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Latin name	Cosmibuena macrocarpa (Benth.) Klotzsch ex Walp.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Esmeraldas, Imbabura, Manabí)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	mes
Use	dr
Synonym	Buena macrocarpa Benth. Cosmibuena gorgonensis Wernham Cosmibuena paludicola Standl.
English name	bigfruit cosmibuena
French name	cosmibuéna à gros fruits
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Latin name	Cosmibuena matudae (Stand.) L.O.Williams
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Cosmobuena holdridgei Monach. Hillia matudae Standl.
English name	Matuda cosmibuena
French name	cosmibuéna de Matuda
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Latin name	Cosmibuena valerii (Standl.) C.M.Taylor
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	mes
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Synonym	Hillia chiriquiensis Dwyer Hillia ligulifolia Dwyer Hillia valerii Standl.
English name	deValéra cosmibuena
French name	cosmibuéna de de Valéra
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Latin name	Cosmocalyx Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution
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English name	cosmocalyx
French name	cosmocalyx
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Latin name	Cosmocalyx spectabilis Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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English name	spectacular cosmocalyx
French name	cosmocalyx spectaculaire; mangle?
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Other name	chacahuantec, chacte-coc, chactecoc, chactekoc (maya, Mexico)
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Latin name	Cotinus Mill.
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution
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English name	smoketree; chittamwood, smoke tree, yellow wood (USA)
French name	fustet; arbre à perruque
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Other name	Perückenstrauch (german); scotano (italian)
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Latin name	Cotinus obovatus Raf.
Family	Anacardiaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (USA: C Texas, E Oklahoma, SW Missouri, Arkansas, SE Tennessee, N Alabama)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	S[M]
Foliage	D
Ecology	xer calc
Use	fr ma (dye) ma(ob) pl ti
Synonym	Cotinus americanus Nutt. Cotinus cotinoides (Nutt.) Britton Rhus cotinoides Nutt. ex Chapm.
English name	American smoketree; chittamwood, mist tree, smoketree, yellow-wood, yellowwood
French name	fustet d'Amérique; arbre à perruque
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Latin name	Couepia Aubl.
Family	Chrysobalanaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Acia Schreb. p.p. Cuepia J.F.Gmel Dulacia Neck. p.p. Grymania C.Presl Moquilea auct. non Aubl. Pleragina Arruda ex H.Kost.
English name	couepia
French name	couépia
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Latin name	Couepia macrophylla Spruce ex Hook.f.
Family	Chrysobalanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Sucombíos, Napo; Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	fw ti (furniture, general carpentry)
Synonym	Couepia speciosa Pilg.
English name	bigleaf couepia
French name	couépia à grandes feuilles
Spanish name	capri-cornia, parinavi (Peru)
Other name	ahuencamo (waorani, Ecuador); chibo-runtu-caspi (Peru); migua carehue (waorani, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Couepia platycalyx Cuatrec.
Family	Chrysobalanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Esmeraldas, Corchi; Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Couepia platyxcalyx Cuatrec.
English name	broadcalyx couepia
French name	couépia à calice large
Spanish name	chachao (Ecuador); mapurito montañero (Venezuela)
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Latin name	Couepia polyandra (Kunth) Rose
Family	Chrysobalanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Use	dr fd (fruits) pl
Synonym	Couepia dodecandra (DC.) Hemsl. Couepia floccosa Fritsch Couepia kunthiana (Mart. & Zucc.) Benth. Grymania polyandra (Kunth) C.Presl Hirtella dodecandra Moç. & Sessé ex DC. Hirtella polyandra Kunth Moquilea kunthiana Mart. & Zucc.
English name	manystamen couepia; baboon cap, baboon cup, monkey cap (Belize)
French name	couépia polystaminé
Spanish name	cuarasapo (Nicaragua); guayabito de tinta (Mexico); monquiquiap, munzap, olosapo (Honduras); olozapo (Costa Rica); palo del fraile, pio, sapote de niño (Mexico); sapotillo (Nicaragua); ulazapote (El Salvador); uspio (Mexico); zapote bolo (El Salvador); zapotillo (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico); zapotillo amarillo (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Couepia scottmorii Prance
Family	Chrysobalanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	ScottMori couepia
French name	couépia de Scott-Mori
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Latin name	Couma Aubl.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Collophora Mart.
