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Latin name	Platymiscium parviflorum Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	smallflower macawood
French name	platymiscium à petites fleurs
Spanish name	cachimbo (Costa Rica); cocobola, coyote (Nicaragua); cristóbal (Costa Rica); granadillo (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Platymiscium pinnatum (Jacq.) Dugand
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D E
Ecology
Use	ex fd ma ti (brush-backs, cabinet work, flooring, furniture, interior trim, kitchen-knife handles, musical intruments, paneling, railroad ties, turned work, veneer)
Synonym	Amerimnon pinnatum Jacq. Lonchocarpus amerimnum DC.
English name	swamp macawood; Panama redwood; roble (Colombia); swamp kaway (Panama)
French name	platymiscium des marécages
Spanish name	cachimbo (Costa Rica); caoba (Ecuador); coyote (Nicaragua); cristóbal (Costa Rica); granadillo (Honduras); guayacán; guayacán trébol (Colombia); guira, guirá (Costa Rica); hormigo (Honduras); quira (Costa Rica); quirá (Costa Rica, Panama); roble (Guyana, Venezuela); sangrillo (Panama); trébol (Colombia, Ecuador); vencola (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Platymiscium pinnatum (Jacq.) Dugand ssp. pinnatum
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	typical swamp macawood
French name	platimiscium des marécages typique
Spanish name	desconocido (Bolivia); estoraque (Peru); manicillo blanco, tajibillo, tarara (Bolivia)
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Latin name	Platymiscium pinnatum ssp. polystachyum (Benth.) Klitgaard
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Use	ti (cabinet work, flooring, furniture, heavy contruction, plywood, turned work, veneer)
Synonym	Platymiscium polystachyum Benth. Platymiscium polystachyum var. fendleri Benth.
English name	quira swamp macawood
French name	platymiscium des marécages quira
Spanish name	coyote, cristóbal, quira (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Platymiscium pleiostachyum Donn.Sm.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg->xer
Use	pl ti (chairs, furniture, general carpentry, light contruction, musical instruments, turned work, veneer)
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English name	CostaRica macawood
French name	platymiscium du Costa Rica
Spanish name	cachimbo (Costa Rica); coyote (Nicaragua); cristóbal (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Platymiscium trifoliolatum Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Jalisco)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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English name	threeleaf macawood
French name	platymiscium trifolié
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Latin name	Platymiscium yucatanum Standl.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D [E]
Ecology	hel hyg [xer] calc sili
Use	ti
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English name	Yucatán macawood
French name	platymiscium du Yucatán
Spanish name	chagane, chulul, granadillo, hermiguillo, subinche, zubinche (Mexico)
Other name	subinche (maya, Mexico); sanich'té (tzeltal, Mexico)
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Latin name	Platypodium Vogel
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
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English name	platypodium
French name	platypodium
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Latin name	Platypodium elegans Vogel
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	[D]
Ecology	hel xer
Use	pl ti
Synonym	Callisemaea sericea Benth.
English name	graceful platypodium
French name	platypodium gracieux
Spanish name	canalua; carcuera, costilla (Panama); desconocido (Paraguay); lomo de caimán (Colombia); tigre (Panama)
Other name	amendoim-bravo, amendoim-do-campo, faveiro, jacarandá-bana, jacarandá-branco, jacarandá-tã, jacarandazinho, secupiruna, uruvalheira (Brazil)
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Latin name	Platypodium elegans ssp. maxonianum (Pittier) H.Lima
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NC South America (Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Platypodium maxonianum Pittier
English name	Maxon graceful platypodium
French name	platypodium gracieux de Maxon
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Latin name	Platypodium viride Vogel
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) MW South America (Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Platypodium elegans var. major Benth.
English name	green platypodium
French name	platypodium vert
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Latin name	Pleodendron Tiegh.
Family	Canellaceae
Distribution
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English name	pleodendron
French name	pleodendron
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Latin name	Pleodendron ekmanii Urb.
Family	Canellaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Marmelade to St. Michel; Dominican Republic?)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Ekman pleodendron
French name	pleodendron d'Ekman
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Latin name	Pleodendron macranthum (Baill.) Tiegh.
