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Latin name	Goupia glabra Aubl.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	SD
Ecology
Use	ti
Synonym	Goupia paraensis Huber Goupia tomentosa Aubl.
English name	glabrous kopie; goupi (Guyana); kopie
French name	goupie glabre; goupie (French Guiana)
Spanish name	capricornia (Peru); chaquiro (Colombia); congrillo, congrio blanco, panagüero (Venezuela); piaunde, saino, sapino, zahino (Colombia)
Other name	cachaceiro (portuguese, Brazil); copi (Guyana); copiuva (portuguese, Brazil); cupiuba, cupiúba (Brazil); cupuiba (portuguese, Brazil); dictii (tucano); goupi (creole, French Guiana; kalihna, Guyana); jodina (huitoto); kabukalli (Guyana); koepie (dutch, Suriname); kopi (dutch, Suriname; aukaans, saramaccan); kopie (dutch, Suriname); pecogee (bora); tento (portuguese, Brazil)
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Latin name	Goupia guatemalensis Lundell
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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English name	Guatemala kopie
French name	goupie du Guatemala
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Latin name	Graffenrieda DC.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Callyptrella Naudin Ptilanthus Gleason
English name	graffenrieda
French name	graffenrieda
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Latin name	Graffenrieda cucullata (Triana) L.O.Williams
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia to Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Calyptrella cucullata Triana Conostegia cucullata D.Don Melastoma cucullata Pav. ex D.Don
English name	hooded graffenrieda
French name	graffenrieda cucullé
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Latin name	Graffenrieda galeottii (Naudin) L.O.Williams
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama) NW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Calyptrella galeottii Naudin Calyptrella cycliophylla Donn.Sm.
English name	Galeotti graffenrieda
French name	graffenrieda de Galeotti
Spanish name	cirén (Honduras)
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Latin name	Graffenrieda gracilis (Triana) L.O.Williams
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N MW MC South America (Venezuela to Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Calyptrella gracilis Triana Graffenrieda parviflora Cogn. Miconia consimilis Pilg.
English name	slender graffenrieda
French name	graffenrieda élancé
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Latin name	Graffenrieda latifolia (Naudin) Triana
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guadeloupe, Martinique) NC South America (Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	[hel] mes?
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Synonym	Cycnopodium latifolium Naudin Miconia catalpifolia Kraenzl
English name	broadleaf graffenrieda
French name	graffenrieda à feuilles larges; bois-bander, côtelette-grandes-feuilles, crécré montagne, crécré-grandes-feuilles
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Latin name	Grajalesia Miranda
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	grajalesia
French name	grajalésie
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Latin name	Grajalesia fasciculata (Standl.) Miranda
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Pisonia fasciculata Standl.
English name	fascicled grajalesia
French name	grajalésie fasciculée
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Latin name	Grias L.
Family	Lecythidaceae
Distribution
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English name	grias
French name	grias
Spanish name	membrillo macho (Panama)
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Latin name	Grias cauliflora L.
Family	Lecythidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr
Synonym	Grias darienensis Dwyer Grias dukei Dwyer Grias gentlei Lundell Grias integrifolia (Standl.) R.Knuth Grias pittieri R.Knuth Grias sternii Dwyer Gustavia integrifolia Standl.
English name	anchovy grias; anchovy, anchovy pear (Jamaica); bombowood (Belize, Guatemala); genip, warreewood (Belize); wild mammy (Belize, Guatemala)
French name	grias cauliflore
Spanish name	irayol, jagüillo (Honduras); morro cimarrón (Mexico); tabacón (Honduras)
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Latin name	Grias fendleri Seem.
Family	Lecythidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	fr
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English name	Fendler grias
French name	grias de Fendler
Spanish name	jaguey, membrillo, membrillo macho, sapo (Panama)
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Latin name	Grimmeodendron Urb.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution
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English name	grimmeodendron
French name	grimmeodendron
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Latin name	Grimmeodendron eglandulosum (A.Rich.) Urb.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	xer
Use	tx (the sap is an irritan causing skin blisters, this plant is considered to be poisonous to the touch, its white juice causes a skin rash)
Synonym	Excoecaria eglandulosa Müll.Arg. Excoecaria sagraei Müll.Arg. Stillingia eglandulosa A.Rich.
