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Latin name	Crataegus succulenta Schrad. ex Link
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MC ME MW North America (Canada: S Manitoba to Nova Scotia; France: St. Pierre; USA: Montana to Maine, Utah to Georgia)
North America distribution zone	MC ME MW
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	fr
Synonym	Crataegus ambrosia Sarg. Crataegus ardula Sarg. Crataegus bicknellii Eggl. Crataegus celsa Sarg. Crataegus chrysocarpa var. bicknellii (Eggl.) E.J.Palmer Crataegus columbiana var. occidentalis (Britton) Dorn Crataegus divida Sarg. Crataegus ferta Sarg. Crataegus florifera Sarg. Crataegus florifera var. celsa (Sarg.) Kruschke Crataegus florifera var. mortonis (Laughlin) Kruschke Crataegus florifera var. shirleyensis (Sarg.) Kruschke Crataegus florifera var. virilis (Sarg.) Kruschke Crataegus gemmosa Sarg. Crataegus incerta Sarg. Crataegus integriloba Sarg. Crataegus laxiflora Sarg. Crataegus macracantha Lodd. Crataegus macracantha var. colorado (Ashe) Kruschke Crataegus macracantha var. divida (Sarg.) Kruschke Crataegus macracantha var. integriloba (Sarg.) Kruschke Crataegus macracantha var. occidentalis (Britton) Eggl. Crataegus macracantha var. pertomentosa (Ashe) Kruschke Crataegus macrantha var. succulenta (Schrad. ex Link) Eggl. Crataegus neofluvialis Ashe Crataegus pertomentosa Ashe Crataegus pisifera Sarg. Crataegus saeva Sarg. Crataegus shirleyensis Sarg. Crataegus silvestris Sarg. Crataegus succulenta var. gemmosa (Sarg.) Kruschke Crataegus succulenta var. laxiflora (Sarg.) Kruschke Crataegus succulenta var. macracantha (Lodd.) Eggl. Crataegus succulenta var. michiganensis (Ashe) E.J.Palmer Crataegus succulenta var. neofluvialis (Ashe) E.J.Palmer Crataegus succulenta var. occidentalis Britton Crataegus succulenta var. pertomentosa (Ashe) E.J.Palmer Crataegus succulenta var. pisifera (Sarg.) Kruschke Crataegus succulenta var. rutila (Sarg.) Kruschke Crataegus sylvestris Sarg. Crataegus venulosa Sarg. Crataegus virilis Sarg. Mespilus succulenta Schrad. ex Sweet
English name	fleshy hawthorn; long-spine hawthorn, succulent hawthorn
French name	aubépine succulente; aubépine à fruits charnus
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Latin name	Crataegus texana Buckley
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: Texas)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	S?
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English name	Texas hawthorn
French name	aubépine du Texas
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Latin name	Crataegus tracyi Ashe ex Eggl.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: C Texas; Mexico: N Coahuila)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes->xer
Use	fr
Synonym	Crataegus montivaga Sarg.
English name	Tracy hawthorn; mountain hawthorn, mountain hawthorne, Tracy hawthorne, Tracy's hawthorn (USA)
French name	aubépine de Tracy
Spanish name	tyocote
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Latin name	Crataegus triflora Chapm.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	ME North America (USA: Tennessee, Louisiana to Georgia)
North America distribution zone	ME
Height	S?
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English name	threeflower hawthorn; three-flower hawthorn
French name	aubépine à trois fleurs
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Latin name	Crataegus uniflora Münchh.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (USA: Missouri to New York, E Texas to N Florida)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	[S]
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	fr
Synonym	Crataegus bisulcata Ashe Crataegus choriophylla Sarg. Crataegus gregalis Beadle Crataegus raleighensis Ashe
English name	oneflower hawthorn; dwarf hawthorn, one-flower hawthorne, one-flowered hawthorn (USA)
French name	aubépine à une fleur
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Latin name	Crataegus victorinii Sarg.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	ME North America (Canada: S Quebec)
North America distribution zone	ME
Height	S?
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English name	Victorin hawthorn; Victorin's hawthorn (Canada)
French name	aubépine de Victorin
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Latin name	Crataegus viridis L.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (USA: Kansas to Pennsylvania, Texas to Florida)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	M
Foliage	E
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Use	fr
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English name	green hawthorn; green hawthorne, southern-hawthorn (USA)
French name	aubépine verte
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Latin name	Crataegus viridis var. desertorum (Sarg.) Keeney & Enquist
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: Texas)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	M
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Synonym	Crataegus desertorum Sarg.
