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Latin name	Lonchocarpus eriocarinalis Micheli
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Jalisco to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg->xer calc
Use	fw ti (construction, posts)
Synonym	Lonchocarpus phlebophyllus Standl. & Steyerm.
English name	woolly lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe laineux
Spanish name	cincho, pellejo de vieja
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus eriophyllus Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Morelos, Puebla)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use
Synonym	Willardia eriophylla (Benth.) Standl. Willardia velutina Rose ex Rydb.
English name	wollyleaf lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe à feuilles laineuses
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus ferrugineus M.Sousa
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
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English name	rusty lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe ferrugineux
Spanish name	chaperno (Honduras); comenegro (Costa Rica); zopilote (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus glaucifolius Urb.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	ma
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English name	glaucousleaf lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe à feuilles glauques
Spanish name	geno (Puerto Rico); guamá
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus guatemalensis Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	xer
Use	cl fd ti
Synonym	Lonchocarpus darienensis Pittier Lonchocarpus dumetorum Brandegee Lonchocarpus guatemalensis var. megalanthus (Pittier) F.J.Herm. Lonchocarpus guatemalensis var. proteranthus (Pittier) F.J.Herm. Lonchocarpus megalanthus Pittier Lonchocarpus proteranthus Pittier
English name	Guatemala lancepod; dogwood, may-tree, turtle-bone (Belize)
French name	lonchocarpe du Guatemala
Spanish name	chapel (Honduras); chapelno hediondo (El Salvador); chaperno (Costa Rica); chaperno prieto (El Salvador); cincho (El Salvador, Honduras); cuero de indio, cuil, jediondillo, palo de aro (Mexico); palo de gusano (Guatemala)
Other name	habin, ixec-subin (Guatemala); kanxuul (Mexico); sibicte, xaxmujin (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus heptaphyllus (Poir.) DC.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg mes calc
Use	dr (leaves decoction taken orally to induce vomiting and as purgative) fw ma pl ti (heavy construction)
Synonym	Amerimnon latifolium Willd. Cytisus membranaceus Sessé & Moç. Dalbergia heptaphylla Poir. Dalbergia pentaphylla Poir. Lonchocarpus belizensis Lundell Lonchocarpus latifolius (Willd.) DC. Lonchocarpus latifolius Kunth ex DC. Lonchocarpus pentaphyllus (Poir.) Kunth ex DC.
English name	sevenleaf lancepod; broadleaf lancepod (Puerto Rico); dogwood (Belize, Panama, UK); douche wood, lancewood; lanewood (USA); mandoowood; swamp dogwood p.p., waterwood (Belize); white savonette (Trinidad); yellow savonette
French name	lonchocarpe à sept feuilles; battre à caïman, bois caïman (Haiti); guamá de costa (Cuba); savonette (St. Lucia); savonette grand bois (Guadeloupe, Martinique); savonette grandes feuilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique); savonette jaune (Trinidad); savonette rivière (Guadeloupe, Martinique)
Spanish name	acurutú (Venezuela); almendro (Guatemala); anón (Dominican Republic, Honduras); anón de majagua (Dominican Republic); anon de majaguo (Honduras); chaperno blanco, cincho (Honduras); coto (Costa Rica); cuapaste (Nicaragua); fort-eventura, forte-ventura (Puerto Rico); frijolillo amarillo (Cuba); gallito; genogeno (Puerto Rico); guamá, guamá de costa, guamá hediondo, guamá macho (Cuba); guapaste (Nicaragua); jebe, mahomo (Venezuela); mataboy (Guatemala); palo hediondo, palo seco (Puerto Rico); rectamo (Honduras)
Other name	bwa kayman (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus hintonii Sandwith
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Guerrero)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use
Synonym	Lonchocarpus rugosus var. hintonii (Sandwith) F.J.Herm.
