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Nectandra membranacea (Sw.) Griseb.

Lauraceae

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

SC SE

M[L]

[hel] hyg->xer

ma ti

Laurus membranacea Sw. Laurus membranaceus Sw. Laurus parviflora sensu Maycock Nectandra bondarii Coe-Teix. Nectandra cuspidata var. macrocarpa Nees Nectandra cuspidata var. strumosa (Griseb.) Meisn. Nectandra laevis Mez Nectandra leucothyrsus Meisn. Nectandra raimondii O.C.Schmidt Nectandra skutchii C.K.Allen Nectandra standleyi C.K.Allen Nectandra williamsii O.C.Schmidt Ocotea membranacea (Sw.) Howard Oreodaphne strumosa Griseb. Persea membranacea (Sw.) Spreng.

membraneous nectandra; black cedar, pumpkin sweet wood, sweet myers (Trinidad and Tobago); sweetwood (Jamaica)

nectandra membraneux; bois Chypre, bois doux; bois négresse, bois violon (Guadeloupe); bois-doux négresse; laurier bois, laurier bois doux (Guadeloupe); laurier caca (Grenada); laurier Chypre, laurier cochon; laurier doux (Guadeloupe); laurier gland (Martinique); laurier Isabelle (Grenada); laurier jaune (Haiti); laurier marbré, laurier meuble (Grenada); laurier noir (Dominica, Guadeloupe); lorier zabrico (Grenada)

aguacatillo (Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico); aguacatillo de monte (Colombia); ajua, arash, chin amarillo (Ecuador); cigua (Dominican Republic); isma moena (Peru); jigua (Ecuador); laurel (Colombia, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); laurel amarillo, laurel azuloso hoji-alargado (Colombia); laurel blanco (Guatemala); laurel geogeo (Puerto Rico); laurel lanza grabo (Colombia); laurel mancanillo (Venezuela); laurel pava (Colombia); laurel prieto, laurelillo (Puerto Rico); moena, mundshuy gateado (Peru); quizarrá, quizarrá quina (Costa Rica); roble amarillo, roble blanco, roble corriente, roble playa (Peru); sigua, sigua amarillo, sigua blanco (Panama); yigua (Colombia)

canela, canela branca, canela branca do brejo, canela branca miúda, canela caqui branca, canela fogo, canela nhoçara, injuva, injuva branca (Brazil); lorie jòn (creole, Haiti); louro, louro graveto (Brazil); opa-cheero (Colombia); paach (Ecuador); pishcu ñahui moena (Peru); zaboca (Trinidad)

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Latin name	Nectandra membranacea (Sw.) Griseb.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	[hel] hyg->xer
Use	ma ti
Synonym	Laurus membranacea Sw. Laurus membranaceus Sw. Laurus parviflora sensu Maycock Nectandra bondarii Coe-Teix. Nectandra cuspidata var. macrocarpa Nees Nectandra cuspidata var. strumosa (Griseb.) Meisn. Nectandra laevis Mez Nectandra leucothyrsus Meisn. Nectandra raimondii O.C.Schmidt Nectandra skutchii C.K.Allen Nectandra standleyi C.K.Allen Nectandra williamsii O.C.Schmidt Ocotea membranacea (Sw.) Howard Oreodaphne strumosa Griseb. Persea membranacea (Sw.) Spreng.
English name	membraneous nectandra; black cedar, pumpkin sweet wood, sweet myers (Trinidad and Tobago); sweetwood (Jamaica)
French name	nectandra membraneux; bois Chypre, bois doux; bois négresse, bois violon (Guadeloupe); bois-doux négresse; laurier bois, laurier bois doux (Guadeloupe); laurier caca (Grenada); laurier Chypre, laurier cochon; laurier doux (Guadeloupe); laurier gland (Martinique); laurier Isabelle (Grenada); laurier jaune (Haiti); laurier marbré, laurier meuble (Grenada); laurier noir (Dominica, Guadeloupe); lorier zabrico (Grenada)
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico); aguacatillo de monte (Colombia); ajua, arash, chin amarillo (Ecuador); cigua (Dominican Republic); isma moena (Peru); jigua (Ecuador); laurel (Colombia, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); laurel amarillo, laurel azuloso hoji-alargado (Colombia); laurel blanco (Guatemala); laurel geogeo (Puerto Rico); laurel lanza grabo (Colombia); laurel mancanillo (Venezuela); laurel pava (Colombia); laurel prieto, laurelillo (Puerto Rico); moena, mundshuy gateado (Peru); quizarrá, quizarrá quina (Costa Rica); roble amarillo, roble blanco, roble corriente, roble playa (Peru); sigua, sigua amarillo, sigua blanco (Panama); yigua (Colombia)
Other name	canela, canela branca, canela branca do brejo, canela branca miúda, canela caqui branca, canela fogo, canela nhoçara, injuva, injuva branca (Brazil); lorie jòn (creole, Haiti); louro, louro graveto (Brazil); opa-cheero (Colombia); paach (Ecuador); pishcu ñahui moena (Peru); zaboca (Trinidad)
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