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Latin name	Myrica phanerodonta Standl.
Family	Myricaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	conspicuous bayberry
French name	myrique visible
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Latin name	Myrica pubescens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Family	Myricaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	dr (decongestant and migraines medicine) fr fw ma (aromatic candle) sa ti
Synonym	Myrica arguta Kunth
English name	pubescent bayberry
French name	myrique pubescent
Spanish name	aliso (Ecuador); aliso rojo, cebillo, cebo (Bolivia); laureal de cera (Bolivia, Colombia); laurel (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru); laurel de cera (Colombia, Ecuador); laurel serrano (Ecuador); olivio de cera, olivo de cera, roble (Colombia); ssaire, tuppasaire (Peru); yana yana (Bolivia)
Other name	sittu (quichua, Bolivia)
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Latin name	Myriocarpa Benth.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution
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English name	myriocarpa
French name	myriocarpe
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Latin name	Myriocarpa bifurca Liebm.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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English name	bifurcate myriocarpa
French name	myriocarpe bifurqué
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Latin name	Myriocarpa cordifolia Liebm.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Costa Rica) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg->mes
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English name	cordateleaf myriocarpa
French name	myriocarpe cordifolié
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Latin name	Myriocarpa heterostachya Donn.Sm.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
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Synonym	Myriocarpa heterospicata Donn.Sm.
English name	unevenspike myriocarpa
French name	myriocarpe à épis inégaux
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Latin name	Myriocarpa longipes Liebm.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg->mes
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Synonym	Myriocarpa inaequilateris Liebm. Myriocarpa longipes var. yzabalensis Donn.Sm. Myriocarpa malacophylla B.L.Rob. & Bartlett Myriocarpa yzabalensis (Donn.Sm.) Killip
English name	longstalk myriocarpa; cow itch
French name	myriocarpe des Amériques
Spanish name	chichicaste (Guatemala); chichicaste colorado (El Salvador); chichicaste manso (Guatemala); chichicastillo (Belize, Honduras); estrella (Costa Rica); llorón (Honduras); mala mujer (Belize); picapica (El Salvador); puchalante (Mexico); tapon (Honduras)
Other name	chicastle (nahuatl, Mexico); chichicastle (nahuatl, Mexico); púxlatem (huasteco, Mexico)
Trade name	lo-sam (maya, Belize)

Latin name	Myriocarpa obovata Donn.Sm.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Myriocarpa paniculata S.F.Blake
English name	obovate myriocarpa
French name	myriocarpe obové
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Latin name	Myrospermum Jacq.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
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English name	myrospermun
French name	myrospermun
Spanish name	cercipo (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Myrospermum frutescens Jacq.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hel xer?
Use	dr (alcoholic legume beverage applied as a massage for rheumatism and muscle spasms, legume vapor dissolved in ether and inhaled for chest ailments, stem resin dissolved in alcohol applied to tooth for toothache) pl ti (fence posts, general construction, heavy pieces, posts)
Synonym	Bannisteria purpurea Mill. Calusia emarginata Bertero ex Klotzsch Myrospermum emarginatum Klotzsch Myrospermum secundum Klotzsch Myroxylon frutescens (Jacq.) Willd.
English name	wattama myrospermum; wattama (Trinidad)
French name	myrospermum wattama
Spanish name	arco (Costa Rica); balsamito (Colombia); bálsamo de conconate, bálsamo de Guatemala (Cuba); caraño (Costa Rica); cercipo (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cereipo (Venezuela); chiriquirin (Nicaragua); cuerillo (Mexico); guachipelin ratón (Costa Rica); guatamare (Venezuela); guayacan (El Salvador); macagua, pui (Venezuela); ramocillo (Colombia); sereipo (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); tempisque (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Myroxylon L.f.
Family	Leguminosae
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Synonym	Myrospermum sect. Myroxylon (L.f.) DC. Toluifera L.
English name	balmtree; balm tree
French name	baumier; baumier du Pérou
Spanish name	bruja, camarón (Cuba)
Other name	Peruanischer Balsambaum (german); balsamo (italian)
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Latin name	Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America int SC Eurasia (Sri Lanka) and MC Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg->mes calc [sili]
Use	dr (in ointment and for flavoring cough syrups, perfume and cosmetics, resin applied as a salve for skin disease and skin itch, resin taken orally for chest ailments, bronchial infection and venereal disease, soap, source of balsam of Toly, unguents treatment of venereal disease) ex fd (flavoring in chewing gum) ma pl sa (coffee shade) ti (cabinet work, flooring, furniture, house posts, interior trim, lumber, musical instruments, railroad ties, rollers for crushing sugar cane, turned work)
Synonym	Myrospermum toluiferum (A.Rich.) DC. Myroxylon balsamum var. punctatum (Klotzsch) Harms Myroxylon punctatum Klotzsch Myroxylon toluiferum A.Rich. Myroxylon toluiferum Kunth Toluifera balsamum L.
