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Latin name	Iresine P.Browne
Family	Amaranthaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	bloodleaf
French name	iresine
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Latin name	Iresine arbuscula Uline & W.L.Bray
Family	Amaranthaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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English name	treelike bloodleaf
French name	iresine arborescente
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Latin name	Iresine angustifolia Euphrasén
Family	Amaranthaceae
Distribution	SE North America (El Salvador to Panama) MW MC South America (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Dicraurus alternifolius (S.Watson) Uline & W.L.Bray Iresine edmonstonii Hook.f. Iresine elatior Rich. ex Willd. Iresine laxissima var. ecuadoriensis Suess. Iresine racemosa Poir.
English name	narrowleaf bloodleaf
French name	iresine à feuilles étroites
Spanish name	aroma de medianoche (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Iriartea Ruiz & Pav.
Family	Palmae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Deckeria H.Karst. non Sch.Bip. p.p. Iriartea sect. Haplophyllum Drude Iriartea sect. Eu-Iriartea Drude Iriartea subgen. Eu-Iriartea Drude Iriartea subgen. Iriartea Wess.Boer p.p.
English name	iriartea
French name	iriartea
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Latin name	Iriartea deltoidea Ruiz & Pav.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	fd (leaves) ma ti (rustic construction, rustic house roofs)
Synonym	Ceroxylon deltoideum (Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth Deckeria corneto H.Karst. Deckeria phaeocarpa (Mart.) H.Karst. Deckeria ventricosa (Mart.) H.Karst. Iriartea corneto (H.Karst.) H.Wendl. Iriartea gigantea H.Wendl. ex Burret Iriartea megalocarpa Burret Iriartea phaeocarpa Mart. Iriartea ventricosa Mart. Iriartea weberbaueri Burret
English name	deltoid iriartea; stilt palm (Costa Rica)
French name	iriartea deltoïde
Spanish name	camona (Peru); chonta, chonta kilo (Ecuador); chonta negra (Costa Rica); copa (Bolivia); corneto (Panama); huacrapona (Peru); makenge, maquengue (Costa Rica); morona (Peru); pachuba tuamo (Bolivia); pachuda barriguda (Colombia); pachybilla (Bolivia); palma pachiúba-barriguda, pambil (Colombia); pampil (Ecuador); pona (Peru); pona lisa (Colombia); tarapato, tarapoto (Peru); yunyuna, zana cana (Colombia)
Other name	arrá (emberá, Colombia); barrigona, barrigona negra, ben (puinave, Colombia); bombo, bombocho (cofán, Ecuador); bombona, bonbona, buche, cachuda (cabuyari, Colombia); cadotodek (arecuna, Venezuela); camona (shipibo, Peru); chonta (cabuyari, Colombia; quichua, Ecuador); chonta kilo (quichua, Ecuador); crepísh (shiriana, Venezuela); huacrapona (shipibo, Peru); huagrashanga (quichua, Ecuador); lé-tö (cabuyari, Colombia); mi-sí-bo-to (guahibo, Colombia); obá, ora (siona, Ecuador); pachiúba barriguda (portuguese, Brazil); pambil, patihua, patiwa (quichua, Ecuador); paxiúba barrigouda (portuguese, Brazil); pona, sin tuntuám, tao (shipibo, Peru); taraputu (quichua, Ecuador); tepa (waorani, Ecuador); tuntuám (shipibo, Peru)
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Latin name	Isertia Schreb.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Creatantha Standl.
English name	wildixora
French name	isertia
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Latin name	Isertia haenkeana DC.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Isertia deamii var. stenophylla Donn.Sm. Isertia spicaeformis DC.
English name	Haenke wildixora
French name	isertia de Haenke
Spanish name	canelito (Panama); coralillo (Colombia); fruta de mono, huevo de mono, murcielago, pansus tumatti (Panama)
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Latin name	Isertia hypoleuca Benth.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador: Andes; Peru, Brazil: Acre, Amazonas; Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	ti (general carpentry)
Synonym	Isertia coccinea var. hypoleuca (Benth.) K.Schum. Isertia hoenei K.Krause
English name	whitish wildixora
French name	isertia blanchâtre
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Other name	asar quiro (Peru)
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Latin name	Isertia laevis (Triana) B.M.Boom
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Amazonas; Peru, Brazil: Acre, Amazonas; Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	ti (general carpentry)
Synonym	Cassupa laevis Triana Cassupa panamensis Standl. Creatantha peruviana Standl. Isertia alba Sprague Isertia panamensis (Standl.) Standl. Isertia parvifolia Standl. Isertia weberbaueri Standl.