English name	desert green hawthorn
French name	aubépine verte du désert
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Latin name	Crataegus viridis L. var. viridis
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (USA: Kansas to Pennsylvania, Texas to Florida)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	M?
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Synonym	Crataegus abbreviata Sarg. Crataegus amicalis Sarg. Crataegus arborescens Elliot Crataegus atrorubens Ashe Crataegus blanda Sarg. Crataegus enuculata Sarg. Crataegus glabriuscula Sarg. Crataegus ingens Beadle Crataegus interior Beadle Crataegus lanceolata Sarg. Crataegus lutensis Sarg. Crataegus micrantha Sarg. Crataegus velutina Sarg. Crataegus viridis var. interior (Beadle) E.J.Palmer Crataegus viridis var. lanceolata (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer Crataegus viridis var. lutensis (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer Crataegus viridis var. lutescens E.J.Palmer ex Gleason Crataegus viridis var. velutina (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
English name	typical green hawthorn
French name	aubépine verte typique
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Latin name	Crateva L.
Family	Capparidaceae
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Synonym	Crataeva L.
English name	crateva; garlic pear
French name	cratéva
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Latin name	Crateva palmeri Rose
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Crateva tapia f. palmeri (Rose) M.Jacobs
English name	Palmer crateva
French name	cratéva de Palmer
Spanish name	huevo burro, huevo de burro (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Crateva tapia L.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	[hel] hyg mes
Use	dr (infusion for a bite of an animal "surucucu", leaves decoction for rheumatism, poultice to apply on wound, roots tonic taken orally for dysentery and fever) fd (fruits) fr (fruits) ti (rough carpentry) tx (sap will blister the skin)
Synonym	Crateva apetala Urb. Crateva gynandra L. Crateva benthamii Eichl. Crateva radialiflora DC. Crateva tapia var. glauca (Lundell) Standl. & Steyerm.
English name	garlic-pear crateva; gally pear; garlic pear-tree (Jamaica); garlic-pear tree, gully pear, toke; waika bead (Belize)
French name	cratéva tapia; grand cosmaya
Spanish name	anonillo (El Salvador); cachimbo (El Salvador, Honduras); estrella (Panama); flor de seda; granadillo (Guatemala); granadillo macho (El Salvador); manzana de playa (Nicaragua); matasanillo (Guatemala); matazanillo (El Salvador); muñeco (Costa Rica); nadipá (Argentina); naranjillo (Honduras); nina caspi, palo de candela (Peru); palo de guaco (Panama); palo nareida (Bolivia); papaguáyan, payaguá-labón; tamara (Peru); tapá; toco, toco blanco (Venezuela); tortugo (Guatemala, Honduras)
Other name	catauarí, catoréou trapia (Brazil); yuy (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Cremastosperma R.E.Fr.
Family	Annonaceae
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English name	cremastosperma
French name	crématosperma
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Latin name	Cremastosperma panamense Maas
Family	Annonaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Panama cremastosperma
French name	crématosperma du Panama
Spanish name	palo santo (Panama)
Other name	sate wawa, waras gid (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Cremosperma Benth.
Family	Gesneriaceae
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English name	cremosperma
French name	crémosperma
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Latin name	Cremosperma maculatum L.E.Skog
Family	Gesneriaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
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English name	spotted cremosperma
French name	crémosperma maculé
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Latin name	Crescentia L.