English name	Tolu balmtree; balsam of Peru, balsamo, sandalo, Tolu balsam
French name	baumier de Tolu; balsamo; oeil vermeil (France)
Spanish name	balsam (Honduras); balsamo (Honduras, Peru); bálsamo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama); bálsamo de Tolú (Costa Rica, Cuba); balsamo del Perú (Costa Rica); cedro chino, chichipale (Mexico); chirraca (Costa Rica); chuchupate, chucté (Mexico); estoraque (Peru); guararo (Ecuador); incienso (Argentina, Paraguay); nabal (Mexico); palo de bálsamo, palo de trapiche (Mexico); quaraco (Ecuador); quina (Argentina); quina-quina (Argentina, Peru); quinoquino (Peru); sandalo (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras); sánitalo (Honduras); tache, tolú (Colombia)
Other name	acangar (kuna, Panama); bácimo (Brazil); baïla (kuna, Panama); balsamo (italian); Balsamo (german); bálsamo, bálsamo-caboriba, caboreíba-vermelha, caboriba (Brazil); cabreuva vermelha (dutch); cabreúva, cabreúva-vermelha, cabriúva vermelha (Brazil); guie-nita (zapoteco); hoitziloxitl (nahuatl); jiribati (campa asháninca, Peru); mo-chi-cu (chinanteco); nabà (maya); oleo vermelho (portuguese, Brazil); óleo-bálsamo-sangue-de-gato, óleo-vermelho (Brazil); païla (kuna, Panama); pau-de-bálsamo, pau-vermelho (Brazil); pido quera (choco, Panama); puá (Brazil); quie-nite (zapoteco); sandalo (italian); Tolu-Balsambaum (german); yaga-quie-nite (zapoteco)
Trade name	balsamo

Latin name	Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms var. balsamum
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L?
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English name	typical Tolu balmtree; balsam, Tolu balsam
French name	baumier de Tolu typique
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Trade name	balsamo

Latin name	Myroxylon balsamum var. pereirae (Royle) Harms
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Cuba) South America (tropics) int SC Eurasia (Sri Lanka)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Use	cl (incense and preparation of the chrism, items of tribute to the Aztec court) dr (balsam of Peru used for ointment and for flavoring cough syrups, incense, liquid obtained from bark has expectorant and stomachic properties, perfume) fd (seed added to aguardiente in Guatemala) fw ma (source of balsam of Peru) pl ti (boat framing, cabinet work, furniture, interior trim, paneling, railroad ties, veneer) tx
Synonym	Myrospermum pereirae Royle Myrospermum sonsonatense Pereira ex Oerst. Myroxylon pereirae Royle Myroxylon pereirae (Royle) Klotzsch Myroxylon toluiferum A.Rich. Toluifera balsamum var. pereirae (Royle) Baill. Toluifera pereirae Baill.
English name	Pereira Tolu balmtree; balsam (Belize, Honduras); balsam seed (Belize); balsam of Peru (Honduras); billy weed (Belize); Peru balsam (Sri Lanka)
French name	baumier de Tolu de Pereira
Spanish name	arbol bálsamo (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic); balsamo (Costa Rica, Peru); bálsamo (Panama, Peru); bálsamo de sonsonate (Cuba); bálsamo del Perú (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic); bálsamo del Tolú, balsamo toluitano (Colombia); chilaca, chirraca (Costa Rica); estoraque (Peru); guatemala (Cuba); sandalo (Costa Rica)
Other name	na-bá (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Myrrhidendron J.M.Coult. & Rose
Family	Umbelliferae
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English name	myrrhidendron
French name	myrrhidendron
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Latin name	Myrrhidendron donnell-smithii J.M.Coult. & Rose
Family	Umbelliferae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	[S]?
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English name	DonnellSmith myrrhidendron
French name	myrrhidendron de Donnell-Smith
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Latin name	Myrsine L.
Family	Myrsinaceae
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Synonym	Arthrophyllum Lour. non Blume Caballeria Ruiz & Pav. Duhamelia Dombey ex Lam. non Pers. Manglilla Juss. Merista Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn. Rapanea Aubl. Roemeria Thunb. Samara Sw. Scleroxylum Willd. Suttonia A.Rich.
English name	myrsine; colicwood, rapanea
French name	myrsine
Spanish name	casmaguëlla
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Latin name	Myrsine acrantha Krug & Urb.