English name	smooth wildixora
French name	isertia glabre
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Latin name	Ixora L.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Siderodendron Schreb. Sideroxyloides Jacq.
English name	ixora; jungleflame
French name	ixora
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Latin name	Ixora ferrea (Jacq.) Benth.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies excepted Jamaica) N South America (Venezuela, Guyana)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg mes
Use	fw ma ti
Synonym	Pavetta quinqueflora Sessé & Moç. Siderodendron ferreum (Jacq.) J.F.Gmel. Siderodendrum triflorum Vahl Sideroxyloides ferreum Jacq.
English name	ironwood ixora; black candlewood, ironwood, wild-coffee
French name	ixora bois-de-fer; bois crapaud (Dominica); bois de fer (Hispaniola); bois de fer rouge, bois jaune; bois pichette (Dominica); bois-baguette, bois-piquet, café grand bois, café marron
Spanish name	café cimarrón (Cuba); cafeíllo (Puerto Rico); cafetillo (Cuba); cuerno de buey (Hispaniola); dajao (Dominican Republic); lengua de vaca (Cuba); palo de dajoa, palo de hierro (Puerto Rico); palo de pierro
Other name	dajao
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Latin name	Ixora floribunda (A.Rich.) Griseb.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama, West Indies) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Siderodendron floribundum A.Rich.
English name	flowering ixora
French name	ixora fleuri
Spanish name	cafecillo cimarrón, lengua de vaca (Cuba); palo de Maria
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Latin name	Ixora nicaraguensis Wernham
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Ixora rauwolfioides Standl.
English name	Nicaragua ixora; bill bird berries
French name	ixora du Nicaragua
Spanish name	amaco
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Latin name	Jacaranda Juss.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Etorloba Raf. Icaranda Pers. Kordelestris Arruda Pteropodium DC. ex Meisn. Rafinesquia Raf.
English name	jacaranda; black poui, palisander
French name	jacaranda
Spanish name	jacaranda
Other name	Jacaranda (german); jacaranda (italian)
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Latin name	Jacaranda arborea Urb.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Jacaranda sagraeana Griseb. non DC.
English name	arborescent jacaranda
French name	jacaranda arborescent
Spanish name	abey; abey de monte, abey de monte malo, abey macho (Cuba)
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Latin name	Jacaranda caerulea (L.) J.St.-Hil.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Bahamas, West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hel calc
Use	pl (should be used more in landscaping)
Synonym	Bignonia caerulea L. Jacaranda abbottii Urb. Jacaranda bahamensis R.Br. Jacaranda caerulea (L.) Juss. Jacaranda caroliniana Pers. Jacaranda coerulea (L.) Griseb. Jacaranda sagraeana DC.
English name	ferntree jacaranda; boxwood, cancertree, jacaranda, what o'clock, what-o'clock (Bahamas)
French name	jacaranda fausse-fougère
Spanish name	abey, abey macho, flamboyán azul, franboyán azul (Cuba)
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Latin name	Jacaranda copaia (Aubl.) D.Don
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E [D]
Ecology	hel hyg->mes neut->basi
Use	dr (bark infusion used for treatment of skin disease) fw ma pl (ornamental) pp (short fibre pulp) sa ti (boxes, chimney-piece, cigarettes, crates, door framing, furniture, interior and light construction, interior carpentry, matches boxes, matches sticks, packing, particleboards, plywood, steam chests, sticks, veneer)
Synonym	Bignonia copaia Aubl. Bignonia procera Willd. Jacaranda procera (Willd.) R.Br. Jacaranda superba Pittier Kordelestris syphilitica Arruda
English name	copaia jacaranda; footie (Guyana)
French name	jacaranda copaïa; bois à pain; copaia, copaya (French Guiana)