English name	poisonbush grimmeodendron; poison bush, young manchioneel (Bahamas)
French name	grimmeodendron sans glandes
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Latin name	Grimmeodendron jamaicense Urb.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	calc
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English name	burneye grimmeodendron; burn eye, red light wood (Jamaica)
French name	grimmeodendron de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Guadua Kunth
Family	Gramineae
Distribution
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Synonym	Bambusa Schreb. p.p.
English name	guadua
French name	guadua
Spanish name	guadua
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Latin name	Guadua amplexifolia J.Presl
Family	Gramineae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Arundarbor amplexifolia (J.Presl) Kuntze Bambusa amplexifolia (J.Presl) Schult.f.
English name	amplexifoliate guadua
French name	guadua ampléxifolié
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Latin name	Guadua angustifolia Kunth
Family	Gramineae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	mes->xer
Use	ma pl ti
Synonym	Bambusa guadua Humb. & Bonpl. Nastus guadua (Humb. & Bonpl.) Spreng.
English name	narrowleaf guadua
French name	guadua à feuilles étroites
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Latin name	Guadua angustifolia Kunth ssp. angustifolia
Family	Gramineae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg? mes
Use	fd ma pl pp sa ti (construction)
Synonym	Bambusa aculeata (Rupr. ex E.Fourn.) Hitchc. Guadua aculeata Rupr. ex E.Fourn. Guadua aculeata var. liebmanniana E.G.Camus Guadua angustifolia var. bicolor Londoño Guadua inermis Rupr. ex E.Fourn. Guadua intermedia Rupr. ex E.Fourn.
English name	typical narrowleaf guadua
French name	guadua à feuilles étroites typique
Spanish name	caña arisca; caña brava (Colombia, Ecuador); caña de Guayaquil; caña guadua; caña mansa, garipa, guadua (Colombia, Ecuador); ipa (Peru); juajua (Venezuela); marona (Peru); otate (Central America, Mexico); puru puru (Venezuela); tacuara (Bolivia); tacuaruzú (Argentina); tarro (Central America)
Other name	chigoró (Colombia); ójtatl (nahuatl, Mexico); tzájib (huasteco, Mexico)
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Latin name	Guadua paniculata Munro
Family	Gramineae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas, Honduras, Nicaragua) C ME SE South America (Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Use	ti (roots)
Synonym	Arundarbor paniculata (Munro) Kuntze Bambusa munroi Hack. Bambusa paniculata (Munro) Hack. Chusquea spinosa E.Fourn. Chusquea spinosa E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.
English name	paniculate guadua
French name	guadua à panicules
Spanish name	guapa, tacuara (Bolivia)
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Latin name	Guadua velutina Londoño & L.G.Clark
Family	Gramineae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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English name	velvety guadua
French name	guadua velouté
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Latin name	Guajacum L.
Family	Zygophyllaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Guaiacum L.
English name	lignumvitae; lignum vitae, lignum-vitae
French name	gaïac; gaiac
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Other name	bwa sen, gayak, gayak bata (creole, Haiti); guaiaeo (italian); Gujakholz, Pockholz (german)
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Latin name	Guajacum angustifolium Engelm.
Family	Zygophyllaceae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: Texas; Mexico: Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer
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Synonym	Guaiacum angustifolium Engelm. Porliera angustifolia (Engelm.) A.Gray
English name	Texas lignumvitae; soapbush, Texas porliera
French name	gaïac du Texas
Spanish name	guayacán
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Latin name	Guajacum coulteri A.Gray
Family	Zygophyllaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico, Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	mes->xer
Use	dr (flowers for pneumonia and cough, remedy for colic, Seri Indians used the mashed and moistened roots as a shampoo and drank a tea made from the roots for dysentery) fw (fuel) ma (the stem resin is a key ingredient of Seri blue, a pigment used in face-painting and in decorating beads, pottery, arrows and many other objects) ti (railroad ties)
Synonym	Guaiacum coulteri A.Gray
English name	Coulter lignumvitae
French name	gaïac de Coulter
Spanish name	arbol santo, guayacán, palo santo (Mexico)
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Latin name	Guajacum officinale L.