Family	Bignoniaceae
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Synonym	Pteromischus Pichon
English name	calabashtree; calabash tree, calabash-tree
French name	calebassier
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Other name	Kalebassenbaum (german); crescentia (italian)
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Latin name	Crescentia alata Kunth
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (N Mexico to Panama) int MW Africa (Senegal) and NC Oceania (Philippines)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg->xer
Use	dr fd (cooling drink made with seeds, pulp) fr fw ma (cups made with pericarp) pl (ornamental) ti
Synonym	Crescentia ternata Sessé & Moç. Crescentia trifolia Blanco Otophora paradoxa Blume Parmentiera alata (Kunth) Miers Pteromischus alatus (Kunth) Pichon
English name	crossleaf calabashtree
French name	calebassier ailé; parmentiera ailé
Spanish name	ayal, ayale (Mexico); calabash (Costa Rica, Mexico); cirian (Mexico); cruz cruzan (Philippines); cuastecomate; guacal (Honduras); guiro (Mexico); hoja cruz (Philippines); jicara, jicarita (Mexico); jicarito (Nicaragua); jicaro (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua); jicaro de hojas en cruz (Nicaragua); jicaro morro (Honduras); jícaro (Costa Rica); jícaro sabanero (Nicaragua); morrito (El Salvador, Honduras); morro (El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico); morro silvestre (El Salvador); saca-guacal (Costa Rica); sirian, syrial, tecomata, tecomate, tima (Mexico)
Other name	tima (huasteco)
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Latin name	Crescentia cujete L.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; West Indies) South America (tropics) int S Eurasia (tropics) and Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hel hyg->[xer] calc
Use	cl dr (asthma, constipation, diarrhea: macerated fruits pulp or juice taken orally, dysentery, edema: macerated roots with wine and water taken orally, epilepsy: fruits pulp compress wound, laceration: crushed leaves and shoot buds compress, lung infections, swollen glands, trauma: fruits decoction with salt or pulp juice taken orally, urethritis, varix) fd (drink from seeds, fruits, seeds) fr fw ma (containers made from its hard-shelled fruits for various purposes like household utensils) ma(ob) (eye-holes used to camouflage made from woody pericarp of the fruits) pl sa ti (boat building, ox yokes, saddle treestool handles, vehicule parts) tx (pulp of fruits is purgative)
Synonym	Crescentia acuminata Kunth Crescentia angustifolia Willd. ex Seem. Crescentia arborea Raf. Crescentia cujete var. puberula Bureau & K.Schum. Crescentia cuneifolia Gardner Crescentia fasciculata Miers Crescentia plectantha Miers Crescentia spathulata Miers
English name	common calabashtree; calabash (Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, USA); calabash tree (Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico); calabash-tree, common calabash-tree (USA); cubabash tree, gourd; savannah calabash (Belize); tree calabash, wild calabash (Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Grand Cayman, Jamaica)
French name	calebassier commun; arbre à calebasse, calabassier à feuilles longues; calebasse (Guadeloupe, Hispaniola); calebasse coucou; calebasse marronne (Hispaniola); calebasse rond; calebassier (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Barthélemy); callebasse boite, callebasse coricon, callebasse longue (Dominica); crescentia cujeté; petite calebasse des bois (Hispaniola); pied-calebasse
Spanish name	árbol de las calabazas; ayale (Mexico); cabeza (Ecuador); calabacero (Costa Rica); calabasa (Cuba); calabazo (Colombia, Panama); calbás (Ecuador); camasa, cayadi (Venezuela); cayiera (Peru); cerial, ciriam, cirian mazo, cirián (Mexico); cuautecomate; cucharo (Venezuela); cujete (Mexico); cutuco (El Salvador); gua; guacal (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua); guacalhuacal (El Salvador); guaje (Mexico); güia (Cuba); guira (Cuba); güira (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola); güira cimarrona, güira del monte, güira larga, güira redonda (Cuba); güire (Venezuela); guiro (Belize); güiro (Hispaniola, Mexico, Puerto Rico); guirototumo; higuera, higuero (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico); higüero (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); hoja de cruz (Philippines); huingo (Peru); japacary (Argentina); japt; jicara (Central America, Mexico); jicaro (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico); jicaro de cuchara (El Salvador); jícaro (Central America); jiguero (Hispaniola); kabami (Honduras); luch (Mexico); mate (Ecuador); morrito (El Salvador); morro (Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico); palo de huacal; pati (Peru); pilche, pilchimate (Ecuador); pog, poque; porobamba (Bolivia); raspa-guacal (Costa Rica); tapara, taparito, taparo (Venezuela); táparo (Colombia); tecomate (Mexico); totuma (Colombia, Peru, Venezuela); totumbo (Colombia, Panama); totumo (Colombia, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); totumo cimarron (Colombia); tutumo (Bolivia, Peru); tzima, zacual