Family	Canellaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	ex (endangered) fd
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English name	bigflower pleodendron
French name	pleodendron à grandes fleurs
Spanish name	acetillo, chupa-gallo, chupacallos (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Pleuranthodendron L.O.Williams
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution
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English name	pleuranthodendron
French name	pleuranthodendron
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Latin name	Pleuranthodendron lindenii (Turcz.) Sleumer
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Banara leucothyrsa (Sleumer) J.F.Macbr. Banara mexicana A.Gray Hasseltia mexicana (A.Gray) Standl. Hasseltia pyramidalis Hemsl. Hasseltia quinquenervia Standl. & L.O.Williams Hasseltia quinquenervis Standl. & L.O.Williams Hasseltiopsis albomicans Sleumer Hasseltiopsis leucothyrsa Sleumer Hasseltiopsis mucronata Cuatrec. Pineda lindenii Turcz. Pleuranthodendron mexicana (A.Gray) L.O.Williams Pleuranthodendron mexicanum (A.Gray) L.O.Williams
English name	Linden pleuranthodendron
French name	pleuranthodendron de Linden
Spanish name	areno amarillo (Nicaragua); chi chi mí (Guatemala); cuajada, guatuso (Honduras); madrón (Guatemala); nigano; ninguno (Costa Rica); pochitoquillo (Mexico); quebracho blanco (Costa Rica); quina (Guatemala)
Other name	kakabodowe (waorani, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Pleuropetalum Hook.f.
Family	Amaranthaceae
Distribution
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English name	pleuropetalum
French name	pleuropetalum
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Latin name	Pleuropetalum sprucei (Hook.f.) Standl.
Family	Amaranthaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Melanocarpum sprucei Hook.f. Pleuropetalum calospermum Standl. Pleuropetalum costaricence hort. ex Hemsl. Pleuropetalum costaricense H.Wendl. ex Hook. f. Pleuropetalum tucurriquense Donn.Sm.
English name	Spruce pleuropetalum
French name	pleuropetalum de Spruce
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Latin name	Pleurothyrium Nees
Family	Lauraceae
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English name	pleurothyrium
French name	pleurothyrium
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Latin name	Pleurothyrium golfodulcense W.C.Burger & N.Zamora
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	GolfoDulce pleurothyrium
French name	pleurothyrium du Golfo Dulce
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Latin name	Pleurothyrium guindonii van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Guindon pleurothyrium
French name	pleurothyrium de Guindon
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Latin name	Pleurothyrium hexaglandulosum van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	sixgland pleurothyrium
French name	pleurothyrium à six glandes
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Latin name	Pleurothyrium immersum van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	immersed pleurothyrium
French name	pleurothyrium immergé
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Latin name	Pleurothyrium oblongum van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	oblong pleurothyrium
French name	pleurothyrium oblong
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Latin name	Pleurothyrium palmanum (Mez & Donn.Sm.) Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Ocotea palmana Mez & Donn.Sm.
English name	LaPalma pleurothyrium
French name	pleurothyrium de La Palma
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Latin name	Pleurothyrium pauciflorum van der Werff & Hammel
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	fewflower pleurothyrium
French name	pleurothyrium pauciflore
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Latin name	Pleurothyrium pilosum van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	pilose pleurothyrium
French name	pleurothyrium poilu
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Other name	cuda (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Pleurothyrium racemosum van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	racemose pleurothyrium
French name	pleurothyrium à grappes
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Latin name	Pleurothyrium trianae (Mez) Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Nectandra trianae Mez Ocotea reflexa (Lasser) Kosterm. Ocotea zulianensis (Lasser) Kosterm. Pleurothyrium reflexum Lasser Pleurothyrium zulianense Lasser
English name	Triana pleurothyrium
French name	pleurothyrium de Triana
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Other name	ocatohue (waorani, Ecuador); ajua (quichua, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Pleurothyrium westphalii van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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English name	Westphal pleurothyrium
French name	pleurothyrium de Westphal
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