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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

Matayba apetala (Macfad.) Radlk.

Sapindaceae

SE North America (Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Greater Antilles) NW South America (Colombia)

M[L]

[E]

hel

dr (bark applied to tooth for toothache, shoot buds decoction applied as a wash for erysipelas) ti

Cupania apetala Macfad. Cupania oppositifolia A.Rich. Matayba apetala f. oppositifolia Radlk. Matayba oppositifolia (A.Rich.) Britton Ratonia apetala Griseb.

coby matayba; bastard willow, boyjob (Belize); coby wood (Jamaica)

matayba graines-noires; bois de graines, bois de graines noires (Haiti)

doncella (Puerto Rico); limonaria (Honduras); macurije (Cuba)

bwa grenn, bwa grenn nwa (creole, Haiti); mabehu, zacuazyum (maya, Belize)

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Latin name	Matayba apetala (Macfad.) Radlk.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Greater Antilles) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	[E]
Ecology	hel
Use	dr (bark applied to tooth for toothache, shoot buds decoction applied as a wash for erysipelas) ti
Synonym	Cupania apetala Macfad. Cupania oppositifolia A.Rich. Matayba apetala f. oppositifolia Radlk. Matayba oppositifolia (A.Rich.) Britton Ratonia apetala Griseb.
English name	coby matayba; bastard willow, boyjob (Belize); coby wood (Jamaica)
French name	matayba graines-noires; bois de graines, bois de graines noires (Haiti)
Spanish name	doncella (Puerto Rico); limonaria (Honduras); macurije (Cuba)
Other name	bwa grenn, bwa grenn nwa (creole, Haiti); mabehu, zacuazyum (maya, Belize)
Trade name