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Miconia impetiolaris (Sw.) D.Don ex DC.

Melastomataceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) NC M South America (Venezuela, Brazil)

SC SE

hel hyg acid

dr (leaves and bark decoction for hemorrhage)

Melastoma elata Bello non DC. Melastoma impetiolare Sw. Melastoma wydleriana DC. Miconia macrophylla Macfad. Tamonea impetiolaris Cook & Collins

bigleaf maya; maya, white maya p.p. (Belize)

miconia trois-côtes; bois-côtelette rouge; macrio, macrioi, mavrioi, trois côtes (Haiti)

auguey (Dominican Republic); camasey colorado, camasey de costilla (Puerto Rico); cordobán, cordobán arbusto, cristo verde (Cuba); dos caras (Panama); hoja de pasmo (Costa Rica); hoja de queso (Guatemala); jao-jao, jatico (Dominican Republic); manampú, ojancha (Honduras); oreja de danta (Guatemala); oreja de mula (Panama); punta de lanza, punta de sarvia (Colombia); quitasolillo (Cuba); sirin (Honduras); sirín (Guatemala); tejuate, tesuate (Mexico); uva (Honduras)

makrio, twa kòt, twazokòt (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Miconia impetiolaris (Sw.) D.Don ex DC.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) NC M South America (Venezuela, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg acid
Use	dr (leaves and bark decoction for hemorrhage)
Synonym	Melastoma elata Bello non DC. Melastoma impetiolare Sw. Melastoma wydleriana DC. Miconia macrophylla Macfad. Tamonea impetiolaris Cook & Collins
English name	bigleaf maya; maya, white maya p.p. (Belize)
French name	miconia trois-côtes; bois-côtelette rouge; macrio, macrioi, mavrioi, trois côtes (Haiti)
Spanish name	auguey (Dominican Republic); camasey colorado, camasey de costilla (Puerto Rico); cordobán, cordobán arbusto, cristo verde (Cuba); dos caras (Panama); hoja de pasmo (Costa Rica); hoja de queso (Guatemala); jao-jao, jatico (Dominican Republic); manampú, ojancha (Honduras); oreja de danta (Guatemala); oreja de mula (Panama); punta de lanza, punta de sarvia (Colombia); quitasolillo (Cuba); sirin (Honduras); sirín (Guatemala); tejuate, tesuate (Mexico); uva (Honduras)
Other name	makrio, twa kòt, twazokòt (creole, Haiti)
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