English name	couma
French name	couma
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Latin name	Couma macrocarpa Barb.Rodr.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Napo; Peru, Amazonian Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage
Ecology	hyg mes basi
Use	dr fd (chewing gum) ma (for caulking canoes) pp ti
Synonym	Couma capiron Pittier Couma caurensis Pittier Couma guatemalensis Standl. Couma sapida Pittier
English name	cowtree couma; cow tree (Belize)
French name	couma à gros fruits
Spanish name	arbol de vaca (Venezuela); avichuri (Colombia); bacon (Nicaragua); barca (Belize, Honduras); barra (Belize); caimito lirio (Colombia); cajimán, cuma (Venezuela); fransoca (Honduras); guaimaro macho (Venezuela); Juan zoco; leche caspi (Colombia, Peru); leche huayo, lechi-caspi (Peru); lirio (Colombia); osurba; palo de leche, palo de vaca (Guatemala); pendare, pendare grande, pendare nocha ancha (Venezuela); pera (Panama); perillo (Peru, Venezuela); perillo negro, popa (Colombia); vacahosca (Venezuela)
Other name	ama-apa (Suriname); cumá assú (Brazil); dokalli (Suriname); dukaballi (Guyana); fransoca (Brazil); icucau (huitoto); lechi-caspi (Brazil); opaca (waorani, Ecuador); pendare (huitoto); sejuco (carijona, Colombia); sorba grande, sorua, sowa (Brazil); umá-yek, yuma-yek (arecuna, Venezuela)
Trade name	cow tree

Latin name	Couratari Aubl.
Family	Lecythidaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Curatari J.F.Gmel. Curataria Spreng. Lecythopsis Schrank
English name	couratari
French name	couratari
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Latin name	Couratari guianensis Aubl.
Family	Lecythidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia to French Guiana, Ecuador: Napo; Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg
Use	ex ma (inner bark for cigarette paper) pp ti (boxes, bridges, cabinet work, carpentry, crates, farm buildings, fence, fence posts, furniture, interior construction, interior trim, marina, plywood, railroad ties, veneer)
Synonym	Couratari bragancae R.Knuth Couratari panamensis Standl. Couratari pulchra Sandwith Lecythis couratari Spreng.
English name	Guiana couratari
French name	couratari de Guyane; mahot fer; mahot-cigare (French Guiana)
Spanish name	bitumbo (Bolivia); cabuyo (Colombia); caca (Panama); cachimbo (Costa Rica, Venezuela); campano blanco (Costa Rica); capa de tapaco (Venezuela); carapelo, coco (Panama); coco blanco, coco cabuyo (Colombia); coco de mono (Panama, Venezuela); coco manteco, cococabeyo (Colombia); congolo (Panama); copo hediondo (Costa Rica); coquito (Panama); guarca, guarca nato, guasco (Colombia); miso amarillo (Bolivia); tapa tapaco (Venezuela)
Other name	abricó, abricó-de-macaco; djoemoe (Suriname); hontoneakusisi (yanomamo, Brazil); ingipipa (Suriname); ingui-pipa (French Guiana); kalioe oelemaliti, kaliu oelemari, kisipulu ulimari, ksipoeloe oelimari (Suriname); tauari (yanomamo, Brazil); wadara (Guyana, Suriname); watara (Suriname)
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Latin name	Couratari scottmorii Prance
Family	Lecythidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology	hyg
Use	ex ti (buildings)
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English name	ScottMori couratari
French name	couratari de Scott-Mori
Spanish name	cachimbo, cachimbo hediondo, copo, copo hediondo, matasano (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Couroupita Aubl.
Family	Lecythidaceae
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Synonym	Elsholtzia Neck. non Willd. Pekea Juss. Pontopidana Scop. Pontopidana Steud.
English name	cannonballtree; cannon-ball tree (Panama)
French name	couroupita
Spanish name	coco de mono, granadillo, palo de mono, palo de paraíso (Panama)
Other name	Couroupita (german); couroupita (italian)
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Latin name	Couroupita guianensis Aubl.
Family	Lecythidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama) N M South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador: Napo, Pastaza, Morona-Santiago; Peru, Bolivia, Brazil) int SC Eurasia
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	D[E] (where native)
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	dr (measles) ma pl pp ti
Synonym	Couratari pedicellaris Rizzini Couroupita acreensis R.Knuth Couroupita antillana Miers Couroupita froesii R.Knuth Couroupita guianensis var. surinamensis (Mart. ex O.Berg) Eyma Couroupita idolica Dwyer Couroupita membranacea Miers Couroupita peruviana O.Berg Couroupita saintcroixiana R.Knuth Couroupita surinamensis Mart. ex O.Berg Couroupita venezuelensis R.Knuth Lecythis bracteata Willd. Pekea couroupita Juss. ex DC.
