|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latin name
|
Hernandia sonora L.
|
|
Family
|
Hernandiaceae
|
|
Distribution
|
SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
|
|
North America distribution zone
|
SC SE
|
|
Height
|
L
|
|
Foliage
|
E[D]
|
|
Ecology
|
hel hyg [mes]
|
|
Use
|
dr (bark and leaves decoction taken orally for constipation, fruits, including husk, decoction taken orally for chronic diarrhea, leaves juice applied externally as depilatory) ma pl pp sa ti
|
|
Synonym
|
Hernandezia sonora (L.) Hoffm.
Hernandia ovigera L.
Hernandia peltata Meisn.
|
|
English name
|
jack-in-the-box hernandia; jack-in-the-box (Barbados)
|
|
French name
|
hernandia mirobolan; mirobolan, mirobolan batard (Lesser Antilles)
|
|
Spanish name
|
aguacatillo (Costa Rica); bombo (Dominican Republic); cuajada (Honduras); foforite (Jamaica); guaco (Honduras); guamiey, guaney (Dominican Republic); hernandia (Cuba); hojatamal (Honduras); maga (Dominican Republic); mago (Puerto Rico); mano de léon (Honduras); tambor (Honduras); tinajta (Guatemala); toporite (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago); volador (Honduras)
|
|
Other name
|
|
|
Trade name
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latin name
|
Hesperomeles obtusifolia (Pers.) Lindl.
|
|
Family
|
Rosaceae
|
|
Distribution
|
SE North America (Costa Rica) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador to Bolivia)
|
|
North America distribution zone
|
SE
|
|
Height
|
M
|
|
Foliage
|
|
|
Ecology
|
|
|
Use
|
dr fw ma ti (agricultural goods, ax handles)
|
|
Synonym
|
Crataegus obtusifolia Pers.
Hesperomeles chiriquensis Woodson
Hesperomeles fieldii J.F.Macbr.
Hesperomeles heterophylla (Ruiz & Pav.) Hook.
Hesperomeles obovata (Pittier) Standl.
Mespilus heterophylla Ruiz & Pav.
Mespilus persoonia Spreng.
Osteomeles obovata Pittier
|
|
English name
|
obtuseleaf hesperomeles
|
|
French name
|
hesperomeles à feuilles obtuses
|
|
Spanish name
|
galo, huagra manzana, manzana de ganado, manzana de morte (Ecuador); mortiño, mota, mote (Colombia); pujín, quique, shanshi, xerote (Ecuador)
|
|
Other name
|
|
|
Trade name
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latin name
|
Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindl.) M.Roem.
|
|
Family
|
Rosaceae
|
|
Distribution
|
MW North America (USA: California; Mexico: Baja California)
|
|
North America distribution zone
|
MW
|
|
Height
|
S
|
|
Foliage
|
E[D]
|
|
Ecology
|
mes->xer
|
|
Use
|
dr(ob) (Indians made a tea from the bark to cure stomachache) fd(ob) (berries were gathered by many Indians tribes and roasted over open coals or boiled in a cooking basket to take away the bitter taste of the fresh fruits) fr (red berries provide a feast for robins, mockingbirds and cedar waxwings) ma (decorations) pl (by Christmas, there are attractive red berries to add a cheerful note to the winter landscape, planted extensively in parks and gardens)
|
|
Synonym
|
|
|
English name
|
California Christmasberry; California-holly, Chrismas-berry, Christmasberry, holly berry, tollon, toyon
|
|
French name
|
hétéromèle de Californie
|
|
Spanish name
|
|
|
Other name
|
|
|
Trade name
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latin name
|
Hieronyma alchorneoides Allemão
|
|
Family
|
Euphorbiaceae
|
|
Distribution
|
SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) South America (tropics)
|
|
North America distribution zone
|
SE
|
|
Height
|
L[G]
|
|
Foliage
|
E SD
|
|
Ecology
|
sci [hel] hyg
|
|
Use
|
fr fw ma (tannin) pp ti (barrels for solid food, bridges, dock fenders, engine beds, fence posts, flooring, general carpentry, heavy beams, heavy construction interior and exterior, light constructions, piling and ship building, plywood, posts, railroad ties, turned work and furniture, veneer)
|
|
Synonym
|
Hieronyma alchorneoides Rolfe
Hieronyma alchorneoides Allemão var. alchorneoides
Hieronyma alchorneoides var. stipulosa P.Franco
Hieronyma caribaea Urb.
Hieronyma clusioides Urb. non (Tul.) Müll.Arg.
Hieronyma laxiflora (Tul.) Müll.Arg.
Hieronyma ovatifolia Lundell
Hieronyma tectissima Standl. & L.O.Williams
Stilaginella laxiflora Tul.
|
|
English name
|
Christmasbushlike hieronyma; bully tree; horse flesh mahogany, horseflesh mahogany (St. Vincent); local mahogany (St. Lucia); redwood (Belize)
|
|
French name
|
hiéronyma faux-alchornea; bois d'amande (Dominica, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia); laurier poivre (Dominica)
|
|
Spanish name
|
aguacatillo (Venezuela); candelo, cargamanto (Colombia); carne assada (Venezuela); casaco (Colombia); coloradillo, curtidor (Honduras); motilón (Ecuador); nancito, nanciton, nancitón (Nicaragua); nascary (Ecuador); palo chancho; palo de sangre (Peru); pantano (Colombia, Panama); pilon (Costa Rica); pilón (Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama); piñaquiro colorado (Peru); platano (Costa Rica); plátano (Panama); rosita (Honduras); suradan (Guyana, Honduras); tapana (Grenada, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago); torito (Nicaragua); trompillo (Venezuela); tropmillo (Nicaragua); yos (Costa Rica); zapatero (Costa Rica, Panama)
|
|
Other name
|
abacateiro, abacateiro-roxo, aricurana, curana, goiabeira-brava, iricurana, licurana, lucurana, maçarua, magonçalo, mairagongalo, margonçalo, muirgonçalo, orucurana, pau-quina-vermelha, pequi-de-zoada, quina-vermelha, sangue-de-boi (Brazil); sorodon, suradanni (Suriname); uricurana, urucurana, urucurana-de-leite, urucurana-mirim, urucurana-parda, urucurana-roxa (Brazil)
|
|
Trade name
|
pilón; suradan (Trinidad and Tobago)
|
|
|
|
|
|