Spanish name	abey, aipay (Venezuela); amchiponga (Peru); arabisco (Ecuador); aspingo (Peru); caco castañete (Colombia); canalete (Costa Rica, Panama); cedro blanco; chapereke, cheperequi (Bolivia); chicharra caspi (Peru); chilillo (Honduras); chingalé (Colombia); cimarua, cimaruo (Venezuela); copaia (Honduras); cupay (Venezuela); curnita, curnite (Colombia); gallinazo (Costa Rica); garza (Ecuador); goebaja (Suriname); guabandrano (Colombia, Ecuador); guachipilin (Nicaragua); gualanchy (Honduras); gualandai (Panama); gualanday (Colombia, Ecuador); guallinazo (Costa Rica); guandalay, huilisha (Ecuador); jacaranda (Costa Rica, Honduras, Peru); jacarandá (Ecuador); madura-plátano (Panama); madura-plàtano (Costa Rica); mamirao (Peru); palo de buba, palo de bura (Panama); papelillo (Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama); para para, parapara; paravisco (Peru); pata de garza (Venezuela); pavito (Colombia); pelo de buba; pinguasí (Colombia); pitsópi (Bolivia); simarua; simaruba (Venezuela); solimán del monte (Peru); tambor (Honduras); vainillo (Colombia); zorra (Honduras)
Other name	berbice, futui (Guyana); bois pain (creole); caraúba, carnauba da matta (portuguese, Brazil); caroba (carútana, Brazil); caroba do mato, carobussu (portuguese, Brazil); caruba (carútana, Brazil); copaia; copaïa, copaya (creole); coroba (Brazil); coupaya (creole); cuiship (shuar, Ecuador); curoba (carútana, Brazil); faux simarouba (creole); goebaja, goebaya (Suriname); huamansamana, huamanzamana, ishtapi (shuar, Peru); lely (Suriname); mari pasoula; marupa falso, marupá (portuguese, Brazil); n'gobaya (aukaans, Suriname); para-para; pará-pará (portuguese, Brazil); parapará (portuguese, Brazil); paripará (Brazil); puti (Venezuela); quaumoamu (cubeo); simaruba copaia, simaruba-falsa (portuguese, Brazil); tsirapi (campa asháninca, Peru); yachibon, yachimambo (aukaans, Suriname); yaefi (Suriname); yaru (quichua, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Jacaranda copaia ssp. spectabilis (Mart. ex A.DC.) A.H.Gentry
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	fw pl ti
Synonym	Jacaranda amazonensis Vattimo Jacaranda copaia var. paraensis Huber Jacaranda copaia var. spectabilis (Mart. ex A.DC.) Bureau ex Bureau & K.Schum. Jacaranda paraensis (Huber) Vattimo Jacaranda spectabilis Mart. ex A.DC.
English name	spectacular copaia jacaranda
French name	jacaranda copaïa spectaculaire; coupaya (French Guiana)
Spanish name	amazonas (Colombia, Peru, Venezuela); beni (Bolivia); bocas del toro (Panama); cartago (Costa Rica); chapereke, cheperequi (Bolivia); cigarillo (Panama); esmeraldas (Ecuador); flor azul, girasol (Venezuela); gracias adios (Honduras); gualandano, gualanday, jacaranda (Ecuador); palo azul, pata de garza (Venezuela); pitsópi (Bolivia); siete cueros (Panama); zelaya (Nicaragua)
Other name	âcre (Brazil); basa gobaja (ndjuká, French Guiana); berbice (Guyana); cakaska (shuar, Peru); caroba, caruba (portuguese, Brazil); copa (quichua, Ecuador); copa la bois blanc (French Guiana); curoba (portuguese, Brazil); huamansamana, huamanzamana (shuar, Peru); huilisha (palomino, Ecuador); ishtapi (shuar, Peru); jaifi (French Guiana); jasi man boon (ndjuká, French Guiana); ka bewa (kuna, Panama); kuiship (shuar, Ecuador); lely (Suriname); mallirokai (huitoto, Colombia); maripasoula; marupauba (portuguese, Brazil); para'y (carútana, Brazil); para-para, parapara (portuguese, Brazil); puti (Venezuela); quepapajin (cofán, Ecuador); sule-grie (guaymí, Panama); sranan (fenti, French Guiana); uai-cuima-yek, wei-oima-yek (Venezuela)
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Latin name	Jacaranda ekmanii Alain
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Fond Parisien; Dominican Republic: Cerro Juan José, Pedernales)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	xer calc
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English name	Ekman jacaranda
French name	jacaranda d'Ekman
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Latin name	Jacaranda obtusifolia Humb. & Bonpl.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	obtuseleaf jacaranda
French name	jacaranda à feuilles obtuses
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Latin name	Jacaranda obtusifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ssp. obtusifolia
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
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Synonym	Jacaranda lasiogyne Bureau & K. Schum.