Family	Zygophyllaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Bahamas, West Indies) N South America (Venezuela, Colombia) int S Eurasia and Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	sci xer calc
Use	cl (emblem tree of Bahamas) dr (aphrodisiac tonic, leaves and resin sometime used for treating gout and for rheumatism, much used in pharmaceuticals as an expectorant, stimulant, antiseptic agent, diaphoretic agent and as laxative, resin applied externaly for skin disease, to tooth for toothache, as clinical reagent and taken orally for rheumatism, gout, blood pressure and arteriosclerosis, the bark is used for medicinal purposes and energy-giving, the saponins in the sapwood were an effective control against spirochetes and constituded the only remedy against syphylis until 1509 when they were replaced by arsenical compounds) fd (seeds are high in protein and oils) fr (good forage species) ex (almost exterminated for medicinal use) ma (distillation of the pulp and the resin pruduces a substance called guayacol, resin exuded by the trunk is used as an antioxidizing agent in grease and oil) pl (much valued ornamental species) pl(ob) (in past years it was planted along roads and in farms) ti (artisan ship, band saw blocks, bearings used in clocks, bowls for bowling, casters, chess game, crafts, fans and air conditioning units, helix's cushion of boat, industrial cushions, mallets, pulley, rollers, ship propeller bushing and bearings, ships, small wheels, sports equipment, supports for propeller axles in steam vessels, tool handles, wheel and pulley systems in steel mills before the use of plastics and synthetic rubber) tx (excessive dose of tea may produce acute toxic nephritis)
Synonym	Guaiacum officinale L.
English name	common lignumvitae; guaiacum; guaiacum-wood (UK); hollywood lignum vitae (Puerto Rico); ironwood; lignum vitae (Bahamas); lignum vitae tree, lignumvitae, lingun vitae tree; poxwood, tree of life (Virgin Islands); wood of life (Bahamas)
French name	gaïac officinal; arbre de vie (Haiti, Netherlands Antilles); bois de gaiac, bois de gaïac, bois de vie; bois saint (Hispaniola, Martinique); bois-saint, gaïa; gaiac officinale (Netherlands Antilles); gaïac (Guadeloupe, Haiti); gaïac bâtard (Haiti, Netherlands Antilles); gaïac blanc p.p., gaïac cardasse, gaïac femelle, gaïac franc, gaïac gaïac, gaïc mâle (Haiti); gayac; guaïac, guayac, guayae (France); lignum vitae (Haiti); pakout, wayaca (Netherlands Antilles)
Spanish name	arbol santo (Mexico); guayacan; guayacán (Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); guayacán bastardo (Dominican Republic); guayacán blanco (Cuba, Puerto Rico); guayacán colombiano, guayacán de playa (Colombia); guayacán negro, guayacán prieto (Cuba); guayacancillo (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); guayaco (Puerto Rico); guaycan (Colombia); leño santo; lignum santum (Venezuela); lignun vitae (Colombia); palo sano (Venezuela); palo santo (Cuba, Venezuela); palo santo de las Indias; vera (Cuba, Dominican Republic)
Other name	bakaut (russian); fransosenholts (swedish); Franzosenholz (german); frazostraee (danish); gayac, gayak, gayak fran, gayak mal (creole, Haiti); guaiaco (Brazil); guaiaco, guaiaco negro, guaiaco vero, guajaco (italian); guajak (Netherland); Guajakbaum, Guajakholz (german); guayacán (Bahamas); Guayakholz (german); guyaiaco (portuguese); legno guajacano, legno santa, legno santo (italian); lignum vitae (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); lignumvitae (Virgin Islands); pakout (Netherland); pau santo (Brazil); Pockenholz, Pockholz, Pockols (german); pokhout (dutch); pokhovt, wayacá
Trade name	common-lignumvitae, gaïac, lignumvitae

Latin name	Guajacum sanctum L.