English name	Hinton lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe de Hinton
Spanish name	garrapato (Mexico)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus hondurensis Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala, Belize, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	SD
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr ma (dye) ti (cabinet work, carpentry, flooring, heavy construction, posts, railroad ties)
Synonym
English name	Honduras lancepod; bitterwood, cabbage bark, logwood, turtle-bone, waterside swamp dogwood (Belize)
French name	lonchocarpe du Honduras
Spanish name	chaperno (Honduras); frijolillo de monte (Belize)
Other name	jabin del agua (Belize)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus hughesii M.Sousa
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology
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English name	Hughes lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe de Hughes
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus jaliscensis Pittier
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Jalisco)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology
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English name	Jalisco lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe de Jalisco
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus lanceolatus Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Sinaloa, Oaxaca; El Salvador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use
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English name	lanceolate lancepod
French name	lanchocarpe lancéolé
Spanish name	chaperno de bajillo (El Salvador); vara blanca (Mexico)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus lasiotropis F.J.Herm.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg
Use	ti (flooring, furniture components, heavy construction, railroad ties)
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English name	hairy lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe chevelu
Spanish name	chaperno negro, cincho (Honduras)
Other name	jit'it'ul (tzeltal, Mexico)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus lineatus Pittier
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
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English name	lineate lancepod; waterwood (Belize)
French name	lonchocarpe ligné
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus longipedunculatus M.Sousa & J.C.Soto
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Michoacán)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
Foliage	D
Ecology
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English name	longpeduncule lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe à long pédoncule
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus longipes Urb. & Ekman
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology
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English name	micar lancepod; micar
French name	lonchocarpe d'Hispaniola
Spanish name	anón, anón de mio, anón de río (Dominican Republic); guamá negro, guamá prieto, guamacito (Cuba)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus luteomaculatus Pittier
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fw
Synonym	Lonchocarpus belizensis Lundell Lonchocarpus izabalanus S.F.Blake
English name	yellowspotted lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe tacheté de jaune
Spanish name	zopilote (Nicaragua)
Other name	bitz (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus macrocarpus Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica) MC South America (Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	bigfruit lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe à gros fruits
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus macrophyllus Kunth
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
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Synonym	Dalbergia macrophylla Spreng. Lonchocarpus lucidus Pittier Lonchocarpus sericeus var. glabrescens Benth.
English name	bigleaf lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe à grandes feuilles
Spanish name	chúcalo (Panama)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus magallanesii M.Sousa
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Jalisco)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage	D
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English name	Magallan lancepod
French name	lanchocarpe de Magellan
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus mexicanus Pittier
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	xer
Use	dr (decoction of bark to kill parasites of the livestock) ti (support beams)
Synonym	Coursetia mexicana S.Watson Willardia mexicana (S.Watson) Rose
English name	Mexican lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe du Mexique
Spanish name	nesco, palo piojo, taliste (Mexico)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus michelianus Pittier
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
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English name	Micheli lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe de Micheli
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus minimiflorus Donn.Sm.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	dr fr fw (firewood) pl (living fences) pp (good for paper pulp) ti (fence posts)
Synonym
English name	verysmallflower lancepod; white cabbage bark (Belize)
French name	lonchocarpe à très petites fleurs
Spanish name	carao (Costa Rica); chapelno, chapelno negro (El Salvador); chaperno (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala); chaperno negro (Costa Rica); chapuno (El Salvador); palo de guzano (Belize)
Other name	man-chich (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus minor M.Sousa
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Jalisco, Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology
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English name	minor lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe mineur
Spanish name	chaparno (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus morenoi M.Sousa
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Moreno lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe de Moreno
Spanish name	chaperno (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus mutans M.Sousa
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Jalisco)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	xer
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English name	mutable lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe mutant
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus neurophyllus Urb.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
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Synonym	Lonchocarpus ehrenbergii Urb.
English name	nervedleaf lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe bois d'anneau; bois caïman, bois dano, caïman (Haiti)
Spanish name	anón de majagua, anoncillo de majagua, azota criollo, biajama (Dominican Republic)
Other name	bwa dano, kayman (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus neurophyllus var. oligophyllus Urb. & Ekman
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (end Dominican Republic: La Romana)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology
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English name	sparse nervedleaf lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe bois d'anneau paucifolié
Spanish name	anoncillo (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus oliganthus F.J.Herm.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
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English name	fewflower lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe pauciflore
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus parviflorus Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
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Synonym	Lonchocarpus orotinus Pittier Lonchocarpus whitei Lundell
English name	smallflower lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe à petites fleurs
Spanish name	chaperno, chaperno negra (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Lonchocarpus peninsularis (Donn.Sm.) Pittier
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
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Synonym	Derris nicoyensis Donn.Sm. Derris peninsularis Donn.Sm. Lonchocarpus chiapensis Lundell Lonchocarpus cochleatus Pittier Lonchocarpus fraxineus Standl. & L.O.Williams ex Weberling & Lagos Lonchocarpus kerberi Harms Lonchocarpus nicaraguensis Lundell Lonchocarpus nicoyensis (Donn.Sm.) Pittier Lonchocarpus purpusii Brandegee
English name	peninsular lancepod
French name	lonchocarpe péninsulaire
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