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Latin name	Jacquinia armillaris Jacq.
Family	Theophrastaceae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies) N ME South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil: Pernambuco)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci xer calc
Use	dr ma
Synonym	Chrysophyllum barbasco Loefl. ex Gaertn. Jacquinia arborea auct. non Vahl Jacquinia brasiliensis Mez Jacquinia mucronulata S.F.Blake Jacquinia revoluta Jacq.
English name	armed jacquinia; armillaris; baylum, baylum berry (Lesser Antilles); picrous bark (West Indies); pie crust, torchwood (Lesser Antilles); wash wood (Cayman Islands)
French name	jacquinier rose; bois bouc, bois casse cou, bois casse rose, boit la fièvre, flambeau blanc, graine à fièvre, olivier batard (Lesser Antilles)
Spanish name	azúcares, barbasco (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Jacquinia berteroi Spreng.
Family	Theophrastaceae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes->xer
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Synonym	Jacquinia aculeata (L.) Mez Jacquinia berterii Spreng. Jacquinia berterii ssp. acutifolia (Griseb.) Borhidi Jacquinia berterii ssp. portoricensis (Urb.) Borhidi Jacquinia berterii var. acutifolia Griseb. Jacquinia berterii var. angustior Urb. Jacquinia berterii var. portoricensis Urb. Jacquinia berterii var. retusa Urb. Jacquinia sphaeroidea Urb.
English name	Bertero jacquinia; Berter jacquinia; Berter's Jacquinia; coppice joewood (Bahamas); wash wood (Jamaica)
French name	jacquinier bois-cassave; bois bandé, bois cassava (Haiti); bois cassave; bois casse cou (Lesser Antilles); bois casse-cou; bois de bouis, casse cou, casse cou tifeuille (Lesser Antilles); casse-cou; olivier (Lesser Antilles)
Spanish name	espuela de caballero de pinar (Cuba); palo de cruz
Other name	bwa bande, bwa kasav (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Jacquinia brevifolia (Griseb.) Urb.
Family	Theophrastaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Jacquinia linearis var. brevifolia Griseb.
English name	shortleaf jacquinia
French name	jacquinier à feuilles courtes
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Latin name	Jacquinia comosa Urb. & Ekman
Family	Theophrastaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	calc
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English name	Hispaniola jacquinia
French name	jacquinier d'Hispaniola
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Latin name	Jacquinia keyensis Mez
Family	Theophrastaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida, Bahamas, West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	calc
Use	pl ti
Synonym	Jacquinia armillaris auct. non Jacq. Jacquinia keyensis var. minutifolia Correll
English name	joewood jacquinia; cudjoe wood, cudjoe-wood; iron wood, ironwood, joe-bush, joe-wood (Bahamas); joewood (USA, Bahamas); wash wood (Cayman Islands)
French name	jacquinier des Keys
Spanish name	hueso (Cuba)
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Latin name	Jacquinia longifolia Standl.
Family	Theophrastaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Jacquinia schippii Standl.
English name	longleaf jacquinia
French name	jacquinier à feuilles longues
Spanish name	limonario (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Jacquinia macrocarpa Cav.
