Scientific name: Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.
Vern: Brazil nut (En); paranoot (Du); noyer du Brésil (Fr); castanheira, castanha-do-Pará (BrP)
Local: Brazil nut (GU); châtaigne du Brésil (FG); ingi-noto (Sr)
Indig: tuha, tuhka (Tr); tope (Way)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Scientific name: Parkia pendula (Willd.) Benth. ex Walp.
Vern: visgueiro (BPo); lantaarnptitboom (Du); rayado (Sp)
Local: kwattakama (Sr); ball-headed acacia (GU); bois-pagode (FG); angico, faveira-de-chorão (BPo)
Indig: iruu (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Fabales
Family: Leguminosae (Mimosoideae)
Scientific name: Vouacapoua americana Aubl.
Vern: brownheart/ partridge wood (En); bruinhart (Du)
Local: bruinhart (Sr)
Indig: wakapu (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Fabales
Family: Leguminosae (Caesalpinioideae)
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Scientific name: Hymenaea courbaril L.
Vern: Brazilian copal / West Indian locust (En): jatobá (BrP); guapinol (Sp)
Local: rode lokus / loksi (Sr); stinkwood (GU); courbaril (FG)
Indig: kauru (Tr); kawanari (Lo); kwarie (Ka)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Fabales
Family: Leguminosae (Caesalpinioideae)
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Scientific name: Copaifera guyanensis
Vern: copaiba (En); copaíba (BrP)
Local: hoepelhout (Sr); copaiba (GU); copahu (FG)
Indig: mapataru (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Fabales
Family: Leguminosae/Fabaceae (Caesalpinioideae)
Scientific name: Symphonia globulifera
Vern: boarwood (En)
Local: mani
Indig: manïï (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Clusiaceae
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Scientific name: Caryocar glabrum (Aubl.) Pers.
Vern:
Local: alukulé-kwarie, ningre-kwarie (Sr); itébállí (GU); piquiá-rana (BrP)
Indig: soo (Tr, pronounced “show”)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Caryocaraceae
Scientific name: Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Vern: Silk-cotton tree (En); kapokboom (Du); fromager (Fr); ceiba (Sp)
Local: kankantrie (Sr); silk-cotton tree (GU); sumaúma (BrP)
Indig: kumaka (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
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Scientific name: Handroanthus serratifolius (Vahl) G. Nicholson (Syn: Tabebuia serratifolius)
Vern: iron wood, tabebuia (En); groenhart (Du); Ipe amarelo, pau d’arco (BPo); araguaney (Sp)
Local: groenhart (Sr); hakia, ironwood (GU)
Indig: arani (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Scientific name: Didymopanax morototoni (Aubl.) Decne. & Planch. (Synonym: Shefflera morototoni)
Vern: morototo (En); cassavehout (Du); bois de Saint-Jean (Fr)
Local: kasaba-udu; morototo (Sr); matchwood (Gu); morototo (FG)
Indig: maramara (Tr); molototo (Way); karohoro (Lok)
Maroon: atapé (Sar)
Growth Form: Trees & Shrubs
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
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