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Plant Family Name |
Botanical Name |
English Common Name |
Portuguese Common Name |
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Annonaceae |
Guatteria recurvisepala |
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Envira-bobô |
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Unonopsis guatterioides |
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Myristicaceae |
Virola calophylla |
Wild nutmeg |
Ucuuba |
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Iryanthera uleii |
Dead-bark |
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Osteophloeum platyspermum |
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Ucuuba-amarela |
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Lauraceae |
Mezilaurus itauba |
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Itaúba |
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Persea americana |
Avocado |
Abacate |
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Aniba canella |
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Casca preciosa |
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Aniba roseadora |
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Pau rosa |
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Ocotea rubra |
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Louro-gamela |
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Piperaceae |
Peperomia macrostachya |
Ant-garden |
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Nymphaeaceae |
Victoria amazonica |
Amazon-lily |
Victoria-regia |
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Menispermaceae |
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Ulmaceae |
Trema micrantha |
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Trema, Periquitinho |
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Moraceae |
Clarisia racemosa |
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Guariúba |
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Naucleopsis caloneura |
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Miratinga, Pau pica |
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Brosimim parinarioides |
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Amapá |
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Cecropiaceae |
Cecropia purpurascens |
Purple cecropia |
Imbaúba roxa |
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Cecropia sciadophylla |
Cecropia |
Imbaúba-torém |
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Phytolaccaceae |
Phytolacca rivinoides |
Pokeweed |
Caruru-bravo, Bredo-roxo |
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Cactaceae |
Epiphyllum phyllanthus |
Cactus |
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Polygonaceae |
Coccoloba spp. |
Water-grape? |
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Symeria paniculata |
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Carauaçuzeiro |
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Dilleniaceae |
Tetracera willdenowiana |
Water-vine |
Cipó d'agua |
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Pinzona coriaceae |
Fire-vine |
Cipó-de-fôgo |
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Caryocaraceae |
Caryocar villosum |
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Piquiá |
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Caryocar glabrum |
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Piquiarana |
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Margraviaceae |
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Marcgravia |
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Quiinaceae |
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Clusiaceae |
Vismia cayennensis |
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Lacre-branco |
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Vismia guianensis |
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Lacre-vermelho |
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Symphonia globulifera |
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Ananí used for cerol? |
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Elaeocarpaceae |
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Sterculiaceae |
Sterculia frondosa |
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Tacacá |
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Waltheria indica |
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Theobroma grandiflorum |
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Cupuassu /Cupuí |
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Bombacaceae |
Pseudobombax munguba |
Munguba |
Munguuba |
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Scleronema micrantha |
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Cardeiro |
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Ceiba pentandra |
Kapok |
Sumaúma |
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Lecythidaceae |
Bertholettia excelsa |
Brazil nut |
Castanha-do-pará |
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Corythophora alta |
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Ripeiro-vermelho |
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Corythophora rimosa |
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Castanha-jacaré |
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Couroupita guianensis |
Cannonball-tree |
Castanha-de-macaco |
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Bixaceae |
Bixa orellana |
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Urucum, Colorau |
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Violaceae |
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Turneraceae |
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Passifloraceae |
Passiflora coccinea |
Red-passion-flower |
Maracujá-poranga |
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Caricaceae |
Carica papaya |
Papaya |
Mamão |
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Cucurbitaceae |
Gurania bignoniacea |
Solitary-flowers |
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Gurania robusta |
Big-leaves |
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Gurania insolita |
Flower-clusters |
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Salicaceae |
Salix humboldtiana |
Willow |
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Sapotaceae |
Microphilis guianenses |
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Rosada |
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Manilkara huberi |
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Maçaranduba |
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Ebenaceae |
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Chrysobalanaceae |
Couepia longipendula |
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Castanha-de-galinha |
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Hirtella myrmecophila |
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Rhabdodendraceae |
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Leguminoseae |
Abarema jupunba |
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Bauhinia guianensis |
Monkey ladder |
Escada-de-jabotí |
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Balizia pedicellaris |
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Bocoa viridiflora |
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Boca alterna |
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Cassia rubriflora |
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Crudia amazonica |
Dog ear |
Orelha-de-cachorro |
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Clitoria amazonum |
Clitoris-flower |
Fava-brava |
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Clitoria racemosa |
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Palheteira |
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Calliandra surinamensis |
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Balão-chinês |
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Cedrelinga catenaeformis |
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Cedrorana |
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Cynometra longicuspis |
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Jutaí |
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Desmodium ascendans |
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Carrapicho |
