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Latin name	Machaerium glabripes Pittier
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (end Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	glabrous machaerium
French name	machérium glabre
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Latin name	Machaerium isadelphum (E.Mey.) Amshoff
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize, Nicaragua to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr fw ti
Synonym	Drepanocarpus isadelphus E.Mey. Machaerium angustifolium Vogel Machaerium armatum Vogel Machaerium bangii Rusby Machaerium costaricanum Pittier Machaerium longifolium Benth. Machaerium marginatum Standl. Machaerium schunkei J.F.Macbr. Machaerium setulosum Pittier Machaerium tobagense Urb.
English name	longleaf machaerium
French name	machérium à longues feuilles
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Latin name	Machaerium kegelii Meisn.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Jalisco to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia,Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	dr
Synonym	Machaerium bracteatum Benth. Machaerium marginatum Standl. Machaerium pachyphyllum Pittier Machaerium steinbachianum Hoehne
English name	Kegel machaerium; bloody tie tie (Belize)
French name	machérium de Kegel
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Latin name	Machaerium lunatum (L.f.) Ducke
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America, West Indies) South America (tropics) W Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	fd
Synonym	Drepanocarpus africanus G.Don Drepanocarpus lunatus (L.f.) G.Mey. Pterocarpus apterus Gaertn. Pterocarpus lunatus L.f. Sommerfeldtia obovata Schumach.
English name	lunate machaerium; bundari? (Guyana)
French name	machérium croc-chien; croc chien (Martinique); croc-chien, mangle; mangle piquant (Martinique); mangle-médaille, un angle
Spanish name	anga (Costa Rica); aturia (Peru); cambrón, escambrón (Dominican Republic); palo de hoz (Puerto Rico); trepadora leñosa (Dominican Republic)
Other name	fuindi, fundi, lufundi (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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Latin name	Machaerium microphyllum (E.Mey.) Standl.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) South America
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	[S]?
Foliage	D
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Synonym	Machaerium altiscandens Ducke
English name	smallleaf machaerium
French name	machérium à petites feuilles
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Latin name	Machaerium nicaraguense Rudd
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Nicaragua machaerium
French name	machérium du Nicaragua
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Latin name	Machaerium pittieri J.F.Macbr.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Machaerium acuminatum var. latifolium Benth. Machaerium arboreum var. latifolium (Benth.) Hoehne
English name	Pittier machaerium
French name	machérium de Pittier
Spanish name	chaperno (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Machaerium salvadorense (Donn.Sm.) Rudd
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Jalisco to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Drepanocarpus salvadorensis Donn.Sm. Machaerium acanthothyrsus Pittier Machaerium habroneurum Standl.
English name	ElSalvador machaerium
French name	machérium d'El Salvador
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Latin name	Machaerium seemannii Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Tabasco to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Use	dr
Synonym	Machaerium campylocarpum Donn.Sm. Machaerium intermedium Pittier
English name	Seemann machaerium
French name	machérium de Seemann
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Latin name	Machaonia Humb. & Bonpl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution
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English name	machaonia
French name	machaonia
Spanish name	alfilerillo (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Machaonia acuminata Humb. & Bonpl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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English name	acuminate machaonia
French name	machaonia acuminé
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Latin name	Machaonia lindeniana Baill.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Tabasco, Campeche, Quintana Roo; Belize)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg
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French name	Linden machaonia
Spanish name	machaonia de Linden
Other name	campocolche, cuchel (maya)
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Latin name	Machaonia martinicensis (DC.) Standl.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama, Jamaique, Martinique) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Machaonia rotundata Griseb. Machaonia rotundata var. dodgei Standl. Schiedia martinicensis (DC.) A.Rich. Tertrea martinicensis DC.
English name	Martinique machaonia
French name	machaonia de la Martinique
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Latin name	Machaonia microphylla Griseb.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Machaonia variifolia Urb.
English name	smallleaf machaonia
French name	machaonia à petites feuilles
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Latin name	Machaonia pauciflora Urb.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	fewflower machaonia
French name	machaonia pauciflore
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Latin name	Machaonia portoricensis Baill.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	xer
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English name	PuertoRico machaonia
French name	machaonia de Porto Rico
Spanish name	alfilerillo, roseta (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Maclura Nutt.
Family	Moraceae
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Synonym	Cardiogyne Bureau Chlorophora Gaudich. Fusticus Raf. Joxylon Raf. Toxylon Raf.
English name	osageorange; osage-orange
French name	maclure; bois-d'arc, oranger des Osages
Spanish name	mora, mora declavo, mora lisa, moral, moral amarillo, palo de mora
Other name	maclura (italian); Osagedorn (german)
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Latin name	Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C.K.Schneid.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas) int MW Eurasia (former USSR and Yugoslavia, Italy, Romania) and SC Eurasia (India)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology
Use	dr (eye medication) fd fr (silkworm: leaves) fw ma (yellow dye from roots) pl (living fences) sa ti (bows, fence posts, railroad ties, war-clubs)
Synonym	Ioxylon pomiferum Raf. Joxylon pomiferum Raf. Maclura aurantiaca Nutt. Toxylon aurantiacum (Nutt.) Raf. Toxylon pomiferum Raf.
