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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

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Trade name

Myrospermum frutescens Jacq.

Leguminosae

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

SC SE

D E

hel xer?

dr (alcoholic legume beverage applied as a massage for rheumatism and muscle spasms, legume vapor dissolved in ether and inhaled for chest ailments, stem resin dissolved in alcohol applied to tooth for toothache) pl ti (fence posts, general construction, heavy pieces, posts)

Bannisteria purpurea Mill. Calusia emarginata Bertero ex Klotzsch Myrospermum emarginatum Klotzsch Myrospermum secundum Klotzsch Myroxylon frutescens (Jacq.) Willd.

wattama myrospermum; wattama (Trinidad)

myrospermum wattama

arco (Costa Rica); balsamito (Colombia); bálsamo de conconate, bálsamo de Guatemala (Cuba); caraño (Costa Rica); cercipo (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cereipo (Venezuela); chiriquirin (Nicaragua); cuerillo (Mexico); guachipelin ratón (Costa Rica); guatamare (Venezuela); guayacan (El Salvador); macagua, pui (Venezuela); ramocillo (Colombia); sereipo (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); tempisque (Costa Rica)

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Latin name	Myrospermum frutescens Jacq.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hel xer?
Use	dr (alcoholic legume beverage applied as a massage for rheumatism and muscle spasms, legume vapor dissolved in ether and inhaled for chest ailments, stem resin dissolved in alcohol applied to tooth for toothache) pl ti (fence posts, general construction, heavy pieces, posts)
Synonym	Bannisteria purpurea Mill. Calusia emarginata Bertero ex Klotzsch Myrospermum emarginatum Klotzsch Myrospermum secundum Klotzsch Myroxylon frutescens (Jacq.) Willd.
English name	wattama myrospermum; wattama (Trinidad)
French name	myrospermum wattama
Spanish name	arco (Costa Rica); balsamito (Colombia); bálsamo de conconate, bálsamo de Guatemala (Cuba); caraño (Costa Rica); cercipo (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cereipo (Venezuela); chiriquirin (Nicaragua); cuerillo (Mexico); guachipelin ratón (Costa Rica); guatamare (Venezuela); guayacan (El Salvador); macagua, pui (Venezuela); ramocillo (Colombia); sereipo (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); tempisque (Costa Rica)
Other name
Trade name