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Latin name	Hamelia patens Jacq.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida, Bahamas, West Indies) N M SC South America (Colombia, Venezuela to Paraguay)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg->[xer]
Use	dr (leaves compress for headache, leaves decoction bath for asthma, smallpox, leg wound and skin infection, leaves tea taken orally for intestinal gas, macerated leaves and fruits lotion for skin itch) fd (fruits) fr ma pl (ornamental) sa (against erosion)
Synonym	Duhamelia odorata Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Duhamelia patens (Jacq.) Pers. Duhamelia sphaerocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. Hamelia brachystemon Wernham Hamelia brittoniana Wernham Hamelia coccinea Sw. Hamelia corymbosa Sessé & Moç. Hamelia erecta Jacq. Hamelia intermedia Urb. & Ekman Hamelia lanuginosa M.Martens & Galeotti Hamelia latifolia Rchb. ex DC. Hamelia nodosa M.Martens & Galeotti Hamelia patens var. glabra Oerst. Hamelia pedicellata Wernham Hamelia sphaerocarpa Ruiz & Pav. Hamelia suaveolens Kunth Hamelia tubiflora Wernham Hamelia viridiflora Wernham
English name	scarlet hamelia; firebush (Panama, USA); red berry (Panama); red head, scarlet bush (Belize); scarletbush (Panama, Puerto Rico, USA)
French name	hamélie écarlate; corail, corail rouge, fleur corail (Haiti)
Spanish name	achiotillo colorado (Honduras); anavaco (Dominican Republic); añileto (Costa Rica); arbusto de color escarlata (Belize); azulillo (Costa Rica); balsamo, bálsamo, balsamo colorado (Puerto Rico); bencenuco (Colombia); bozonuco, buzunuco, buzunuvo (Dominican Republic); cangrejo (Guatemala); canilla de venado (Nicaragua); canudo (Guatemala); canutillo (Mexico); canuto (Guatemala); cerva conuco (Dominican Republic); chacloco (Mexico); chamah (Guatemala); chichipín (Guatemala, Honduras); chichipinel (El Salvador); chichipinte (El Salvador, Guatemala); chupamiel (Nicaragua); clavito (Guatemala); coloradillo (Honduras); comida de culebra (Nicaragua); coral (Honduras); coralillo (Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua); coralito (Dominican Republic, Venezuela); cresta de gallo (Colombia); cuetillo (Guatemala); dedos de ángel (Nicaragua); desyerba conuco (Dominican Republic); doncella (El Salvador); estirnina (Nicaragua); flor de baño (El Salvador); flor de cangrejo, hierba de cáncer, hierba de erisipela (Guatemala); hierba del cáncer (Guatemala); hierba del toro (Mexico); Indios (Belize); ixcanan amarillo, ixcanon amarillo (Guatemala); kanan (Mexico); leoncito (Colombia); madura-plátano (Mexico); palo camaron, palo camarón (Costa Rica); palo coral (Cuba); pata de pájaro, pata de pájro (Puerto Rico); pintamachete (Nicaragua); pissi (Costa Rica); ponasí (Cuba); recadito (Colombia); sancocho (El Salvador); sicunken (Guatemala); sisipince (El Salvador); sissipince clavito (Guatemala); uvero (Panama); vara prieta (Mexico); zambumbia (El Salvador); zorillo, zorillo real (Costa Rica)
Other name	ax-canaan (maya, Belize); cacahuaxúchilt (nahualt, Mexico); canaan (maya, Belize); chac-ixcanan (maya, Guatemala); chac-loc (huasteco); chactoc (maya, Belize); flè koray (creole, Haiti); ik-kanan, ix canan, ix-canan (maya, Belize); ixcanan, ixcanon (maya, Guatemala); klaush-pàm (maya, Belize); koray, koray wouj (creole, Haiti); neanan (maya, Belize); pili-tso (guatuso); sac-te-much (maya, Belize); tsus-krá (boruca); tzacloc (huasteco); xcanal (maya, Belize); xcanan (maya, Belize and Guatemala)
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Latin name	Hamelia roviroseae Wernham
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr
Synonym	Hamelia patens var. coronata Donn.Sm. Hamelia purpurascens S.F.Blake
English name	purplish hamelia
French name	hamélie violacée
Spanish name	coloradillo (Honduras)
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Latin name	Hamelia sanguinea T.S.Elias
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Hamelia pauciflora Standl.
English name	bloody hamelia
French name	hamélie rouge
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Latin name	Hamelia ventricosa Sw.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Jamaica, Haiti)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Duhamelia ventricosa (Sw.) Pers.