English name	hedge osageorange; bodark, bodeck, bodock, bow wood, bowwood, hedge, hedge apple, hedge-apple, horse-apple, mock orange, osage, osage apple tree, Osage orange, osage orange, Osage-orange, yellow wood
French name	maclure épineuse; bois-d'arc, maclure orangée, mûrier des Osages; oranger des Osages (Morocco); oranger des osages
Spanish name	machura, madera de arco (Spain); naranjo chino
Other name	Apfelfrüchtiger Osagedorn, Gelbholz (german); maclura, moro degli Osagi (italian); Osagedorn (german)
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Latin name	Maclura tinctoria (L.) D.Don ex Steud.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America int MW Africa (Sierra Leone)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D [E] SD
Ecology	hel hyg mes calc
Use	dr (bark, dried latex placed beside tooth as tooth anesthetic, flower infusion taken orally for cold, gargle with fruits decoction for mouth sore and sore throat, macerated roots with water taken orally for hepatitis) fd (fruits) ma (stain khaki or yellow-brown) pl (ornamental) pp (good for pulp and paper) sa ti (beams, boat framing, bridges, cabinet work, coach-building, covers, dock fenders, fence posts, flooring, furniture, general carpentry, heavy construction, interior trim, manuel goods, maritime and general construction, mine props, piling, pit-props, planking, poles, railroad ties, tool handles, turned work, wheels)
Synonym	Broussonetia plumierii Spreng. Broussonetia tinctoria (L.) Kunth Broussonetia xanthoxylon (L.) Mart. Broussonetia zanthoxylon (L.) Mart. Chlorophora tinctoria (L.) Gaudich. Chlorophora tinctoria (L.) Gaudich. ex Benth. & Hook.f. Chlorophora tinctoria ssp. eutinctoria Hassl. Chlorophora tinctoria ssp. zanthoxylon (L.) Hassl. Chlorophora tinctoria var. affinis Hassl. Chlorophora tinctoria var. ovata Chodat Chlorophora tinctoria var. polyneura (Miq.) Bureau Chlorophora tinctoria var. xanthoxyla (L.) Chodat & Hassl. Chlorophora tinctoria var. zanthoxylon (L.) Chodat Chlorophora tinctoria f. miqueliana Hassl. Chlorophora tinctoria f. ovata Hassl. Chlorophora tinctoria f. polyneura (Miq.) Hassl. Chlorophora tinctoria f. tataiiba Hassl. Fusticus tinctorius (L.) Raf. Maclura affinis Miq. Maclura chlorocarpa Liebm. Maclura macrocarpa Liebm. Maclura polyneura Miq. Maclura tinctoria var. affinis (Miq.) Bureau Maclura tinctoria var. chlorocarpa (Liebm.) Bureau Maclura tinctoria var. ovata Bureau Maclura tinctoria var. zanthoxylon (L.) Bureau Maclura velutina Blume Maclura zanthoxylon (L.) Endl. Maclura tinctoria var. polyneura (Miq.) Bureau Morus tinctoria L. Morus zanthoxylon L.
English name	drug osageorange; drug fustictree, drug osage-orange; fustic (English Antilles); fustic mulberry (Puerto Rico); fustic tree (Barbados, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad); red fustic, snook (Jamaica)
French name	maclura bois-jaune; bois d'orange (Trinidad, St. Lucia); bois jaune (French Antilles); mûrier-pays
Spanish name	amarello (Bolivia); amarillo; avinge, avinje, avinjé (Colombia); barossa (Mexico); brasil (Costa Rica); dinde, dindé, dinde fustete, dinde moral (Colombia); escambrón de madera; fustete (Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Paraguay); fustic (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Panama); incira, insira, insira caspi, insira-caspi (Peru); lailapo, lalaipo, leilapo (Ecuador); limulana (Peru); macano (Central America); malal fustete (Colombia); mara de país; monta (Colombia); mora (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); mora amarilla (Honduras); mora blanca (Cuba, Venezuela); mora Brazil (Costa Rica); mora de clavo (Mexico); mora de espina (Costa Rica); mora de palo (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); mora del país (Cuba); mora lisa (Mexico); mora macho (Cuba, Dominican Republic); moral (Central America, Mexico); moral amarillo (Mexico, Venezuela); moral de clavo; moral fino (Ecuador); morán (Nicaragua); morillo (Costa Rica); morillo brasil (Costa Rica); morita, moríta (Colombia); mulana (Peru); palo amarillo (Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Puerto Rico); palo de amarillo; palo de mora (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay, Venezuela); palo mora; palo moral (Central America); palo moro (Colombia); sota (Ecuador); tatajuba (Costa Rica)
