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Latin name
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Mouriri myrtilloides ssp. parvifolia (Benth.) Morley
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Family
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Melastomataceae
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Distribution
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SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
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North America distribution zone
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SC SE
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Height
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Foliage
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Ecology
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hyg
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Use
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fr ti (fence posts)
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Synonym
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Mouriri parvifolia Benth.
Mouriria parvifolia Benth.
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English name
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smallleaf falseblueberry mouriri; blossom berry jug (Belize); blossomberry jug; half crown, half-crown, jug, turtle bone, wild guava (Belize)
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French name
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mouriri fausse-myrtille à petites feuilles
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Spanish name
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arracheche (Panama); cachita (Belize); cacho de venado (Guatemala, Panama); cacho venado (Belize); camaron, camarón, capulin verde, capulín verde (El Salvador); chicharillo (Guatemala); cierito (Panama); cuerno de venado (Guatemala, Panama); fierrito (El Salvador); granadillo (Belize); guayabillo (Panama); iquacillo (El Salvador); isna (Honduras); kenna (Panama); llave (Bolivia); pata del diablo (El Salvador); solacra (Panama); venado (Belize); viushi (Mexico)
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Other name
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Latin name
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Muntingia calabura L.
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Family
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Elaeocarpaceae
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Distribution
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SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics) int Old World
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North America distribution zone
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SC SE
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Height
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M
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Foliage
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E
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Ecology
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hel mes xer calc sili
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Use
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dr (flower decoction taken orally for nerve ailments, spasms and cough, fruits, leaves) fd (fruits) fr (flowers for bees, fruits for birds and bats) fw (firewood) ma pl (crop) sa ti (baskets, cordage, house beams)
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Synonym
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Muntingia rosea H.Karst.
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English name
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calabura muntingia; buah cheri (Malaysia); calabur-tree; calabura (Bahamas, Jamaica); capuleen (Belize); cherry-tree, Chinese cherry (Malaysia); Jamaica cherry (Bahamas, Jamaica); Jamaica-cherry (USA); Jamaican cherry (Bahamas, Jamaica); Japanese-cherry (Malaysia); strawberry tree; strawberry-tree (USA)
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French name
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muntingia marron; bois d'orme, bois de rose, bois de soie, bois de soie marron (Haiti)
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Spanish name
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acuruco (Colombia); bolaina, bolina (Peru); capuli (Cuba, El Salvador); capulí (Cuba); capulin (Belize, Central America, Mexico); capulín (Central America, Mexico, Puerto Rico); capulin blanco (Guatemala); capulín blanco (Costa Rica, Guatemala); capulín de comer (El Salvador); capulina, capulinas (Cuba); cedrillo (Venezuela); cereza (Cuba); cerezo (Peru); chirriador, chitato (Colombia); comida paloma (Ecuador); datiles (Philippines); guacima boba, guácima cereza (Cuba); guácimo hembra (Venezuela); guasima cereza, guasíma cereza (Cuba); guinda (Mexico, Peru); iumanasa (Peru); majagillo (Panama); majagua (Venezuela); majaguillo (Panama); majagüillo (Venezuela); majagüito (Colombia); memiso (Cuba, Dominican Republic); mullaca-huayo, mullacahuayo (Peru); nigua (Colombia); niguito (Ecuador); nigüito (Ecuador, Venezuela); niguo (Venezuela); ovillo (Bolivia); pacito, pasito (Panama); perequito (Colombia, Panama); periquito (Panama); puan (Mexico); tapabotija (Colombia); uvilla, uvillo (Bolivia); yumanasa (Peru)
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Other name
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bwa dòm, bwa swa, bwa swa mawon (creole, Haiti); calabura (portuguese, Brazil); couplin (India); e'ek-eeb (maya, Belize); pau de seda, pau-de-seda (portuguese, Brazil); pua, puá (nahuatl, Mexico); puam (huasteco, Mexico)
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Latin name
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Myrcia citrifolia (Aubl.) Urb.
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Family
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Myrtaceae
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Distribution
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SE North America (West Indies) NW NC South America (Venezuela, Guianas)
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North America distribution zone
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SE
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Height
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M
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Foliage
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Ecology
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hel mes xer calc sili
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Use
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dr (leaves decoction as mouth rinse for gum disease) fd (honey)
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Synonym
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Aulomyrcia acetosans (Poir.) O.Berg
Aulomyrcia citrifolia (Aubl.) Amshoff
Aulomyrcia coriacea (Vahl) O.Berg
Aulomyrcia jacquiniana O.Berg
Aulomyrcia triflora O.Berg
Caryophyllus cotinifolius Mill.
Eugenia acetosans Poir.
Eugenia marginata Pers.
Eugenia paniculata Jacq.
Eugenia saviaefolia Alain
Myrcia citrifolia var. jacquiniana (O.Berg) Stehlé & Quentin
Myrcia coriacea (Vahl) DC.
Myrcia coriacea var. jacquinia (O.Berg) Griseb.
Myrcia coriacea var. swartziana Griseb.
Myrcia paniculata (Jacq.) Krug & Urb.
Myrcia paniculata var. jacquinia (O.Berg) Duss.
Myrcia vernicosa DC.
Myrtus citrifolia Aubl.
