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Family

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North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

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Pentaclethra macroloba (Willd.) Kuntze

Leguminosae

SE North America (Central America, West Indies) South America

sci hyg mes

dr fw (firewood) ma (bark: tannin, seeds: oil as lubricant and in soaps) pl pp ti (beams, bridges, cabinet work, column, decorative veneer, flooring, framing, furniture, general carpentry, general construction, plywood, railroad ties, stairs, tablet, truss, turned work, veneer)

Acacia aspidioides G.Mey. Acacia macroloba Willd. Cailliea macrostachya Steud. Entada werbaena J.Presl Mimosa macroloba (Willd.) Poir. Pentaclethra brevipila Benth. Pentaclethra filamentosa Benth.

iripilbark pentaclethra; fine-leaf (Trinidad and Tobago); iripilbarktree, pracaxi fat

pentaclethra bois-mulâtre; bois mulâtre (Trinidad and Tobago)

aserrín, capitancillo, dormilón (Colombia); gavilan; gavilán (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); mulato (Venezuela); palo de aceite, pracaxy; quebracho (Costa Rica); urabá (Colombia)

pracachi (Brazil)

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Latin name	Pentaclethra macroloba (Willd.) Kuntze
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America, West Indies) South America
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg mes
Use	dr fw (firewood) ma (bark: tannin, seeds: oil as lubricant and in soaps) pl pp ti (beams, bridges, cabinet work, column, decorative veneer, flooring, framing, furniture, general carpentry, general construction, plywood, railroad ties, stairs, tablet, truss, turned work, veneer)
Synonym	Acacia aspidioides G.Mey. Acacia macroloba Willd. Cailliea macrostachya Steud. Entada werbaena J.Presl Mimosa macroloba (Willd.) Poir. Pentaclethra brevipila Benth. Pentaclethra filamentosa Benth.
English name	iripilbark pentaclethra; fine-leaf (Trinidad and Tobago); iripilbarktree, pracaxi fat
French name	pentaclethra bois-mulâtre; bois mulâtre (Trinidad and Tobago)
Spanish name	aserrín, capitancillo, dormilón (Colombia); gavilan; gavilán (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); mulato (Venezuela); palo de aceite, pracaxy; quebracho (Costa Rica); urabá (Colombia)
Other name	pracachi (Brazil)
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