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Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

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Helicteres jamaicensis Jacq.

Sterculiaceae

SE North America (Bahamas, West Indies)

hel mes xer calc

Helicteres altheaefolia Lam. non Benth. Helicteres isora Desc. non L. Helicteres isora var. ß L. Helicteres spiralis Northr. Helicteres verbascifolia C.Presl

Jamaica screwtree; blind-eye bush, cow bush (Bahamas); cowbush (Bahamas, Puerto Rico); salzbush (Bahamas); screwtree (Jamaica); wild salve (Bahamas)

jeuçon de la Jamaïque; bois d'homme, coton rat, cotton rat, jeucon, jeuçon (Haiti)

cuernecillo, gato, gato soga (Puerto Rico); huevo de gato (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); majagüilla, majagüilla de costa, tapaculo (Cuba)

bwa dòm, jèson, koton rat (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Helicteres jamaicensis Jacq.
Family	Sterculiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Bahamas, West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes xer calc
Use	ma
Synonym	Helicteres altheaefolia Lam. non Benth. Helicteres isora Desc. non L. Helicteres isora var. ß L. Helicteres spiralis Northr. Helicteres verbascifolia C.Presl
English name	Jamaica screwtree; blind-eye bush, cow bush (Bahamas); cowbush (Bahamas, Puerto Rico); salzbush (Bahamas); screwtree (Jamaica); wild salve (Bahamas)
French name	jeuçon de la Jamaïque; bois d'homme, coton rat, cotton rat, jeucon, jeuçon (Haiti)
Spanish name	cuernecillo, gato, gato soga (Puerto Rico); huevo de gato (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); majagüilla, majagüilla de costa, tapaculo (Cuba)
Other name	bwa dòm, jèson, koton rat (creole, Haiti)
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