English name	Guiana cannonballtree; cannon-ball tree; cannonball tree (Guianas); cannon ball, moke, muco (Trinidad and Tobago)
French name	couroupita boulet-de-canon; abricot de singe, arbre à bombes, arbre à boulets de canon; boulet de canon, calebasse colin (French Guiana)
Spanish name	arbol de granadillo (Panama); ayahuma (Peru); bala de cañon (Dominican Republic, Honduras); bola de cañón; coco de mono (Guyana, Venezuela); coco sachapura, cocuelo (Colombia); granadillo de las huacas (Panama); kouroupitoumou (French Guiana); mamey hediondo, mamey hediono (Venezuela); maracao, maraco (Colombia); muco (Dominican Republic, Venezuela); nispero hediondo (Venezuela); tapara chuco (French Guiana); tapara de chuco, tapara hediondo (Venezuela); taparo de chuco (French Guiana, Guyana); taparo de monte (Venezuela); taparom (French Guiana); taparon (Venezuela)
Other name	abricó; abricó de macaco, árvore de macaco (Brazil); bosch kalebas, boskalebas (Suriname); boulèt kanon, bwa bom (creole, Haiti); castanha de macaco, cuia de macaco, cuiarana, cuirana (Brazil); iwadaballi (Suriname); Kanonenkrugel Baum (german); kaupe, ko-poe-e (Suriname); kourou pitou-mov (French Guiana); laba bom (creole, Haiti); lustunda, lustundu mulu (quichua, Ecuador); macacarecuia; palla di cannone (italian); pancabucabu (waorani, Ecuador); wilde abrikoos (Suriname)
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Latin name	Couroupita nicaraguarensis DC.
Family	Lecythidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Esmeraldas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Couroupita cutteri C.V.Morton & Skutch Couroupita darienensis Pittier Couroupita magnifica Dwyer Couroupita odoratissima Seem. Couroupita parviflora Standl. Lecythis nicaraguarensis DC.
English name	Nicaragua couroupita
French name	couroupita du Nicaragua
Spanish name	bala de cañón (Costa Rica); coco, palo paraiso (Panama); zapote de mico (Nicaragua); zapote de mono (Panama)
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Latin name	Coursetia DC.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
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English name	babybonnets; rosary baby bonnets
French name	coursétie
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Latin name	Coursetia apantensis M.Sousa
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	CerroApante babybonnets
French name	coursétie de Cerro Apante
Spanish name	ebano (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Coursetia elliptica M.Sousa & Rudd
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	elliptic babybonnets
French name	coursétie elliptique
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Latin name	Coursetia glandulosa A.Gray
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: Arizona; Mexico: S Baja California, Sonora and Chihuahua to Oaxaca)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel [mes] xer
Use	dr (Sonoran pharmacies once sold lac as "goma Sonora" for use in treating cold, fever, and tuberculosis) ma (the scale insect Tachardiella deposits orange lac on the stems. This gummy substance is used by the Seri for hafting harpoon heads) ma pl ti ti(ob) (Seri Indians used the wood for bows, digging sticks, cradleboards and other utilitarian objects)
Synonym	Coursetia microphylla A.Gray Coursetia seleri Harms Coursetia seleri var. caeciliae Harms Pictetia microphylla Benth. ex Hemsl.
English name	rosary babybonnets
French name	coursétie glanduleuse
Spanish name	chino, chipile, chipillilo, cousamo, samo prieto, samota, tepechipile (Mexico)
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Latin name	Coursetia mollis B.L.Rob. & Greenm.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Jalisco)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	soft babybonnets
French name	coursétie soyeuse
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Latin name	Coussapoa Aubl.
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution
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English name	coussapoa
French name	coussapoa
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Latin name	Coussapoa asperifolia Trécul
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	roughfleaf coussapoa
French name	coussapoa rugueux
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Latin name	Coussapoa asperifolia ssp. magnifolia (Trécul) Akkermans & C.C Berg
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg->mes
Use	fr
Synonym	Coussapoa cardonae Pittier Coussapoa chagresiana A.D.Hawkes Coussapoa hypochlora Standl. Coussapoa magnifolia Trécul Coussapoa ruizii Klotzsch
English name	largeleaf rough coussapoa
French name	coussapoa rugueux à grandes feuilles
Spanish name	bacao, patudo (Colombia)
Other name	cacaboroma, caguimo (waorani, Ecuador); dundu-angu (quichua, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Coussapoa brevipes Pittier
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology
Use	fd (fruits)
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English name	shortstalk coussapoa
French name	coussapoa à pédoncule court
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Latin name	Coussapoa contorta Cuatrec.
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Andes)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	contorted coussapoa
French name	coussapoa tordu
Spanish name	quichure, quipure (Ecuador)
Other name	bu'machi (Ecuador); katzua
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