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Dinizia excelsa |
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Angelim-pedra |
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Dipteryx odorata |
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Cumarú de cheiro |
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Dipteryx magnifica |
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Cumarú -ferro |
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Dipteryx polyphylla |
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Cumarurana |
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Eperua glabriflora |
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Muirapiranga |
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Hymenea reticulata |
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Jatobá |
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Hymenea parviflora |
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Jutaí |
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Macrolobium acaciifolium |
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Arapari |
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Martiodendron parviflorum |
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Mimosa guilandinae |
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Rabo de cameleão |
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Mimosa pudica |
Sensitive plant |
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Mimosa sensitiva |
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Malícia |
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Mimosa guilandinae |
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Monopteryx inpae |
Ormosia |
Tento |
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Paramaechaerium ormosioides |
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Mutuxí |
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Parkia pendula |
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Visgueiro |
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Parkia multijuga |
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Faveira-benguê |
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(clear resin) |
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Parkia nitida |
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Parkia panurensis |
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Parkia discolor |
(green-pod-stripe) |
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Peltogyne paniculata |
Monkey-slip |
Escorrega-macaco |
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Pentaclethra macroloba |
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Paracaxi |
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Piptadenia suaveolens |
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Faveiroa-folha-fina |
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Peltogyne paniculata |
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Escorrega macaco |
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Sclerolobium melanocarpum |
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Sclerolobium amplifolia |
Cabbage-stipules |
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False-lupine |
Stylosanthes viscosa |
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Rhynchosia phaseoloides |
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Tento-pequeno |
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Swartzia reticulata |
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Pitaica |
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Swartzia ingifolia |
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Carrapatinho |
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Swartzia polyphylla |
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Arabá |
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Stryphnodendron guianensis |
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Faveira-camuzé |
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Stryphnodendron pulcherrimum |
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Faveira-camuzé |
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Tachigalia myrmecophila |
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Tachí-pitomba |
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Zygia racemosa |
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Angelim-rajado |
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Proteaceae |
Roupala montana |
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Lythraceae |
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Myrtaceae |
Psidium guajava |
Guava |
Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba |
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Melastomataceae |
Maieta guianensis |
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Buxixu-de-formiga |
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Tococa bullifera |
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Buxixu-de-formiga |
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Bellucia grossularioides |
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Goiaba-de-anta-branca |
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Combretaceae |
Buchenavia spp. |
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Tanimbuca |
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Terminalia catappa |
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Olacaceae |
Minquartia guianensis |
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Acariquara-roxa |
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Psychopetalum olacoides |
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Muirapuama |
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Loranthaceae |
Phoradendron |
Mistletoes |
Erva-de-passarinho |
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Celastraceae |
Maytenus guianensis |
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Xixuásca |
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Goupia glabra |
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Cupiúba |
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Hippocrateaceae |
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Icacinaceae |
Poraqueiba sericea |
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Mari |
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Euphorbiaceae |
Micrandropsis scleroxylon |
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Acapurí |
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Croton lanjouwensis |
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Dima |
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Manihot esculenta |
Manioc |
Mandioca |
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Hevea brasiliensis |
Rubber-tree |
Seringa |
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Rhamnaceae |
Ampelozizyphus amazonicus |
Beer vine |
Saracura-mirá, cervejeira |
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Humiriaceae |
Duckesia verrucosa |
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Uxí-corôa |
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Endopleura uchi |
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Uxí-liso |
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Malpighiaceae |
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Vochysiaceae |
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Sapindaceae |
Paullinia cupana |
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Guaraná |
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Talisia esculenta |
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Pitomba |
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Bursuraceae |
Tetragastris panamensis |
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Breu-preto |
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Tetragastris altíssima |
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Breu-manga |
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Hemicrepidospermum rhoifolium |
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Breu-branco |
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Protium apiculatum |
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Breu-vermelho |
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Anacardiaceae |
Anacardium spruceanum |
Cashew |
