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Latin name	Miconia dodecandra (Desr.) Cogn.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Diplochita swartziana DC. Melastoma compressa Vahl Melastoma dodecandra Desr. Melastoma swartziana Rich. Melastoma tamonea Sw. p.p.
English name	twelvestamen maya; maya
French name	miconia à douze étamines
Spanish name	cordobancillo (Cuba); manampú (Honduras); Santa Maria (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Miconia dolichopoda Naudin
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	longstalk maya
French name	miconia du Costa Rica
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Latin name	Miconia dolichorrhyncha Naudin
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	longbeak maya
French name	miconia à long bec
Spanish name	tinto (Colombia
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Latin name	Miconia donaeana Naudin
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala: Petén to Panama) NC MW South America (Venezuela, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Chitonia caudata D.Don Miconia doniana Naudin
English name	Don maya
French name	miconia de Don
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Other name	annanoriqui (Peru)
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Latin name	Miconia dorsiloba Gleason
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	lobed maya
French name	miconia lobé
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Latin name	Miconia elata (Sw.) DC.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hel [mes]
Use	fr
Synonym	Melastoma elatum Sw. Melastoma eurychaenioides Griseb. p.p. Miconia eurynchioides Griseb.
English name	tall maya
French name	miconia élevé
Spanish name	cordobán (Cuba); manampú (Honduras)
Other name	béwé
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Latin name	Miconia ernstii Wurdack
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Dominica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Ernst maya
French name	miconia d'Ernst
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Latin name	Miconia fadyenii (Hook.) Judd & Skean
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Charianthus fadyenii (Hook.) Griseb. Tetrazygia fadyenii Hook.
English name	Jamaica maya
French name	miconia de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Miconia foveolata Cogn.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	pl (potential)
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English name	PuertoRico maya; Puerto Rico Johnny berry (Puerto Rico)
French name	miconia de Porto Rico
Spanish name	camasey (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Miconia friedmaniorum Almeda & Umaña
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Friedman maya
French name	miconia de Friedman
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Latin name	Miconia fulvostella L.O.Williams
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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English name	mountain maya; mountain sirin (Belize)
French name	miconia de montagne
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Latin name	Miconia furfuracea (Vahl) Griseb.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Jamaica, Lesser Antilles) NC South America (Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
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Synonym	Melastoma furfuraceum Vahl
English name	scurfy maya
French name	miconia grand-bois; bois cendre, bois côte savane, bois cotelette, cré cré grand bois
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Latin name	Miconia gentryi Wurdack
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Gentry maya
French name	miconia de Gentry
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Latin name	Miconia glaberrima (Schltdl.) Naudin
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Costa Rica) MW South America (Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Melastoma glaberrima Schltdl.
English name	smoothest maya
French name	miconia glabrissime
Spanish name	uva (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Miconia gracilis Triana
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	slender maya
French name	miconia élancé
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Other name	chignul (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Miconia gratissima Benth.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	graceful maya
French name	miconia gracieux
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Other name	wakaradan (Guyana)
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Latin name	Miconia hemenostigma Naudin
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Oaxaca to Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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English name	spotted maya
French name	miconia tacheté
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Latin name	Miconia holosericea (L.) DC.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
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Use	dr fd fw ti
Synonym	Diplochita bracteata DC. Diplochita mucronata (Desr.) DC. Melastoma holosericeum L. Melastoma mucrunata Desr. Miconia holosericea var. bracteata (DC.) Cogn. Miconia holosericea var. mucronata (Desr.) Cogn. Miconia holosericea var. subquintuplinervia Cogn. Miconia mucronata (Desr.) Naudin
English name	silky maya
French name	miconia soyeux
Spanish name	bimichexe (Bolivia); la yerba de la mancha (Belize); rifari hoja grande (Peru); sirin (Belize)
Other name	pied bois (creole, French Guiana); waraia (arawak, Suriname)
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Latin name	Miconia hondurensis Donn.Sm.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Use	dr fr
Synonym	Miconia gatunensis Pittier
