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North America distribution zone

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Phyllostylon rhamnoides (J.Poiss.) Taub.

Ulmaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Cuba, Hispaniola) South America (general)

SC SE

M[G]

hel hyg xer calc

fw ti (beams, billard table, construction, drawing rule, flooring, inside facing, pawns, pit-prop, poles, tool handles)

Phyllostyllon orthopterum Hallier f. Phyllostylon brasiliense Capan. ex Benth. & Hook.f. Phyllostylon brasiliensis Capan. ex Benth. & Hook.f. Samaroceltis rhamnoides J.Poiss.

buckthornlike seron; San Domingo boxwood (Puerto Rico, UK, USA); serono; West Indian boxwood (Puerto Rico, UK, USA)

phyllostylon faux-nerprun; bois blanc (Haiti); buis Saint-Domingue (France)

baitoa (Dominican Republic); cara tibama, cará tibama (Venezuela); cerón (Mexico); cuta (Bolivia); escobillo (Nicaragua); jatia (Cuba, Dominican Republic); jatía (Cuba); jatia blanca (Cuba, Dominican Republic); palo amarillo (Argentina); palo de lanza blanco, palo den lanza (Paraguay); polo lanza (Argentina); sabonero (Colombia)

pau branco (Brazil); bwa blan (creole, Haiti); ivirá-catu, yoasi-guasu (guarani, Argentina); canché, ot-te, otélom (huasteco, Mexico)

San Domingo-boxwood

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Latin name	Phyllostylon rhamnoides (J.Poiss.) Taub.
Family	Ulmaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Cuba, Hispaniola) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[G]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg xer calc
Use	fw ti (beams, billard table, construction, drawing rule, flooring, inside facing, pawns, pit-prop, poles, tool handles)
Synonym	Phyllostyllon orthopterum Hallier f. Phyllostylon brasiliense Capan. ex Benth. & Hook.f. Phyllostylon brasiliensis Capan. ex Benth. & Hook.f. Samaroceltis rhamnoides J.Poiss.
English name	buckthornlike seron; San Domingo boxwood (Puerto Rico, UK, USA); serono; West Indian boxwood (Puerto Rico, UK, USA)
French name	phyllostylon faux-nerprun; bois blanc (Haiti); buis Saint-Domingue (France)
Spanish name	baitoa (Dominican Republic); cara tibama, cará tibama (Venezuela); cerón (Mexico); cuta (Bolivia); escobillo (Nicaragua); jatia (Cuba, Dominican Republic); jatía (Cuba); jatia blanca (Cuba, Dominican Republic); palo amarillo (Argentina); palo de lanza blanco, palo den lanza (Paraguay); polo lanza (Argentina); sabonero (Colombia)
Other name	pau branco (Brazil); bwa blan (creole, Haiti); ivirá-catu, yoasi-guasu (guarani, Argentina); canché, ot-te, otélom (huasteco, Mexico)
Trade name	San Domingo-boxwood