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Miconia laevigata (L.) D.Don

Melastomataceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Coast, Andes; Peru)

SC SE

[hel] mes calc

dr (leaves and bark tea or bath for fever, leaves and bark warmed with water compress for bite and wound)

Acinodendrum laevigatum Kuntze Melastoma ambigua Bonpl. p.p. Melastoma laevigatum L. Melastoma nicotianaefolia Desr. Melastoma portoricensis Spreng. Melastoma virescens Vahl Miconia ambigua DC. p.p. Miconia laevigata (L.) DC. Miconia nicotianaefolia DC. Miconia pyramidalis DC. Miconia virescens (Vahl) Triana Tamanoa laevigata Krasser

hogwood maya; gold bush; hogwood (Montserrat); Johnny berry; joint bush (Panama); smooth Johnny berry (Puerto Rico); white wattle

miconia noir; bois cendre, bois côtelette (Martinique); bois côtelette (Guadeloupe); bois-côtelette; crécré (Dominica, Martinique); crécré noir (Martinique); macrio (Haiti); petit crécré, soufrière (Guadeloupe, Martinique)

camasay de paloma (Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda); camasey (Puerto Rico); capulineillo (Mexico); cocinera (Honduras); cordobancillo de arroyo (Cuba); granadillo (Dominican Republic); manampú (Honduras); ojo de gato (Mexico); sirin (Belize, El Salvador); teshuate (Mexico); tinajito (Guatemala); totopozole (Mexico)

makrio (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Miconia laevigata (L.) D.Don
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Coast, Andes; Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	[hel] mes calc
Use	dr (leaves and bark tea or bath for fever, leaves and bark warmed with water compress for bite and wound)
Synonym	Acinodendrum laevigatum Kuntze Melastoma ambigua Bonpl. p.p. Melastoma laevigatum L. Melastoma nicotianaefolia Desr. Melastoma portoricensis Spreng. Melastoma virescens Vahl Miconia ambigua DC. p.p. Miconia laevigata (L.) DC. Miconia nicotianaefolia DC. Miconia pyramidalis DC. Miconia virescens (Vahl) Triana Tamanoa laevigata Krasser
English name	hogwood maya; gold bush; hogwood (Montserrat); Johnny berry; joint bush (Panama); smooth Johnny berry (Puerto Rico); white wattle
French name	miconia noir; bois cendre, bois côtelette (Martinique); bois côtelette (Guadeloupe); bois-côtelette; crécré (Dominica, Martinique); crécré noir (Martinique); macrio (Haiti); petit crécré, soufrière (Guadeloupe, Martinique)
Spanish name	camasay de paloma (Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda); camasey (Puerto Rico); capulineillo (Mexico); cocinera (Honduras); cordobancillo de arroyo (Cuba); granadillo (Dominican Republic); manampú (Honduras); ojo de gato (Mexico); sirin (Belize, El Salvador); teshuate (Mexico); tinajito (Guatemala); totopozole (Mexico)
Other name	makrio (creole, Haiti)
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