Family	Theophrastaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D E
Ecology	xer
Use	cl(ob) dr (leaves) fr fw pl ti
Synonym	Jacquinia arenicola Brandegee Jacquinia aurantiaca W.T.Aiton Jacquinia aurantiaca var. latifolia Mez Jacquinia axillaris Oerst. Jacquinia cuneata Standl. Jacquinia lepidota Lundell Jacquinia leptopoda Lundell Jacquinia liebmannii Mez Jacquinia luzonensis C.Presl Jacquinia mexicana hort. ex Regel Jacquinia racemosa A.DC. Jacquinia schiedeana Mez
English name	bigfruit jacquinia; knock-me-back (Belize)
French name	jacquinier à gros fruits
Spanish name	barbasco (El Salvador, Nicaragua); burriquita (Nicaragua); carambolillo (El Salvador); chacsic, chicajám (Guatemala); cimarra (Nicaragua); crucillo, escorpioncillo, espino ruco (El Salvador); flor de San Antonio (Mexico); güirrique (Nicaragua); limoncillo (El Salvador); mata-pescado du cuche (Guatemala); mirra (El Salvador); muyche, naranjillo (Mexico); nàranjillo (Guatemala); siche (Mexico); tzie, zincin (Guatemala)
Other name	cansic (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Jacquinia macrocarpa Cav. ssp. macrocarpa
Family	Theophrastaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr pl tx
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English name	typical bigfruit jacquinia; knock-me-back (Belize)
French name	jacquinier à gros fruits typique
Spanish name	barbasto (Belize); mirra (El Salvador)
Other name	cansik, tkansik (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Jacquinia macrocarpa ssp. panamensis B.Ståhl
Family	Theophrastaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Jacquinia panamensis Lundell
English name	Panama bigfruit jacquinia
French name	jacquinier à gros fruits du Panama
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Latin name	Jacquinia moana Borhidi
Family	Theophrastaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end? Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Moa jacquinia
French name	jacquinier de Moa
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Latin name	Jacquinia paludicola Standl.
Family	Theophrastaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Quintana Roo; Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	paludicolous jacquinia; bastard lime, wild lime (Belize)
French name	jacquinier paludicole
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Latin name	Jacquinia shaferi Urb.
Family	Theophrastaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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English name	Shafer jacquinia
French name	jacquinier de Shafer
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Latin name	Jatropha L.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Curcas Adans.
English name	nettlespurge
French name	médecinier
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Other name	fèy medsen, medsinye, papay sovaj (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Jatropha canescens Benth. ex Müll.Arg.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SW SC North America (Mexico: S Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa)
North America distribution zone	SW SC
Height	S?
Foliage	D
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English name	canescent nettlespurge
French name	médecinier canescent
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Latin name	Jatropha cinerea (Ortega) Müll.Arg.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	MW SW North America (USA: S Arizona; Mexico: Baja California, Sonora)
North America distribution zone	MW SW
Height	S?
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	dr (Seri Indians mashed the roots to make a tea for dysentery) ti (Seri Indians made utensils from the wood) tx (the sap was used to poison arrow points)
Synonym	Mozinna cinerea Ortega
English name	ashy nettlespurge; Arizona nettlespurge (USA); ashy limber bush
French name	médecinier cendreux
Spanish name	lomboy, lomboy blanco, sangregrado, toro tillo, torotito (Mexico)
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Latin name	Jatropha cordata (Ortega) Müll.Arg.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SW SC North America (Mexico: Sonora, Chihuahua)
North America distribution zone	SW SC
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	dr (bruised leaves are applied to sores)
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English name	cordate nettlespurge
French name	médecinier cordé
Spanish name	jiotillo, mata mala, mata muchachos, miguelito, sapo, torota blanca copalillo (Mexico)
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Latin name	Jatropha costaricencis G.L.Webster & Poveda
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	CostaRica nettlespurge
French name	médecinier du Costa Rica
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Latin name	Jatropha curcas L.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics) int S Eurasia and Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	D [E]
Ecology
Use	dr (antitumour medicament, boiled plant parts in water taken orally fo edema, fruits and seed decoction as emetic and purgative, latex lotion for rash, burn and skin infection, leaves bath for fever, plant decoction compress for sore, purgative, tender leaves infusion taken orally for constipation, warm plant decoction compress for eczema and dermatosis) fd (honey) fw (oil for candle) ma (lubricant, painting, soap) pl (boundary hedge) sa tx (fruits, oil seeds are purgative and poisonous if eaten in quantity)
Synonym	Curcas purgans Medik. Castiglionia lobata Ruiz & Pav. Curcas curcas (L.) Britton & Millsp. Curcas indica A.Rich. Jatropha afrocurcas Pax Jatropha moluccana Wall.