Other name	arbore de cuia (portuguese, Brazil); bacu (chachi); boch; buhango (Amazonia); cabaceira (portuguese, Brazil); Calabassen-Baum (german); calabazas (dutch, Curaçao); calbas, calbas rondo (dutch, Aruba and Curaçao); coite (portuguese, Brazil); cueira (Brazil); cuerra (portuguese, Brazil); cuia (Brazil); cuintenseira (portuguese, Brazil); cuite, cuité (Brazil); cujete (portuguese, Brazil); guito-xiga (zapoteco, Mexico); hoco (maya, Mexico); hom (maya, Belize; Guatemala); huas (maya); huaz (maya, Belize and Mexico); huingo (Amazonia); jícaxo (Guatemala); kalabash (dutch, Aruba and Curaçao); kalabassenboom (Suriname); kalabose (dutch, Curaçao); kalbas (creole, Haiti); kalebas (Suriname); Kalebassenbaum, Kürbisbaum (german); leua (chontal, Mexico); luch (maya, Mexico); pati (Amazonia); pilche (Ecuador); sacha huingo (Amazonia); totuma (quichua); tsapa (Amazonia); xagueta-guia, xica-gueta-nazaa (zapoteco, Mexico); xigal (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Crescentia linearifolia Miers
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Belize, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel xer
Use	dr (asthma, constipation, diarrhea: macerated fruits pulp or juice taken orally, dysentery, edema: macerated roots with wine and water taken orally, epilepsy: fruits pulp compress wound, laceration: crushed leaves and shoot buds compress, lung infections, swollen glands, trauma: fruits decoction with salt or pulp juice taken orally, urethritis, varix)
Synonym	Crescentia microcarpa Bello
English name	narrowleaf calabashtree; calabash (Puerto Rico)
French name	calebassier marron; calebasse marron (Haiti); petite calebasse des bois (Hispaniola)
Spanish name	higüera (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); higüerillo, higüerita, higuerito (Puerto Rico); higüerito (Dominican Republic)
Other name	kalbas mawon (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Crescentia mirabilis Ekman ex Urb.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba: Puerto Padre)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	wonderful calabashtree
French name	calebassier admirable
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Latin name	Crescentia portoricensis Britton
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	ex
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English name	PuertoRico calabashtree
French name	calebassier de Porto Rico
Spanish name	higuero de sierra, higuero-de-sierra (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Critonia P.Browne
Family	Compositae
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English name	critonia
French name	critonie
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Latin name	Critonia dalea (L.) DC.
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	xer calc
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Synonym	Eupatorium dalea L.
English name	cigarbush critonia; cigar bush
French name	critonie en forme de cigare
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Latin name	Critonia daleoides DC.
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Use	dr
Synonym	Eupatorium daleoides (DC.) Hemsl.
English name	tatascán critonia
French name	critonie tatascán
Spanish name	tapahorno, tatascán (Honduras)
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Latin name	Critonia hebebotrya DC.
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
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Synonym	Eupatorium hebebotryum (DC.) Hemsl. Eupatorium tepicanum (Hook. & Arn.) Hemsl. Hebeclinium tepicanum Hook. & Arn.
English name	pubescent critonia
French name	critonie pubescente
Spanish name	tameagua (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Critonia hospitalis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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Synonym	Critonia breedlovei R.M.King & H.Rob. Critonia tuxtlae R.M.King & H.Rob. Eupatorium hospitale B.L.Rob.
English name	Chiapas critonia
French name	critonie du Chiapas
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Latin name	Critonia microdon (B.L.Rob.) B.L.Turner
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC North America (S Mexico, Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
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Synonym	Critoniadelphus microdon (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. Eupatorium lucentifolium L.O.Williams Eupatorium microdon B.L.Rob.
English name	smalltooth critonia
French name	critonie à petites dents
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Latin name	Critonia morifolia (Mill.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC SE North America (C Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg->mes
Use	ti
Synonym	Critonia quadrangulare (DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob. Eupatorium morifolium Mill. Eupatorium populifolium Kunth Eupatorium quadrangulare DC.
English name	mulberryleaf critonia; green stick (Belize)
French name	critonie à feuilles de mûrier
Spanish name	carrizo (Guatemala); cerbatana (Honduras); chimaliote (Guatemala); cocolmeca, lengua de vaca, palo de agua (Mexico); palo verde (Belize); San Isidro (Mexico); Santa Maria, suelda con suelda, taco (Guatemala); vara de bajareque (Mexico); vara hueca (Guatemala)
Other name	acacapa (nahuatl, Mexico); chople (Mexico); jólol, pijpejpech (huasteco, Mexico); xa-sh-como-ch, xax-che (maya, Belize); xolol (nahuatl, Mexico)
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Latin name	Critonia portoricensis (Urb.) Britton & P.Wilson
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico and Vieques)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg calc
Use	ma [pl]
Synonym	Eupatorium portoricense Urb.
English name	PuertoRico critonia; Puerto Rico thoroughwort (Puerto Rico)
French name	critonie de Porto Rico
Spanish name	guerrero (Puerto Rico)
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