English name	typical obtuseleaf jacaranda
French name	jacaranda à feuilles obtuses typique
Spanish name	casabe, clavelino, clavellina montanesa (Venezuela); gallinazo (Costa Rica); guarupa (Venezuela); rabo de iguana clavelina, san jose (Venezuela)
Other name	patico, vada camayu, vadam-kayu (Venezuela)
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Latin name	Jacaranda poitaei Urb.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Hispaniola jacaranda
French name	jacaranda d'Hispaniola; l'abbé blanc; l'abbé franc (Haiti); labrie
Spanish name	abey, abey macho, avay; macho (Hispaniola)
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Latin name	Jacaranda selleana Urb.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Massif de la Selle)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Selle jacaranda
French name	jacaranda de la Selle
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Latin name	Jacaratia A.DC.
Family	Caricaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Jacaratia Endl.
English name	jacaratia
French name	jacaratia
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Latin name	Jacaratia dolichaula (Donn.Sm.) Woodson
Family	Caricaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[G]
Foliage	D
Ecology	calc
Use	dr fd ma ti (bins for storing corn and rice)
Synonym	Carica dolichaula Donn.Sm.
English name	longflower jacaratia; wild cucumber (Panama); wild papaw (Belize)
French name	jacaratia à longues fleurs
Spanish name	palo de barril (Costa Rica); papaya (Panama); papaya cimmaron (Belize); papaya del monte, papayillo, papayillo de venado (Costa Rica); papayo (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Jacaratia mexicana A.DC.
Family	Caricaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Use	fd
Synonym	Carica mexicana (A.DC.) L.O.Williams Leucopremna mexicana (A.DC.) Standl. Pileus mexicanus (A.DC.) I.M.Johnst.
English name	Mexican jacaratia; wild papaw (Belize)
French name	jacaratia du Mexique
Spanish name	bonete orejona (Mexico); chaya silvestre (Guatemala); papaya (Nicaragua); papaya cimmaron (Belize); papaya orejona (Mexico); papayillo (Costa Rica)
Other name	cumche (maya, Belize); cunche (maya, Mexico)
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Latin name	Jacaratia spinosa (Aubl.) A.DC.
Family	Caricaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel
Use	dr (for digestion) fd (pulp) fr fw ma (latex) pl (ornamental) ti
Synonym	Carica digitata Spreng. non Poepp. & Endl. Carica dodecaphylla Vell. Carica spinosa Aubl. Jacaratia actinophylla Pohl ex Solms. Jacaratia costaricensis I.M.Johnst. Jacaratia docecaphylla (Vell.) A.DC. Jacaratia dodecaphylla var. lucida Hassl. Jacaratia dodecaphylla f. longiflora Hassl. Jacaratia spinosa (Aubl.) A.DC. Papaya dodecaphylla Baill. Papaya spinosa (Aubl.) A.DC.
English name	spiny jacaratia
French name	jacaratia épineux
Spanish name	árbol del pan, árbol del queso (Argentina); capaloi, gargatea (Bolivia); ñacaratia (Argentina); papayillo de venado (Costa Rica); papayllo, papayo (Bolivia); tambor (Colombia); yacaratiá (Argentina)
Other name	barrigudo, chamburu, jacaratiá, mamão-de-veado, mamão-do-mato, mamâozinho, mamãozinho-da-mata, mamoeiro-bravo, mamoeiro-de-espinho (Brazil)
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Latin name	Jacquinia L.
Family	Theophrastaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Bonellia Bertero
English name	jacquinia; braceletwood
French name	jacquinier; bois bandé (Haiti)
Spanish name	córpus (Mexico)
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Latin name	Jacquinia aculeata (L.) Mez
Family	Theophrastaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Jacquinia ruscifolia Jacq. non Sessé & Moç.
English name	thorny jacquinia
French name	jacquinier épineux
Spanish name	espuela de caballero, espuela de Rey (Cuba)
Other name	bwa bande, bwa kasav (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Jacquinia arborea Vahl
Family	Theophrastaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama, West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer calc sili
Use	dr ma (beads made with seeds) pl (ornamental) tx (fruits: fish)
Synonym	Jacquinia armillaris auct. mult. sensu Maycock Jacquinia armillaris var. arborea (Vahl) Griseb. Jacquinia barbasco Mez Jacquinia revoluta auct. non Jacq.
English name	treelike jacquinia; braceletwood (Puerto Rico); pica, pie crust (Barbados); pie-crust torchwood; torchwood (Barbados)
French name	jacquinier bois-bracelet; bois-bouc, bois-bracelet, bois-casse rose, bois-casse-cou, bois-la fièvre, graine-la fièvre, olivier bâtard
Spanish name	azúcares (Puerto Rico); barbasco (Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda)
Other name	mata piskaa, paaloe hoekoe, picrous-bark, sjiengool, steenhoot (Netherland Antilles)
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