English name	Barbadosnut nettlespurge; Barbados-nut, belly-ache bush, curcas-bean; grave physic-nut (Netherlands Antilles); hazelnut (Belize); physic nut (Bahamas, Belize); physic-nut (Jamaica, Virgin Islands); pulza, purge-nut, purging nut; wild oil nut (Jamaica)
French name	médecinier béni; feuilles médecin, grand médecinier, médecinier à grandes feuilles, médecinier cathartique (Haiti); médecinier purgatif, médecinier-blanc; médicinier, médicinier béni (Haiti); medicinier blanc (Dominica); médicinier-barrière; pignon d'Inde, purghère (Mali)
Spanish name	arbol santo (Honduras, Panama); chacsis (Bolivia); coquillo (Costa Rica, Panama); coquito (Costa Rica); cotoncillo (Honduras); frailecillo, frailejón (Colombia); piñón (Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico); piñón botija, piñón criollo (Cuba); piñón de cercas (Cuba); piñon de purga (Colombia); piñón lechero (Cuba); piñón purgante (Cuba, Puerto Rico); piñón voci (Cuba); piñoncillo, sangre-gado (Mexico); tártago; tártajo (Cuba, Puerto Rico); tempate (Central America); tuatua (Colombia); vocudyes (Bolivia)
Other name	ba'a (bwamu, Burkina Faso and Mali); bagani (bambara, Mali); blanfaraba (malinke, Mali); chisasquil (Paraguay); fèy medsen, gran medsinye (creole, Haiti); kulusinifèli (bambara, Mali); kuri'y vai (Paraguay); kuubín-ua (boruca, Costa Rica); medsinye beni, medsinye gran fèy (creole, Haiti); pião, pião branco, pinhão bravo (Brazil); sakilte (maya, Belize); schijnoot (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); xkakalche (maya, Belize); yupur (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Jatropha divaricata Sw.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hel calc
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English name	divaricate nettlespurge; wild oil nut (Jamaica)
French name	médecinier divariqué
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Latin name	Jatropha giffordiana Dehgan & G.L.Webster
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SW SC North America (end Mexico: S Baja California: Cape region)
North America distribution zone	SW SC
Height	S?
Foliage	D
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English name	BajaCalifornia nettlespurge
French name	médecinier de Baja California
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Latin name	Jatropha hernandiifolia Vent.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	[S]
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Curcas hernandiifolius (Vent.) Britton Curcas peltata Baill. Jatropha hernandiifolia var. epeltata Pax Loureira peltata Desf.
English name	peltate nettlespurge; wild oilnut (Puerto Rico)
French name	médecinier pelté
Spanish name	papayo (Puerto Rico); tabaiba
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Latin name	Jatropha multifida L.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America, West Indies) South America (tropics) int S Eurasia and Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	[D]
Ecology	mes->xer
Use	dr (latex for sore and scar, roasted seed infusion for venereal disease, seed oil lotion for skin parasites, used to extract fish bones caught in throat) fd ma pl tx (sap, seeds)
Synonym	Adenoropium multifidum (L.) Pohl
English name	coralplant nettlespurge; coral bush; coralplant (Netherlands Antilles, USA, Virgin Islands); French physic nut; French physic-nut (Barbados, Jamaica); physic-nut (USA); Spanish physic nut; Spanish physic-nut (Jamaica)
French name	médecinier espagnol; bouquet-corail, corail; médecinier des Indes (Haiti); médecinier multifide; médicinier d'Inde, médicinier espagnol (Haiti); noisette purgative; papaye sauvage (Haiti)
Spanish name	cabalongo (Mexico); castaño purgante, ceibilla (Cuba); chicasquil (Costa Rica); coral (Colombia); Don Tomas (Puerto Rico); emético vegetal (Venezuela); maná (Puerto Rico); pilon extrangero; piñón de España (Dominican Republic); piñón extranjero (Cuba, Dominican Republic); piñón vómico (Cuba); tãrtago (Puerto Rico); tartago emético (Colombia, Paraguay); yuca cimarrona (Dominican Republic)
Other name	kar onoged (kuna, Panama); kuri'y val (Paraguay); madamentu (Netherlands Antilles); medsinye panyòl, papay multifid (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Joosia H.Karst.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution
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English name	joosia
French name	joosia
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Latin name	Joosia umbellifera H.Karst.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Joosia panamensis Dwyer Joosia ulei Steyerm. Joosia umbellifera ssp. macarensis Steyerm. Joosia umbellifera var. caucana Steyerm. Joosia umbellifera var. occidentalis Steyerm. Ladenbergia dichotoma var. calycina Wedd. Macrocnemum polyphlebium Standl.