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hel xer calc
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Synonym	Rapanea acrantha Mez
English name	apicalflower myrsine
French name	myrsine à fleurs terminaux
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Latin name	Myrsine calcarata (Lundell) Ricketson & Pipoly
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Myrsine calcarata (Lundell) Lundell Rapanea calcarata Lundell
English name	spurred myrsine
French name	myrsine à éperons
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Latin name	Myrsine coriacea (Sw.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg mes calc serp
Use	fr fw ma pl ti
Synonym	Bumelia salicifolia Bertero p.p. Caballeria ferruginea Ruiz & Pav. Manglilla ferruginea (Ruiz & Pav.) Roem. & Schutl. Myrsine berterii A.DC. Myrsine ferruginea (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng. Myrsine flocculosa Mart. Myrsine floribunda Duss p.p. Myrsine guatemalensis Gand. Myrsine jelskii Zahlbr. Myrsine laeta Duss Myrsine laeta Griseb. non A.DC. Myrsine microcalyx Lundell Myrsine myricoides Schltdl. Myrsine paulensis A.DC. Myrsine popayanensis Kunth Myrsine rufescens A.DC. Myrsine salicifolia A.DC. Myrsine saligna (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) A.DC. Myrsine tomentosa C.Presl Myrsine vestita Lundell Myrsine viridis Rusby Rapanea coriacea (Sw.) Mez Rapanea ferruginea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez Rapanea jelskii (Zahlbr.) Mez Rapanea microcalyx (Lundell) Lundell Rapanea myricoides (Schltdl.) Lundell Rapanea oblonga Pohl Rapanea paulensis (A.DC.) Mez Rapanea rufa Lundell Rapanea vestita (Lundell) Lundell Samara coriacea Sw. Samara saligna Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
English name	leathery myrsine; bastard white beech; colic wood (Jamaica); Guiana rapanea (Puerto Rico); leathery colicwood
French name	myrsine coriace; bois cassant (Lesser Antilles); bois gresse; bois plomb (Haiti); bois sand; bois savane, bois savanne (Haiti); caca perruche (Lesser Antilles); caca-perruche, caca-ravet; cacaravet (Lesser Antilles); mangle (Haiti); rassade, ti graines; tigraines (Lesser Antilles)
Spanish name	amatillo (El Salvador); arrayan (Puerto Rico); arrayán (Bolivia, Puerto Rico); arrayan bobo (Puerto Rico); arrayán bobo (Bolivia, Puerto Rico); badula, bádula (Puerto Rico); botoncillo; botoncillo cimarrón (Dominican Repbublic); camagüilla (Cuba); canelón-puità (Argentina); cimarrón; espadero (Colombia); hojita larga (Dominican Republic); limachu (Bolivia); manglillo (Panama); manteco, manteco blanco (Venezuela); manteguero (Bolivia, Puerto Rico); mantequero, mantequito (Venezuela); palo de sabana, palo santo, perico macho (Dominican Republic); yuruma (Bolivia)
Other name	azeitona brava, azeitona-do-mato (Brazil); bwa plòm, bwa savann (creole, Haiti); camará, capororoca, capororoca-mirim, capororoca-vermelha, capororocaçu (Brazil); mang (creole, Haiti); pororoca (Brazil)
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Latin name	Myrsine coriacea (Sw.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. ssp. coriacea
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M?
Foliage	E
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English name	typical leather myrsine
French name	myrsine coriace typique
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Other name	bwa plòm, mang (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Myrsine coriacea ssp. nigrescens (Lundell) Ricketson & Pipoly
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Myrsine nigrescens Lundell Rapanea nigrescens (Lundell) Lundell
English name	blackish leather myrsine
French name	myrsine coriace noirâtre
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Latin name	Myrsine cubana A.DC.
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Bumelia punctata (Lam.) Roem. & Schult. Myrsine floridana A.DC. Myrsine punctata (Lam.) Stearn non (H.Lév.) Wilbur Myrsine veraecrucis Lundell Rapanea guianensis Britton & Millsp. non Aubl. Rapanea punctata (Lam.) Lundell Rapanea veraecrucis (Lundell) Lundell Sideroxylon punctatum Lam.
English name	Cuban myrsine; crabwood, Florida rapanea, Guianese colicwood, myrsine
French name	myrsine de Cuba
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Latin name	Myrsine dependens (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng.