English name	princewood hamelia; prince wood (Jamaica)
French name	hamélie dilatée
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Latin name	Hamelia xerocarpa Kuntze
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	dryfruit hamelia
French name	hamélie à fruits secs
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Latin name	Hamelia xerocarpa var. costaricensis (Standl.) T.S.Elias
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Hamelia costaricensis Standl. Hamelia panamensis Standl. Hamelia storkii Standl.
English name	CostaRica dryfruit hamelia
French name	hamélie à fruits secs du Costa Rica
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Latin name	Hamelia xerocarpa Kuntze var. xerocarpa
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Hamelia magniloba Wernham Hamelia rowleei Standl.
English name	typical dryfruit hamelia
French name	hamélie à fruits secs typique
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Latin name	Hampea Schltdl.
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	hampea
French name	hampéa
Spanish name	jovote blanco, majagua, majagua de ratón
Other name	te colixtle
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Latin name	Hampea albipetala Cuatrec.
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	whitepetal hampea
French name	hampéa à pétales blancs
Spanish name	balso (Colombia)
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Latin name	Hampea allenii Standl. & L.O.Williams
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Allen hampea
French name	hampéa d'Allen
Spanish name	burio (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Hampea appendiculata (Donn.Sm.) Standl.
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	appendiculate hampea
French name	hampéa appendiculé
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Latin name	Hampea appendiculata (Donn.Sm.) Standl. var. appendiculata
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	typical appendiculate hampea
French name	hampéa appendiculé typique
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Latin name	Hampea appendiculata var. longicalyx Fryxell
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Panama appendiculate hampea
French name	hampéa appendiculé du Panama
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Latin name	Hampea bracteolata Lundell
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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English name	bracteolate hampea
French name	hampéa à bractéoles
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Latin name	Hampea breedlovei Fryxell
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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English name	Breedlove hampea
French name	hampéa de Breedlove
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Latin name	Hampea longipes Miranda
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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English name	longstalk hampea
French name	hampéa du Guatemala
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Other name	sakilmanzak (tzeltal, Mexico)
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Latin name	Hampea mexicana Fryxell
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SC North America (S Mexico, Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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English name	Mexican hampea
French name	hampéa du Mexique
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Latin name	Hampea micrantha A.Robyns
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	smallflower hampea
French name	hampéa à petites fleurs
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Other name	sapursia (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Hampea montebellensis Fryxell
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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English name	MonteBello hampea
French name	hampéa de Monte Bello
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Latin name	Hampea ovatifolia Lundell
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	ovateleaf hampea
French name	hampéa à feuilles ovées
Spanish name	majagua (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Hampea platanifolia Standl.
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage
Ecology	hel?
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English name	planetreeleaf hampea
French name	hampéa à feuilles de platane
Spanish name	majagua (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Hampea punctulata Cuatrec.
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	minutedot hampea
French name	hampéa à petits points
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Latin name	Hampea reynae Fryxell
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (El Salvador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Reyna hampea
French name	hampéa de Reyna
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Latin name	Hampea rovirosae Standl.
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Hampea macrocarpa Lundell
English name	Rovirosa hampea
French name	hampéa Rovirosa
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Other name	najahua, ool (Mexico)
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Latin name	Hampea sphaerocarpa Fryxell
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	roundedfruit hampea
French name	hampéa à fruits ronds
Spanish name	chumeco (Honduras)
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Latin name	Hampea stipitata S.Watson
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Use	ma (fiber) ti
Synonym	Hampea euryphylla Standl.
English name	stipitate hampea; mountain moho (Belize)
French name	hampéa stipité
Spanish name	mecate, moho (Belize)
Other name	compac (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Hampea trilobata Standl.
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Campeche; Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology
Use	dr ma (dye, fiber) ti
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English name	threelobate hampea; salt water moho, salt water motto (Belize)
French name	hampéa trilobé
Spanish name	kajana, majana, majaua, majua, mohara blanca, moho (Belize)
Other name	bak-el-man (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Harpalyce Sessé & Moç. ex DC.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
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English name	harpalyce
French name	harpalyce
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Latin name	Harpalyce arborescens A.Gray
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico, Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Brogniartia retusa Benth. ex Hemsl. Harpalyce hidalgensis Taub. Harpalyce retusa (Benth. ex Hemsl.) Rose
English name	treelike harpalyce
French name	harpalyce arborescent
Spanish name	vainilla (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Harpalyce mexicana Rose
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Guerrero)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	xer
Use	ex? (never recollected since 1897)
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English name	Mexican harpalyce
French name	harpalyce du Mexique
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