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Latin name	Maytenus stipitata Lundell
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
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English name	stipitate mayten
French name	maytène stipité
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Latin name	Maytenus tetragona Griseb.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Lesser Antilles) NC South America (Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Maytenus gonocladus Griseb. Maytenus sieberiana Krug & Urb.
English name	whitegouti mayten; white gouti wood
French name	maytène quadrangulaire
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Latin name	Maytenus virens Urb.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
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English name	green mayten
French name	maytène vert
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Latin name	Maytenus woodsonii Lundell
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Maytenus vulcanicola Standl.
English name	Woodson mayten
French name	maytène de Woodson
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Latin name	Mecranium Hook.f.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution
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English name	mecranium
French name	mecranium
Spanish name	camasey almendre (Puerto Rico)
Other name	bwa pijon, makrio (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Mecranium amygdalinum (Desr.) C.Wright
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Greater Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Cremanium amygdalinum (Desr.) Griseb. Melastoma amygdalina Desr. Ossaea amygdalina (Desr.) DC.
English name	almondlike mecranium
French name	mecranium bois-pigeon; bois pigeon (Haiti)
Spanish name	camasey, camasey almendre, camasey almendro (Puerto Rico); cordobán (Cuba); palito de vara, pega pollo, sangre de pollo (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Mecranium haemanthum Triana ex Cogn.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	redflower mecranium
French name	mecranium à fleurs rouges
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Latin name	Mecranium latifolium (Cogn.) Skean
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Mecranium amygdalinum var. longifolium (Cogn.) Cogn. Mecranium amygdalinum var. parvifolium (Cogn.) Cogn. Mecranium amygdalinum var. subintegerrimum (Cogn.) Cogn. Mecranium amygdalinum f. latifolium Cogn. Mecranium amygdalinum f. longifolium Cogn. Mecranium amygdalinum f. parvifolium Cogn. Mecranium amygdalinum f. subintegerrimum Cogn.
English name	broadleaf mecranium
French name	mecranium à feuilles larges
Spanish name	camasey almendre (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Mecranium purpurascens (DC.) Triana
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Clidemia ossaeiformis (Naudin) Cogn. Melastoma purpurascens Sw. non Aubl. Miconia ossaeiformis Naudin Ossaea purpurascens DC. Sagraea ossaeiformis (Naudin) Triana
English name	purplish mecranium
French name	mecranium violacé
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Latin name	Mecranium racemosum (Griseb.) C.Wright
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Cremanium racemosum Griseb
English name	racemose mecranium
French name	mecranium à grappes
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Latin name	Mecranium virgatum (Sw.)Triana
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Cremanium virgatum (Sw.) Griseb. Melastoma virgata Sw. Sagraea virgata (Sw.) Macfad.
English name	twiggy mecranium
French name	mecranium branchu
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Latin name	Melicoccus P.Browne
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Melicocca L.
English name	honeyberry; Spanish lime
French name	guenettier
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Latin name	Melicoccus bijugatus Jacq.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida; Nicaragua to Panama, West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Guianas) int S Eurasia and Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	dr (fruits eaten for chest weakness and dry stomach, leaves decoction with salt taken orally for nerve disorders, leaves decoction drink for fever and body malaise, macerated leaves juice gargle for sore throat, thrush and tonsillitis, powdered roasted seed syrup or tea taken orally for diarrhea) fd (drupe pleasantly acid and edible) pl sa ti tx? (fibres of the pulp)
Synonym	Melicocca bijuga L. Melicoccus bijuga L. Schinus melicoccus L.
English name	mamoncillo honeyberry; ackee tree (Jamaica); chennet (Lesser Antilles); genip (Bahamas, USA); genip tree (Puerto Rico); ginep, guinep (Jamaica); kenepa (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao); kinep (Lesser Antilles); kinnup-tree (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao); mamoncillo (USA); Spanish lime (Puerto Rico, USA); wing-leaved honey berry (Jamaica)
French name	guenettier à fruits; canapé (Hispaniola); chenet (Trinidad); quenèpe (Hispaniola); quénépe (Haiti); quenèpe à fruits, quenèpe femelle (Hispaniola); quenèpe-à-fruits, quenepier (Haiti); quenepier (Guadeloupe); quenepier mâle, quenet (Hispaniola); quenette (French Guiana, Guadeloupe); quenettier (Guadeloupe)
Spanish name	anoncillo (Cuba); escanjocote (Nicaragua); genip (Virgin Islands); genipe (Puerto Rico); ginep (Virgin Islands); grosella de miel (Mexico); guenepa (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); guenepo (Dominican Republic); kinep; limoncillo (Dominican Republic); macao (Venezuela); mamón (Colombia, Nicaragua, Venezuela); mamón de Cartagena (Costa Rica); mamoncillo (Colombia, Cuba); manón, manoncillo (Colombia, Puerto Rico); muco (Venezuela); quenepa (Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); quenepa limoncillo
Other name	chennet (Lesser Antilles); kenepa (Netherlands Antilles); kinep (Lesser Antilles); kinnup-thee (Netherlands Antilles); knippen (Suriname); kenèp, kenèp fwi, kenèp mal (creole, Haiti)
Trade name	mamon (Trinidad and Tobago)

Latin name	Meliosma Blume
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Atelandra Bello Heterapithmos Turcz. Kingsboroughia Liebm. Lorenzanea Liebm. Millingtonia Roxb. Oligostemon Turcz. Wellingtonia Meisn.
