique); quinquina-bord-de-mer; tendre en gomme (Guadeloupe)

albarillo (Cuba); alborillo (Puerto Rico); carey de costa, cerillo (Cuba); copalche (Mexico); cuero de sapo (Puerto Rico); granadillo (Cuba); hesito (Nicaragua); lirio bobo (Hispaniola); lirio Santa Ana, lirio santana, lirio Santana, macagua de costa (Cuba); palo de jazmin, palo de quina (Puerto Rico); piñi-piñi, piñí-piñí (Dominican Republic); quina (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico); quina criolla, quinina (Hispaniola); quino (Dominican Republic); teílla (Puerto Rico)

chandèl anglès, kenkena peyi, kininn (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; West Indies) N South America
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes xer calc
Use	dr (bark and fruits decoction taken orally for fever and malaria) fw(ob) ma ti
Synonym	Cinchona caribaea Jacq. Cinchona jamaicensis W.Wright Exostema longicuspe Oerst.
English name	princewood exostema; bastard iron wood (Cayman Island); Caribbean princewood (Bahamas, USA); Caribbee bark-tree, caribee bark tree (Jamaica); ironwood (Antigua); Jamaica Jesuit-bark (Jamaica); Jesuit bark (Bahamas, Jamaica); prince wood (Puerto Rico); princewood (Bahamas, USA); West Indian quinine bark (Puerto Rico); yellow-torch (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
French name	exostema des Caraïbes; bois chandelle (Guadeloupe); bois-chandelle, bois-flambeau, chandelle anglais; chandelle anglaise (Haiti); grenaolin, poiria montagne; quinine, quinine des Antilles (Haiti); quinquina (Hispaniola); quinquina caraïbe (Guadeloupe); quinquina des Antilles, quinquina des Caraïbes (Hispaniola); quinquina pays (Haiti); quinquina piton (Hispaniola, Martinique); quinquina-bord-de-mer; tendre en gomme (Guadeloupe)
Spanish name	albarillo (Cuba); alborillo (Puerto Rico); carey de costa, cerillo (Cuba); copalche (Mexico); cuero de sapo (Puerto Rico); granadillo (Cuba); hesito (Nicaragua); lirio bobo (Hispaniola); lirio Santa Ana, lirio santana, lirio Santana, macagua de costa (Cuba); palo de jazmin, palo de quina (Puerto Rico); piñi-piñi, piñí-piñí (Dominican Republic); quina (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico); quina criolla, quinina (Hispaniola); quino (Dominican Republic); teílla (Puerto Rico)
Other name	chandèl anglès, kenkena peyi, kininn (creole, Haiti)
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