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	fw (charcoal, firewood)
Synonym	Caballeria dependens Ruiz & Pav. Caballeria myrtifolia Ruiz & Pav. ex DC. Manglilla dependens (Ruiz & Pav.) Roem. & Schult. Myrsine ciliata Kunth Myrsine myrtifolia (Ruiz & Pav. ex DC.) A.DC. Myrsine myrtoides Hook. Myrsine peruviana (Lundell) Lundell Myrsine pittieri (Mez) Lundell Myrsine tetrandra Willd. Rapanea ciliata (Kunth) Cuatrec. Rapanea ciliata var. myrtoides (Hook.) Cuatrec. Rapanea ciliata var. pentandra Cuatrec. Rapanea dependens (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez Rapanea dependens var. ciliata (Kunth) Cuatrec. Rapanea dependens var. myrtoides (Hook.) Cuatrec. Rapanea dependens var. pentandra Cuatrec. Rapanea myrtoides (Hook.) Mez Rapanea peruviana Lundell Rapanea pittieri Mez Rapanea pittieri var. chirripoensis Suess. Samara myrtifolia (Ruiz & Pav. ex DC.) Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
English name	pendent myrsine
French name	myrsine pleureuse
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Latin name	Myrsine guianensis (Aubl.) Kuntze
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg->xer calc
Use	fr fw pl sa ti (posts)
Synonym	Myrsine baccata A.DC. Myrsine floribunda R.Br. non Griseb. Myrsine gaudichaudii A.DC. Myrsine rapanea Roem. & Schult. Rapanea guianensis Aubl. Samara floribunda Willd. Samara pentandra Sw.
English name	Guiana myrsine; dakara (Guyana); Guiana rapanea (Puerto Rico, USA); myrsine p.p. (Bahamas, USA)
French name	myrsine de Guyane; caca-ravet; feuille canelle (Haiti); rapanéa de Guyane
Spanish name	badula (Puerto Rico); camagüilla (Cuba); canelón blanco, canelón colorado, canelón moroti (Paraguay); capororoca (Brazil); chagualito, chagualo, changuelito (Colombia); chucaro (Colombia, Venezuela); espadero (Colombia); mameycillo (Venezuela); mameyuelo (Dominican Republic); mangle de sabana (Panama); manteca blanca (Paraguay); manteco blanco (Venezuela); ratoncillo, sierra (Costa Rica)
Other name	capororoca, capororoca do cerrado, capororoca-branca, capororoca-vermelha (Brazil); dakara (Suriname); fèy kanèl (creole, Haiti); jacaré-do-mato (Brazil); konaparan, mannie botieie (Suriname)
Trade name	canelón (Argentina)

Latin name	Myrsine juergensenii (Mez) Ricketson & Pipoly
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Myrsine allenii (Lundell) Lundell Myrsine chiapensis Lundell Myrsine coclensis Lundell Myrsine costaricensis Lundell Myrsine gillyi Lundell Myrsine jaliscensis Lundell Myrsine juergensenii (Mez) Lundell Myrsine mexicana (Lundell) Lundell Myrsine reflexiflora (Lundell) Lundell Rapanea allenii Lundell Rapanea chiapensis (Lundell) Lundell Rapanea coclensis (Lundell) Lundell Rapanea costaricensis (Lundell) Lundell Rapanea gillyi (Lundell) Lundell Rapanea jaliscensis (Lundell) Lundell Rapanea juergensenii Mez Rapanea mexicana Lundell Rapanea reflexiflora Lundell
English name	Juergensen myrsine
French name	myrsine de Juergensen
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Latin name	Myrsine magnoliifolia (Urb. & Ekman) Alain
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Morne Formon, Massif de la Hotte; Dominican Republic: Ciénaga de la Culata, Constanza, Cuatro Alas, La Culata)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Rapanea magnoliaefolia Urb. & Ekman
English name	magnolialeaf myrsine
French name	myrsine faux-magnolia
Spanish name	palo santo cimarrón (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Myrsine pellucidopunctata Oerst.
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Myrsine panamensis (Lundell) Lundell Myrsine sytsmae Lundell Rapanea panamensis Lundell Rapanea pellucido-punctata (Oerst.) Mez Rapanea sytsmae (Lundell) Lundell
English name	pelluciddotted myrsine
French name	myrsine pellucide-ponctuée
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Latin name	Myrsine rolletii Howard
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Guadeloupe)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Myrsine rotundifolia (Mez) Alain non Lam. Rapanea rotundifolia Mez
English name	Rollet myrsine
French name	myrsine de Rollet
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Latin name	Myrsine trinitatis A.DC.
Family	Myrsinaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel
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Synonym	Myrsine coriacea Sieber ex A.DC. non R.Br. Myrsine floribunda Griseb. non R.Br. Rapanea trinitatis (A.DC.) Mez
English name	Trinidad myrsine
French name	myrsine de la Trinité; bois-arrada, bois-rada; caca ravet (Guadeloupe, Martinique); caca-ravet
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