Cajuí |
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Anacardium occidentale |
Cashew |
Cajú |
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Simarubaceae |
Simaba cedron |
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Serve-p'ra-tudo |
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Meliaceae |
Carapa guianensis |
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Andiroba |
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Rutaceae |
Citrus aurantium |
Orange |
Laranja |
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Citrus aurantiifolium |
Lime |
Limão |
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Oxalidaceae |
Averrhoa carambola |
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Carambola |
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Araliaceae |
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Gentianaceae |
Voyria tenella |
White-saprophyte |
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Apocynaceae |
Geissospermum argenteum |
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Acariquara branca |
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Aspidosperma carapanauba |
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Carapanauba |
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Duckeodendraceae |
Duckeodendron cestroides |
Monkey's brush |
Pincel de macaco |
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Solanaceae |
Solanum rugosum |
White-flower |
Amor-de-cunhã, Cajusara |
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Solanum schlechtendalium |
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Solanum crinitum |
Purple-flower |
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Convolvulaceae |
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Boraginaceae |
Cordia nodosa |
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Grão-de-galo, Caramurizinho |
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Heliotropum indicum |
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Fedegoso, Rabo-de-Galo |
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Verbenaceae |
Petrea bractea |
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Viuvinha |
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Amazonia campestris |
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Lamiaceae |
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Schrophulariaceae |
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Gesneriaceae |
Codonanthes calcarata |
Ant-garden plant |
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Acanthaceae |
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Bignoniaceae |
Pleunaton albiflora |
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Cipó quadrado |
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Tynanthus gondotiano |
Clove-vine |
Cipó cravo |
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Tripinnate |
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Memora |
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Mendonciaceae |
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Lentibulariaceae |
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Rubiaceae |
Genipapa americana |
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Genipapo |
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Calycophyllum spruceanum |
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Mulateiro-da-várzea |
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Borreria verticilata |
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Vassoura-de-botão |
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Asteraceae |
Spilanthes acmella |
(used in Tacacá) |
Jambu |
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Arecaceae |
Astrocaryum jauari |
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Jauarí |
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Astrocaryum sociale |
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Marajá |
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Ateleia attaleoides |
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Palha branca |
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Mauritia flexuosa |
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Burití |
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Mauritiella |
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Buritirana |
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Maximiliana martiana |
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Inajá |
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Oenocarpus bataua |
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Patauá |
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Desmoncus macrocanthos |
Palm vine |
Jaçitara |
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Euterpe precatoria |
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Assaí da mata |
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Astrocaryum aculeatum |
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Tucumã |
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Bactris gassipaes |
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Pupunha |
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Socrotea exorrhizae |
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Paxiubão |
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Iriartella setigera |
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Paxiubinha |
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Cyclanthaceae |
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Araceae |
Heteropsis aff. spruceana |
Basket vine |
Cipó-titíca |
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Dieffenbachia parvifolia |
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Aninga |
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Lemnaceae |
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Rapateaceae |
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Poaceae |
Andropogon nardus |
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Capím-santo |
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Coix lacryma-jobi |
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Capím-de-nossa-senhora |
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Cyperaceae |
Scleria secans |
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Titiríca |
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Bromeliaceae |
Ananas comosus |
Pineapple |
Abacaxí |
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Pitcairnea sprucei |
(Petioles) |
Pacavirinha |
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Strelitziaceae |
Phenakospermum guyanense |
Bird-of-paradise |
Bananeira-brava |
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Heliconiaceae |
Heliconia psittacorum |
Red-heliconia |
Bico-de-tucan |
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Heliconia acuminata |
Yellow-heliconia |
Bico-de-tucano |
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Musaceae |
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Zingiberaceae |
Renealmia floribunda |
Wild-ginger |
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Costaceae |
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Marantaceae |
Ischnosiphon spp. |
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Arumã |
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Pontederiaceae |
Eichornia crassipes |
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Aguapé |
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Smilaceae |
Smilax sp. |
Green-brier |
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Orchidaceae |
Vanilla pompona |
String orchid |
Baunilha |
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Gnetaceae |
Gnetum leyoldii |
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Ituá |
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Ficus |
Strangler fig |
Apuí, Mata-pau |
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Clusia or Ficus |
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Apuí, Mata-pau |
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Hymenophyllaceae |
Hymenophylla |
Virgin-fern |
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Glycheniaceae |
Glichenia |
Roadside |
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Selaginellaceae |
Trichularia |
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