English name	meliosma; aguacatillo (Virgin Islands)
French name	méliosma¬
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Meliosma abbreviata Urb.
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Massif de la Hotte; Dominican Republic)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	shortened meliosma
French name	méliosma raccourci; coma, coma jaune (Haiti)
Spanish name	akoma, akoma jòn, koma, koma jón (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Meliosma allenii Standl. & L.O.Williams
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Meliosma longipetiolata Standl. & L.O.Williams ex Brizicky Meliosma maxima Standl. & L.O.Williams non Standl. & Steyerm.
English name	Allen meliosma
French name	méliosma d'Allen
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Latin name	Meliosma anisophylla Standl. & L.O.Williams
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
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Synonym	Meliosma anisophyllas Standl. & L.O.Williams
English name	unequalleaf meliosma
French name	méliosma à feuilles inégales
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Latin name	Meliosma brenesii Standl.
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Brenes meliosma
French name	méliosma de Brenes
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Latin name	Meliosma cordata A.H.Gentry
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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English name	cordate meliosma
French name	méliosma cordé
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Latin name	Meliosma corymbosa A.H.Gentry
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end? NC Nicaragua: montane forests)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	corymbose meliosma
French name	méliosma à corymbes
Spanish name	cojollo colorado, comida de quetzal (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Meliosma donnellsmithi Urb.
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	DonnellSmith meliosma
French name	méliosma de Donnell-Smith
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Latin name	Meliosma frondosa Cuatrec. & Idrobo
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	leafy meliosma
French name	méliosma feuillu
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Latin name	Meliosma glabrata (Liebm.) Urb.
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) MW South America (Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Lorenzanea glabrata Liebm. Lorenzanea ira Liebm. Meliosma ira (Liebm.) L.O.Williams Meliosma panamensis Standl. Meliosma tonduzii Donn.Sm.
English name	glabrate meliosma
French name	méliosma glabrescent
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Latin name	Meliosma grandiflora Morton ex A.H.Gentry
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	bigflower meliosma
French name	méliosma à grandes fleurs
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Latin name	Meliosma hartshornii A.H.Gentry
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Barba meliosma
French name	méliosma de Barba
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Latin name	Meliosma herbertii Rolfe
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg
Use	ma ti
Synonym	Atelandra laurina Bello Meliosma tepuensis Steyerm. & Maguire
English name	grossgrain meliosma; gross grain (Grenada); wild cocoa (Trinidad)
French name	méliosma violet; bois de sept ans, bois violet, graines vertes (Lesser Antilles); graines violettes (Dominica, Guadeloupe); gros graines, pruneau (Lesser Antilles); sept ans (Dominica)
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Puerto Rico); arroyo, cacaillo, cacao bobo (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cacao cimarron, cacao cimarrón, cacaobobo, palo de caya prieto (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Meliosma herbertii Rolfe var. herbertii
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guadeloupe)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
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English name	typical grossgrain meliosma
French name	méliosma violet typique
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Latin name	Meliosma herbertii var. martinicensis Krug & Urb.
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Martinique)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Martinique grossgrain meliosma
French name	méliosma violet de la Martinique; bois de Balata, deux-choux (Martinique
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Latin name	Meliosma idiopoda S.F.Blake
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Meliosma dives Standl. & Steyerm.
English name	Mexican meliosma
French name	méliosma du Mexique
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Latin name	Meliosma impressa Krug & Urb.
Family	Sabiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	impressed meliosma
French name	méliosma gounelle; gounelle (Haiti)
Spanish name	aguacatillo, algarrobo, arroyo (Puerto Rico); cacao bobo, chicharrón bobo (Dominican Republic); serillo (Puerto Rico)
Other name	gwanèl (creole, Haiti)
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