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Oreopanax capitatus (Jacq.) Decne. & Planch.

Araliaceae

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

SC SE

hel

dr (bark extract for rheumatism, leaves as diaphoretic) pl (ornamental)

Aralia arborea Jacq. non L. Aralia capitata Jacq. Aralia septemnervia Kunth Hedera capitata A.C.Sm. Hedera septemnervia DC. Oreopanax capitatum (Jacq.) Decne. & Planch. Oreopanax destructor Seem. Oreopanax glabratum (Jacq.) Decne. & Planch. Oreopanax septemnervium Decne. & Planch. Sciadophyllum capitatum Griseb.

capitate oreopanax; candlewood (Puerto Rico); growing stick, three fingered jack; woman wood (Jamaica, Puerto Rico)

oreopanax blanc; aralie blanc; aralie blanc figuier (Lesser Antilles); aralie-figuier-tête; bois cochon, bois d'Anjou (Haiti); figuier aralie (Lesser Antilles); figuier-aralie, figuier-grandes feuilles, figuier-hêtre

cohetillo (Guatemala); mosquito (Venezuela); palo cachumba (Puerto Rico); palo de cohetillo (Guatemala); palo de viento (Dominican Republic); pata de leon, pata de léon, pinga de perro, tapacopal, tronador (Guatemala); víbora (Dominican Republic)

c'ab-choh, chuh (Guatemala); vibora; bwa danjou, bwa kochon (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Oreopanax capitatus (Jacq.) Decne. & Planch.
Family	Araliaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel
Use	dr (bark extract for rheumatism, leaves as diaphoretic) pl (ornamental)
Synonym	Aralia arborea Jacq. non L. Aralia capitata Jacq. Aralia septemnervia Kunth Hedera capitata A.C.Sm. Hedera septemnervia DC. Oreopanax capitatum (Jacq.) Decne. & Planch. Oreopanax destructor Seem. Oreopanax glabratum (Jacq.) Decne. & Planch. Oreopanax septemnervium Decne. & Planch. Sciadophyllum capitatum Griseb.
English name	capitate oreopanax; candlewood (Puerto Rico); growing stick, three fingered jack; woman wood (Jamaica, Puerto Rico)
French name	oreopanax blanc; aralie blanc; aralie blanc figuier (Lesser Antilles); aralie-figuier-tête; bois cochon, bois d'Anjou (Haiti); figuier aralie (Lesser Antilles); figuier-aralie, figuier-grandes feuilles, figuier-hêtre
Spanish name	cohetillo (Guatemala); mosquito (Venezuela); palo cachumba (Puerto Rico); palo de cohetillo (Guatemala); palo de viento (Dominican Republic); pata de leon, pata de léon, pinga de perro, tapacopal, tronador (Guatemala); víbora (Dominican Republic)
Other name	c'ab-choh, chuh (Guatemala); vibora; bwa danjou, bwa kochon (creole, Haiti)
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