English name	Honduras maya; blossom berry, chigger nuts, sirin (Belize)
French name	miconia du Honduras
Spanish name	manampú (Honduras)
Other name	ah-sir (maya, Belize); cipit (maya, Mexico); g'hua-bon (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Miconia hyperprasina Naudin
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Oaxaca to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Ecology	[mes]
Use	ti
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English name	leedlike maya
French name	miconia gris-charcoal
Spanish name	cafecillo (Guatemala); manzana, tesuate (Mexico)
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Latin name	Miconia hypiodes Urb. & Ekman
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Massif de la Hotte)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	violet maya
French name	miconia violet; macrio (Haiti)
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Latin name	Miconia ibaguensis (Bonpl.) Triana
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Clidemia chamissonis Naudin Clidemia glabrata Steud. Clidemia maculata Benth. Clidemia miconioides Benth. Clidemia virgata Pittier Leandra ciliata Cham. Melastoma ibaguensis Bonpl. Melastoma lineatum Schltdl. Melastoma pilosum Sessé & Moç. Miconia auriculata DC. Miconia eriophora Miq. Miconia ibaguensis var. glabrata (Steud.) Cogn. Miconia lineata (Schltdl.) Naudin Staphidium glabratum (Steud.) Naudin
English name	Ibagué maya
French name	miconia d'Ibagué
Spanish name	sirín, uva (Honduras)
Other name	mispel (Suriname)
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Latin name	Miconia impetiolaris (Sw.) D.Don ex DC.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) NC M South America (Venezuela, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg acid
Use	dr (leaves and bark decoction for hemorrhage)
Synonym	Melastoma elata Bello non DC. Melastoma impetiolare Sw. Melastoma wydleriana DC. Miconia macrophylla Macfad. Tamonea impetiolaris Cook & Collins
English name	bigleaf maya; maya, white maya p.p. (Belize)
French name	miconia trois-côtes; bois-côtelette rouge; macrio, macrioi, mavrioi, trois côtes (Haiti)
Spanish name	auguey (Dominican Republic); camasey colorado, camasey de costilla (Puerto Rico); cordobán, cordobán arbusto, cristo verde (Cuba); dos caras (Panama); hoja de pasmo (Costa Rica); hoja de queso (Guatemala); jao-jao, jatico (Dominican Republic); manampú, ojancha (Honduras); oreja de danta (Guatemala); oreja de mula (Panama); punta de lanza, punta de sarvia (Colombia); quitasolillo (Cuba); sirin (Honduras); sirín (Guatemala); tejuate, tesuate (Mexico); uva (Honduras)
Other name	makrio, twa kòt, twazokòt (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Miconia impetiolaris (Sw.) D.Don ex DC. var. impetiolaris
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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English name	typical bigleaf maya
French name	miconia trois-côtes typique
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Latin name	Miconia impetiolaris var. pandurifolia Naudin
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	pandurate bigleaf maya
French name	miconia trois-côtes panduré
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Other name	oluka (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Miconia incurva Gleason
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	incurved maya
French name	miconia incurvé
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Latin name	Miconia insularis Gleason
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) MW South America (Ecuador: Coast, Andes, Amazonas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	insular maya
French name	miconia insulaire
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Latin name	Miconia laevigata (L.) D.Don
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador: Coast, Andes; Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	[hel] mes calc
Use	dr (leaves and bark tea or bath for fever, leaves and bark warmed with water compress for bite and wound)
Synonym	Acinodendrum laevigatum Kuntze Melastoma ambigua Bonpl. p.p. Melastoma laevigatum L. Melastoma nicotianaefolia Desr. Melastoma portoricensis Spreng. Melastoma virescens Vahl Miconia ambigua DC. p.p. Miconia laevigata (L.) DC. Miconia nicotianaefolia DC. Miconia pyramidalis DC. Miconia virescens (Vahl) Triana Tamanoa laevigata Krasser
English name	hogwood maya; gold bush; hogwood (Montserrat); Johnny berry; joint bush (Panama); smooth Johnny berry (Puerto Rico); white wattle
French name	miconia noir; bois cendre, bois côtelette (Martinique); bois côtelette (Guadeloupe); bois-côtelette; crécré (Dominica, Martinique); crécré noir (Martinique); macrio (Haiti); petit crécré, soufrière (Guadeloupe, Martinique)
Spanish name	camasay de paloma (Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda); camasey (Puerto Rico); capulineillo (Mexico); cocinera (Honduras); cordobancillo de arroyo (Cuba); granadillo (Dominican Republic); manampú (Honduras); ojo de gato (Mexico); sirin (Belize, El Salvador); teshuate (Mexico); tinajito (Guatemala); totopozole (Mexico)
Other name	makrio (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Miconia lateriflora Cogn.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia to Guianas, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador: Amazonas; Peru, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Miconia disparilis (Standl.) L.O.Williams Miconia tessmannii Markgr. Ossaea ciliata Cogn. Ossaea disparilis Standl.
English name	lateralflower maya
French name	miconia à fleurs latérales
Spanish name	sirin (Belize)
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Latin name	Miconia leucantha Gleason
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	whiteflower maya
French name	miconia à fleurs blanches
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