Family	Zygophyllaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Costa Rica, USA: Florida, Bahamas, West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	[D] E
Ecology	hel xer
Use	cl (emblem tree of Bahamas) dr (aphrodisiac tonic, much used in pharmaceuticals as an expectorant, stimulant, antiseptic agent, diaphoretic agent and as laxative, resin applied externaly for skin disease and to tooth for toothache, resin decoction taken orally for syphilis, gout, rheumatism and scrofula, resin taken orally for rheumatism, gout, blood pressure and arteriosclerosis and used as clinical reagent, the bark is used for medicinal purposes and energy-giving, the saponins in the sapwood were an effective control against spirochetes and constituded the only remedy against syphylis until 1509 when they were replaced by arsenical compounds) ex (declared an endangered species in some countries) fd (seeds are high in protein and oils) fr (good forage species) ma (distillation of the pulp and the resin pruduces a substance called guayacol, resin exuded by the trunk is used as an antioxidizing agent in grease and oil) pl (much valued ornamental species) pl(ob) (in past years it was planted along roads and in farms) ti (artisanship, band saw blocks, beads of rosary, bearings used in clocks, bowl for bowling, canes, casters, chess game, crafts, fans and air conditioning units, flooring, general heavy construction, helix's cushion of boat, house's craft, industrial cushions, knife handles, mallets, pulleys, railroad ties, rollers, ship propeller bushing and bearings, shipbuilding, small wheels, sports equipment, structural use, supports for propeller axles in steam vessels, tablet, tool handles, wheel and pulley systems in steel mills before the use of plastics and synthetic rubber)
Synonym	Guaiacum guatemalense Planch. ex Rydb. Guaiacum sanctum L.
English name	roughbark lignumvitae; guaiacum-wood; Hollywood lignum vitae (Puerto Rico); holywood lignumvitae (Bahamas); lignum vitae (Bahamas); ligum vitae (Bahamas, Jamaica); wood of life (Bahamas)
French name	gaïac blanc; bois saint (Haiti); bois de vie; gaïac bâtard (Haiti); gaïac bois saint; gaïac cardasse, gaïac femelle (Haiti)
Spanish name	bastard (Puerto Rico); gayacán blanco (Bahamas); guayabón real (Costa Rica); guayacan (Nicaragua); guayacán (Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico, West indies); guayácan bastardo, guayácan batardo (Dominican Republic); guayacan blanco (Cuba); guayacán blanco (Cuba, Puerto Rico); guayacán de vera (Puerto Rico); guayacán real (Costa Rica, Mexico, West Indies); guayacancillo (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); guayacanemo (Puerto Rico); guyacán (Bahamas); lignum vitae (Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico, West indies); palo santo (Mexico, West indies); palosanto (Honduras); vera (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti); vera amarilla, vera prieta (Cuba)
Other name	bueloebarie (Netherlands Antilles); gaïac; gayak blan, gayak femèl, gayak kadas (creole, Haiti); pokhout (dutch, Puerto Rico); wajakaa maatsjoe, wayaka shimarón beera (Netherlands Antilles)
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Latin name	Guapira Aubl.
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Pisonia L. p.p. Torrubia Vell.
English name	blolly; beeftree
French name	guapira
Spanish name	yarey
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Latin name	Guapira acuminata Lundell
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	acuminate blolly
French name	guapira acuminé
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Latin name	Guapira brevipetiolata (Heimerl) Alain
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	xer
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Synonym	Pisonia brevipetiolata Urb. Pisonia discolor var. brevipetiolata Heimerl Torrubia brevipetiolata Jiménez
English name	shortpetiole blolly
French name	guapira à pétiole court
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Latin name	Guapira costaricana (Standl.) Woodson
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Torrubia costaricana Standl.
English name	CostaRica blolly
French name	guapira du Costa Rica
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