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Hieronyma alchorneoides Allemão

Euphorbiaceae

SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) South America (tropics)

L[G]

E SD

sci [hel] hyg

fr fw ma (tannin) pp ti (barrels for solid food, bridges, dock fenders, engine beds, fence posts, flooring, general carpentry, heavy beams, heavy construction interior and exterior, light constructions, piling and ship building, plywood, posts, railroad ties, turned work and furniture, veneer)

Hieronyma alchorneoides Rolfe Hieronyma alchorneoides Allemão var. alchorneoides Hieronyma alchorneoides var. stipulosa P.Franco Hieronyma caribaea Urb. Hieronyma clusioides Urb. non (Tul.) Müll.Arg. Hieronyma laxiflora (Tul.) Müll.Arg. Hieronyma ovatifolia Lundell Hieronyma tectissima Standl. & L.O.Williams Stilaginella laxiflora Tul.

Christmasbushlike hieronyma; bully tree; horse flesh mahogany, horseflesh mahogany (St. Vincent); local mahogany (St. Lucia); redwood (Belize)

hiéronyma faux-alchornea; bois d'amande (Dominica, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia); laurier poivre (Dominica)

aguacatillo (Venezuela); candelo, cargamanto (Colombia); carne assada (Venezuela); casaco (Colombia); coloradillo, curtidor (Honduras); motilón (Ecuador); nancito, nanciton, nancitón (Nicaragua); nascary (Ecuador); palo chancho; palo de sangre (Peru); pantano (Colombia, Panama); pilon (Costa Rica); pilón (Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama); piñaquiro colorado (Peru); platano (Costa Rica); plátano (Panama); rosita (Honduras); suradan (Guyana, Honduras); tapana (Grenada, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago); torito (Nicaragua); trompillo (Venezuela); tropmillo (Nicaragua); yos (Costa Rica); zapatero (Costa Rica, Panama)

abacateiro, abacateiro-roxo, aricurana, curana, goiabeira-brava, iricurana, licurana, lucurana, maçarua, magonçalo, mairagongalo, margonçalo, muirgonçalo, orucurana, pau-quina-vermelha, pequi-de-zoada, quina-vermelha, sangue-de-boi (Brazil); sorodon, suradanni (Suriname); uricurana, urucurana, urucurana-de-leite, urucurana-mirim, urucurana-parda, urucurana-roxa (Brazil)

pilón; suradan (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Latin name	Hieronyma alchorneoides Allemão
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E SD
Ecology	sci [hel] hyg
Use	fr fw ma (tannin) pp ti (barrels for solid food, bridges, dock fenders, engine beds, fence posts, flooring, general carpentry, heavy beams, heavy construction interior and exterior, light constructions, piling and ship building, plywood, posts, railroad ties, turned work and furniture, veneer)
Synonym	Hieronyma alchorneoides Rolfe Hieronyma alchorneoides Allemão var. alchorneoides Hieronyma alchorneoides var. stipulosa P.Franco Hieronyma caribaea Urb. Hieronyma clusioides Urb. non (Tul.) Müll.Arg. Hieronyma laxiflora (Tul.) Müll.Arg. Hieronyma ovatifolia Lundell Hieronyma tectissima Standl. & L.O.Williams Stilaginella laxiflora Tul.
English name	Christmasbushlike hieronyma; bully tree; horse flesh mahogany, horseflesh mahogany (St. Vincent); local mahogany (St. Lucia); redwood (Belize)
French name	hiéronyma faux-alchornea; bois d'amande (Dominica, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia); laurier poivre (Dominica)
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Venezuela); candelo, cargamanto (Colombia); carne assada (Venezuela); casaco (Colombia); coloradillo, curtidor (Honduras); motilón (Ecuador); nancito, nanciton, nancitón (Nicaragua); nascary (Ecuador); palo chancho; palo de sangre (Peru); pantano (Colombia, Panama); pilon (Costa Rica); pilón (Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama); piñaquiro colorado (Peru); platano (Costa Rica); plátano (Panama); rosita (Honduras); suradan (Guyana, Honduras); tapana (Grenada, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago); torito (Nicaragua); trompillo (Venezuela); tropmillo (Nicaragua); yos (Costa Rica); zapatero (Costa Rica, Panama)
Other name	abacateiro, abacateiro-roxo, aricurana, curana, goiabeira-brava, iricurana, licurana, lucurana, maçarua, magonçalo, mairagongalo, margonçalo, muirgonçalo, orucurana, pau-quina-vermelha, pequi-de-zoada, quina-vermelha, sangue-de-boi (Brazil); sorodon, suradanni (Suriname); uricurana, urucurana, urucurana-de-leite, urucurana-mirim, urucurana-parda, urucurana-roxa (Brazil)
Trade name	pilón; suradan (Trinidad and Tobago)