EPPO Global Database

Hura crepitans(HURCR)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-11-03

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: HURCR
  • Preferred name: Hura crepitans
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Central America, Caribbean, South America (northern). An internationally traded tropical timber. Introduced in USA (Florida), a few African countries


Common names
Name
Language
zandkokerboom Dutch
monkey dinnerbell English
sand box English
sand-box tree English
arbre au diable French
açacu French
sablier élastique French
Sandbüchsenbaum German
árvore-do-diabo Portuguese
aceira Portuguese (BR)
assacu Portuguese (BR)
assaen Portuguese (BR)
árbol del diablo Spanish
jabillo Spanish (BO)
acuapa Spanish (CO)
arenillo Spanish (CO)
castaneto Spanish (CO)
salvadera Spanish (CU)
ochoho Spanish (DO)
javillo Spanish (MX)
habillo Spanish (NI)