Myrtus coriacea Vahl
Myrtus cotinifolia J.F.Gmel.
Myrtus marginata (Pers.) Spreng.
Myrtus trifida Sessé & Moç.
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English name
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lemonleaf myrcia; red rod wood (Barbados, Puerto Rico)
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French name
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myrcia feuille-de-citron; bois d'amour (Haiti); bois de fer (Lesser Antilles); bois de Sainte-Lucie; bois fustet, bois grillé, bois St-Lucie (Lesser Antilles); bois ti feuilles (Guadeloupe); bois z'amour, bois-fustet, bois-petites-feuilles; couroupoun (Lesser Antilles); maguette (Haiti); malagnette; malaguette (Haiti); merisier (Martinique); merisier bois petite feuille, merisier de St Lucie (Lesser Antilles); merisier-petites-feuilles, myrte à feuille de citron; myrte à feuilles de citron (Haiti); poirier Jamaïque; poivrier de la Jamaïque, poivrier Jamaïque (Haiti); ti feuilles (Martinique)
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Spanish name
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hoja menuda (Cuba, Puerto Rico); limoncillo del monte (Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda); malagueta (Dominican Republic); pimienta cimarrona (Cuba)
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Other name
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bwa damou (creole, Haiti); ianaua (carib); kurupum (Dominica); magèt, malagèt, mit fèy citwon, pwavye jamayik, pwaye jamayik (creole, Haiti); taka-taka (carib)
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Latin name
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Myrcia deflexa (Poir.) DC.
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Family
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Myrtaceae
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Distribution
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SE North America (West Indies except Jamaica) South America (tropics)
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North America distribution zone
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SE
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Height
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Foliage
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Ecology
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hel [hyg]
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Use
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ma ti
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Synonym
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Eugenia deflexa Poir.
Marlierea intonsa McVaugh
Myrcia crassinervia DC.
Myrcia deflexa var. dussii Krug & Urb. ex Urb.
Myrcia duchassaingiana O.Berg
Myrcia ferruginea DC.
Myrcia ferruginea O.Berg
Myrcia ferruginea var. domingensis O.Berg
Myrcia ferruginea var. martinicensis O.Berg
Myrcia humboldtiana DC.
Myrcia humboldtiana var. caribaea O.Berg
Myrcia sulcata O.Berg
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English name
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deflected myrcia; wild celement, wild plumrose (St. Vincent)
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French name
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myrcia défléchi; bois créole (Lesser Antilles); bois dubarre; brésillette (Guadeloupe); goyavier; goyavier bâtard, goyavier café, goyavier montagne, goyavier queue de rat (Lesser Antilles); goyavier-montagne; goyavier-queue-de-rat; petite-feuille, queue-de-rat (Guadeloupe)
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Spanish name
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anquey chiquito, aquey del chiquito, auquey chiquito (Dominican Republic); cieneguillo (Puerto Rico)
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Other name
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Latin name
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Myrcia fallax (Rich.) DC.
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Family
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Myrtaceae
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Distribution
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SE North America (Panama, Lesser Antilles) South America (tropics)
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North America distribution zone
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SE
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Height
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Foliage
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Ecology
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Use
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Synonym
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Aulomyrcia wullschlaegeliana O.Berg
Eugenia fallax Rich.
Eugenia paniculiflora Steud.
Myrcia acuminata (Kunth) DC.
Myrcia acuminata var. genuina O.Berg
Myrcia acuminata var. peruviana O.Berg
Myrcia aguitensis Gleason
Myrcia barrensis O.Berg
Myrcia berberis DC.
Myrcia berberis var. angustifolia O.Berg
Myrcia bracteolaris (Poir.) DC.
Myrcia brandami O.Berg
Myrcia chilensis O.Berg
Myrcia complicata (Kunth) DC.
Myrcia costata DC.
Myrcia coumetoides O.Berg
Myrcia dictyoneura Diels
Myrcia divaricata Griseb. non DC.
Myrcia hayneana var. paraensis O.Berg
Myrcia kegeliana O.Berg non Kiaersk.
Myrcia kegeliana var. longifolia O.Berg
Myrcia latifolia O.Berg
Myrcia macrophylla DC.
Myrcia magnoliifolia DC.
Myrcia martinicensis Krug & Urb. ex Urb.
Myrcia micrantha O.Berg
Myrcia negrensis O.Berg
Myrcia reticulata O.Berg
Myrcia spruceana O.Berg
Myrcia subsessilis var. ovalis O.Berg
Myrcia venezuelensis O.Berg
Myrtus acuminata Kunth
Myrtus bracteolaris Poir.
Myrtus complicata Kunth
Myrtus stoupyi Spreng.
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English name
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false myrcia; gin (Dominica); wild plumrose (St. Vincent)
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French name
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myrcia bois-grillé; bois cravier, bois de basse blanc, bois de fer blanc; bois grillé (St. Lucia); goyavier bâtard, goyavier-montagne-petites-feuilles, petit goyavier bâtard, petit goyavier batard montagne; petit goyavier montagne (Guadeloupe); petites-feuilles des hauts
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Spanish name
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curame (Puerto Rico, Venezuela); desconocido (Peru); guayabo negro (Venezuela); hoja menuda (Puerto Rico); rupiña (Peru)
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Other name
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murta (Brazil)
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Trade name
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