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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

Gymnanthes lucida Sw.

Euphorbiaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida, Bahamas, West Indies) M SC SE South America (Brazil)

SC SE

S[M]

xer calc

dr (bark decoction for toothache, latex application for callus) ti (inlay veneer for marquetry, poles, posts, small articles of turned work, sometimes exported to be used for brush backs, stakes, tool handles, umbrella handles, walking sticks) tx

Ateramnus lucidus (Sw.) Rothman Excoecaria lucida Sw. Sebastiana lucida Müll.Arg.

shiny oysterwood; crab bush; crab wood (Bahamas); crab-wood; crabwood (Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA); crabe wood (Bahamas, Jamaica); crabe-wood sapium; Cuban ostyerwood; Cuban oyster wood (USA); false lignumvitae (Belize); false-lignumvitae; ostyerwood; oyster wood (Puerto Rico); oyster-wood (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA); oysterwood; poison wood (USA)

gymnanthe vénéneux; bois droit; bois madre (West Indies); bois marbré (Haiti); bois vert (Guadeloupe); brois de roche; glutier bois-marbré

acetillo; aite, aité (Cuba); branquilho; granadilla, granadillo (Dominican Republic); grandillo; greadilla (Dominican Republic); haité (Cuba); huevo de chivo, jabacón (Dominican Republic); jacabón; juan prieto (Dominican Republic); lechon yaiti; palo de hueso, palo de tabaco (Dominican Republic); palo de tabacó; palo de tabacón (Dominican Republic); ramon (Puerto Rico); tabacon; tabacón (Dominican Republic); tobaco (Puerto Rico); yaité, yaiti; yaití (Cuba)

bwa mabré (creole, Haiti); haité (Cuba); pij (Guatemala)

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Latin name	Gymnanthes lucida Sw.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida, Bahamas, West Indies) M SC SE South America (Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer calc
Use	dr (bark decoction for toothache, latex application for callus) ti (inlay veneer for marquetry, poles, posts, small articles of turned work, sometimes exported to be used for brush backs, stakes, tool handles, umbrella handles, walking sticks) tx
Synonym	Ateramnus lucidus (Sw.) Rothman Excoecaria lucida Sw. Sebastiana lucida Müll.Arg.
English name	shiny oysterwood; crab bush; crab wood (Bahamas); crab-wood; crabwood (Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA); crabe wood (Bahamas, Jamaica); crabe-wood sapium; Cuban ostyerwood; Cuban oyster wood (USA); false lignumvitae (Belize); false-lignumvitae; ostyerwood; oyster wood (Puerto Rico); oyster-wood (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA); oysterwood; poison wood (USA)
French name	gymnanthe vénéneux; bois droit; bois madre (West Indies); bois marbré (Haiti); bois vert (Guadeloupe); brois de roche; glutier bois-marbré
Spanish name	acetillo; aite, aité (Cuba); branquilho; granadilla, granadillo (Dominican Republic); grandillo; greadilla (Dominican Republic); haité (Cuba); huevo de chivo, jabacón (Dominican Republic); jacabón; juan prieto (Dominican Republic); lechon yaiti; palo de hueso, palo de tabaco (Dominican Republic); palo de tabacó; palo de tabacón (Dominican Republic); ramon (Puerto Rico); tabacon; tabacón (Dominican Republic); tobaco (Puerto Rico); yaité, yaiti; yaití (Cuba)
Other name	bwa mabré (creole, Haiti); haité (Cuba); pij (Guatemala)
Trade name