Other name	amarelinho, amora-branca (Brazil); amoreira (portuguese, Brazil); amoreira branca (Brazil); amoreira-branca (portuguese, Brazil); auroreira (Brazil); bwa jòn (creole, Haiti); chiap (shuar); chijchijtli (nahuatl, Mexico); contonatiqui (campa asháninca, Peru); fustic (chontal); jataiba (Brazil); jataíba (portuguese, Brazil); jorema de espinho (Brazil); limãorana (portuguese, Brazil); limorana (Brazil); lun-da-e quec (chontal); moreira (portuguese, Brazil); palu de mora, palu dushi, palu dushi di cabei (Netherlands Antilles); pau-amarelo (portuguese, Brazil); pau-de-fogo (Brazil); paú-de-fogo (portuguese, Brazil); saiyú (Paraguay); taiúva (portuguese, Brazil); tajuua (Brazil); tajuva (portuguese, Brazil); takajuva (Brazil); tata-yivá-saiyù (Argentina); tatagyva (Argentina, Paraguay); tatajiba (Brazil); tatajivá (Paraguay); tatajuba, tatajuba de espinho (Brazil); tatajuva, tatané (portuguese, Brazil); tatayiba (Argentina, Paraguay); tatayiba-saiyu (Argentina); tatayivá (Paraguay); tatayivá-saiyú (Argentina); tatayuba (Argentina, Paraguay); taúba (portuguese, Brazil); tsitsil, tzitzig (huasteco); tzitzil, tzitziy (huasteco, Mexico); ya-hui, yaga-huil (zapoteco)
Trade name	fustete; fustic (Europa); fustic dyer's mulberry; mora amarilla (Argentina, USA)

Latin name	Maclura tinctoria (L.) D.Don ex Steud. ssp. tinctoria
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Use	fd (spice) ma (dye) ti
Synonym	Chlorophora tinctoria (L.) Gaudich. ssp. tinctoria
English name	typical drug osageorange
French name	maclura bois-jaune typique
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Latin name	Macoubea Aubl.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution
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English name	macoubea
French name	macoubea
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Latin name	Macoubea aguilarii J.F.Morales
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Aguilar macoubea
French name	macoubea d'Aguilar
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Latin name	Macoubea guianensis Aubl.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N M South America (Colombia to French Guiana, Peru, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	fd (fruits)
Synonym	Macoubea paucifolia (Spruce ex Müll.Arg.) Markgr. ex L.O.Williams Macoubea sinuosa (Miers) Markgr. Macoubea sprucei var. pauciflora (Spruce ex Müll.Arg.) Monach. Macoubea witotorum R.E.Schult. Merizadenia amplifolia Miers Parahancornia tabernaemontana Woodson Rhigospira paucifolia (Spruce ex Müll.Arg.) Miers Rhigospira reticulata (A.DC.) Miers Rhigospira sinuosa Miers Tabernaemontana aubletii Pulle Tabernaemontana macrophylla Lam. Tabernaemontana paucifolia Spruce ex Müll.Arg.
English name	Guiana macoubea
French name	macoubea de Guyane
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Latin name	Macoubea mesoamericana J.F.Morales
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	CentralAmerica macoubea
French name	macoubea de l'Amérique centrale
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Latin name	Macoubea sprucei (Müll.Arg.) Markg.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Rhigospira sprucei (Müll.Arg.) Miers Tabernaemontana sprucei Müll.Arg.
English name	Spruce macoubea
French name	macoubea de Spruce
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Latin name	Macrocarpaea (Griseb.) Gilg
Family	Gentianaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Lisianthius P.Browne p.p.
English name	macrocarpaea
French name	macrocarpéa
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Latin name	Macrocarpaea thamnoides (Griseb.) Gilg
Family	Gentianaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Lisianthius thamnoides Griseb. Macrocarpaea hartii Krug & Urb.
English name	shrublike macrocarpaea
French name	macrocarpéa arbustif
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Latin name	Macrocnemum P.Browne
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Lasionema D.Don
English name	macrocnemum
French name	macrocnemum
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Latin name	Macrocnemum jamaicense L.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	whitetorn macrocnemum; white torn (Jamaica)
French name	macrocnemum de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Macrocnemum roseum (Ruiz & Pav.) Wedd.
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	fr ma (resin used for glue and sealed)
Synonym	Cinchona fusca Ruiz ex Vitman Cinchona rosea Ruiz & Pav. Cinchona sprucei Rusby Cinchona tarantaron Pav. ex Wedd. Lasionema cinchonioides Wedd. Lasionema glabrescens Benth. Lasionema roseum (Ruiz & Pav.) D.Don Macrocnemum cinchonoides (Wedd.) Wedd. Macrocnemum glabrescens (Benth.) Wedd. Macrocnemum hirsutum Rusby Macrocnemum pastoense H.Karst. Macrocnemum pilosinervium Standl. Macrocnemum sprucei Rusby
English name	rose macrocnemum
French name	macrocnemum rose
Spanish name	aceite Maria (Bolivia); cedro chumaquino, cedro macho; coloradillo canteado (Bolivia); guanabana torete; madroño (Panama); palo blanco (Panama); palo cuadrado (Costa Rica, Panama); tutumillo, tutumio macho (Bolivia)
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