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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

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Spanish name

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Muntingia calabura L.

Elaeocarpaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics) int Old World

SC SE

hel mes xer calc sili

dr (flower decoction taken orally for nerve ailments, spasms and cough, fruits, leaves) fd (fruits) fr (flowers for bees, fruits for birds and bats) fw (firewood) ma pl (crop) sa ti (baskets, cordage, house beams)

Muntingia rosea H.Karst.

calabura muntingia; buah cheri (Malaysia); calabur-tree; calabura (Bahamas, Jamaica); capuleen (Belize); cherry-tree, Chinese cherry (Malaysia); Jamaica cherry (Bahamas, Jamaica); Jamaica-cherry (USA); Jamaican cherry (Bahamas, Jamaica); Japanese-cherry (Malaysia); strawberry tree; strawberry-tree (USA)

muntingia marron; bois d'orme, bois de rose, bois de soie, bois de soie marron (Haiti)

acuruco (Colombia); bolaina, bolina (Peru); capuli (Cuba, El Salvador); capulí (Cuba); capulin (Belize, Central America, Mexico); capulín (Central America, Mexico, Puerto Rico); capulin blanco (Guatemala); capulín blanco (Costa Rica, Guatemala); capulín de comer (El Salvador); capulina, capulinas (Cuba); cedrillo (Venezuela); cereza (Cuba); cerezo (Peru); chirriador, chitato (Colombia); comida paloma (Ecuador); datiles (Philippines); guacima boba, guácima cereza (Cuba); guácimo hembra (Venezuela); guasima cereza, guasíma cereza (Cuba); guinda (Mexico, Peru); iumanasa (Peru); majagillo (Panama); majagua (Venezuela); majaguillo (Panama); majagüillo (Venezuela); majagüito (Colombia); memiso (Cuba, Dominican Republic); mullaca-huayo, mullacahuayo (Peru); nigua (Colombia); niguito (Ecuador); nigüito (Ecuador, Venezuela); niguo (Venezuela); ovillo (Bolivia); pacito, pasito (Panama); perequito (Colombia, Panama); periquito (Panama); puan (Mexico); tapabotija (Colombia); uvilla, uvillo (Bolivia); yumanasa (Peru)

bwa dòm, bwa swa, bwa swa mawon (creole, Haiti); calabura (portuguese, Brazil); couplin (India); e'ek-eeb (maya, Belize); pau de seda, pau-de-seda (portuguese, Brazil); pua, puá (nahuatl, Mexico); puam (huasteco, Mexico)

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Latin name	Muntingia calabura L.
Family	Elaeocarpaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics) int Old World
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes xer calc sili
Use	dr (flower decoction taken orally for nerve ailments, spasms and cough, fruits, leaves) fd (fruits) fr (flowers for bees, fruits for birds and bats) fw (firewood) ma pl (crop) sa ti (baskets, cordage, house beams)
Synonym	Muntingia rosea H.Karst.
English name	calabura muntingia; buah cheri (Malaysia); calabur-tree; calabura (Bahamas, Jamaica); capuleen (Belize); cherry-tree, Chinese cherry (Malaysia); Jamaica cherry (Bahamas, Jamaica); Jamaica-cherry (USA); Jamaican cherry (Bahamas, Jamaica); Japanese-cherry (Malaysia); strawberry tree; strawberry-tree (USA)
French name	muntingia marron; bois d'orme, bois de rose, bois de soie, bois de soie marron (Haiti)
Spanish name	acuruco (Colombia); bolaina, bolina (Peru); capuli (Cuba, El Salvador); capulí (Cuba); capulin (Belize, Central America, Mexico); capulín (Central America, Mexico, Puerto Rico); capulin blanco (Guatemala); capulín blanco (Costa Rica, Guatemala); capulín de comer (El Salvador); capulina, capulinas (Cuba); cedrillo (Venezuela); cereza (Cuba); cerezo (Peru); chirriador, chitato (Colombia); comida paloma (Ecuador); datiles (Philippines); guacima boba, guácima cereza (Cuba); guácimo hembra (Venezuela); guasima cereza, guasíma cereza (Cuba); guinda (Mexico, Peru); iumanasa (Peru); majagillo (Panama); majagua (Venezuela); majaguillo (Panama); majagüillo (Venezuela); majagüito (Colombia); memiso (Cuba, Dominican Republic); mullaca-huayo, mullacahuayo (Peru); nigua (Colombia); niguito (Ecuador); nigüito (Ecuador, Venezuela); niguo (Venezuela); ovillo (Bolivia); pacito, pasito (Panama); perequito (Colombia, Panama); periquito (Panama); puan (Mexico); tapabotija (Colombia); uvilla, uvillo (Bolivia); yumanasa (Peru)
Other name	bwa dòm, bwa swa, bwa swa mawon (creole, Haiti); calabura (portuguese, Brazil); couplin (India); e'ek-eeb (maya, Belize); pau de seda, pau-de-seda (portuguese, Brazil); pua, puá (nahuatl, Mexico); puam (huasteco, Mexico)
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