English name	umbellate joosia
French name	joosia à ombelles
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Latin name	Juglans L.
Family	Juglandaceae
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Synonym	Wallia Alef.
English name	walnut
French name	noyer; noix de Jupiter
Spanish name	nogal, togte
Other name	mitigwabak (otchipwe, Canada); noce (italian); nogueira; Nussbaum (german); paganâkomij (otchipwe, Canada); pakânâk (algonquin, Canada); pakanasku (montagnais, Canada); tchiche-pakanasku (montagnais, Canada); Walnuss, Walnussbaum (german)
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Latin name	Juglans californica S.Watson
Family	Juglandaceae
Distribution	MW North America (USA: California)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	S[M]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg
Use	fr
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English name	California walnut; California black walnut, southern California black walnut, southern California walnut
French name	noyer de Californie
Spanish name	nogal
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Latin name	Juglans cinerea L.
Family	Juglandaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (Canada: Ontario to New Brunswick; USA: North Dakota to Maine, Kansas to Georgia) int MW Eurasia (Denmark, Romania)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	M[L]
Foliage	D
Ecology	sci hyg->xer neut calc
Use	dr (with the inside of the bark we can make an infusion against sore, teeth and dysentery) fd (butternut, greynut can be notched like a maple to have sirup, seed, substitute for walnut) fr ma (roots and husk release a yellow orange dye) pl ti (furniture)
Synonym	Wallia cinerea (L.) Alef.
English name	butternut walnut; butter nut; butternut (Canada, USA); buttnut (USA); grey walnut, lemon walnut, oil nutt; oilnut (USA); white walnut (Canada, USA)
French name	noyer cendré; arbre à noix longues, noix longues (Canada); noyer à beurre (France); noyer gris; noyer tendre (Canada)
Spanish name	nuez (Puerto Rico)
Other name	Butternussbaum, Graunuss (german); noce bianco d'America, noce cenerino (italian)
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Latin name	Juglans hindsii (Jeps.) Jeps. ex R.E.Sm.
Family	Juglandaceae
Distribution	MW North America (USA: Oregon, California)
North America distribution zone	MW
Height	M[L]
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Ecology	hyg
Use	ex fr pl ti
Synonym	Juglans californica ssp. hindsii (Jeps.) E.Murray Juglans californica var. hindsii Jeps.
English name	Hinds walnut; California black walnut, Hinds black walnut, northern California walnut
French name	noyer de Hinds
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Latin name	Juglans jamaicensis C.DC.
Family	Juglandaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hyg calc serp sili
Use	dr (bathe with leaves decoction for leukorrhea, leaves decoction taken orally for bad blood, tea made with husk and applied externally for skin infections) fd pl ti
Synonym	Juglans cinerea A.Rich. non L. Juglans insularis Griseb.
English name	WestIndies walnut; Cuban walnut; Jamaica walnut (Jamaica); walnut; West Indian walnut (Puerto Rico)
French name	noyer des Grandes Antilles; nogal (Haiti)
Spanish name	nogal (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); nogal del país (Cuba); nuez (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); palo de nuez (Puerto Rico)
Other name	nogal (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Juglans major (Torr.) A.Heller
Family	Juglandaceae
Distribution	MW MC SW SC North America (USA: Utah, Arizona to Texas; Mexico: Sonora to Guerrero)
North America distribution zone	MW MC SW SC
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	xer
Use	fr
Synonym	Juglans arizonica Dode Juglans elaeopyren Dode Juglans microcarpa var. major (Torr.) L.D.Benson Juglans rupestris var. major Torr. Juglans torreyi Dode
English name	Arizona walnut; Arizona black walnut, Arizona city nogales
French name	noyer de l'Arizona
Spanish name	nogal, nogal silvestre
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