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Family

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North America distribution zone

Height

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Ecology

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Licania arborea Seem.

Chrysobalanaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil)

SC SE

hel xer

fd fw ma (candles, oil seeds used for making soap) ti (heavy construction, marine construction, piling, posts, railroad ties)

Licania bullatifolia Cuatrec. Licania retusa Pilg. Licania seleriana Loes.

treelike licania

licania arborescent

alcornoque (Costa Rica, Honduras); apacharama (Peru); caca de niño (Guatemala); cacahoanantzin, cacahoanatzin, cacahuamanche, cacahuananche, cacahuate, cacananche, cana dulce (Mexico); canilla de mula (Costa Rica, El Salvador); canilla mula (El Salvador); carnero, carnero blanco, carra dulce, conduce, cuirinde (Mexico); encina, encino (Guatemala); encino borrego, frailecillo (Mexico); hoja tostada (Nicaragua); jobo (El Salvador); moray alcornoque (Honduras); palo de fraile, quirindol (Mexico); rasca, raspa (Panama); roble (El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru); roble blanco, toposcahuite, toto postle, totoposte, zapote (Costa Rica); zuncilla (Guatemala)

cacahuanantzin (nahuatl); guienisha (zapoteco); jui-jui (zoque); ni-zo, yaga-gueta-bigi (zapoteco)

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Latin name	Licania arborea Seem.
Family	Chrysobalanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel xer
Use	fd fw ma (candles, oil seeds used for making soap) ti (heavy construction, marine construction, piling, posts, railroad ties)
Synonym	Licania bullatifolia Cuatrec. Licania retusa Pilg. Licania seleriana Loes.
English name	treelike licania
French name	licania arborescent
Spanish name	alcornoque (Costa Rica, Honduras); apacharama (Peru); caca de niño (Guatemala); cacahoanantzin, cacahoanatzin, cacahuamanche, cacahuananche, cacahuate, cacananche, cana dulce (Mexico); canilla de mula (Costa Rica, El Salvador); canilla mula (El Salvador); carnero, carnero blanco, carra dulce, conduce, cuirinde (Mexico); encina, encino (Guatemala); encino borrego, frailecillo (Mexico); hoja tostada (Nicaragua); jobo (El Salvador); moray alcornoque (Honduras); palo de fraile, quirindol (Mexico); rasca, raspa (Panama); roble (El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru); roble blanco, toposcahuite, toto postle, totoposte, zapote (Costa Rica); zuncilla (Guatemala)
Other name	cacahuanantzin (nahuatl); guienisha (zapoteco); jui-jui (zoque); ni-zo, yaga-gueta-bigi (zapoteco)
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