Scientific name: Quassia amara
Vern: bitter wood (En)
Local: bitter ash / quassia (GU); kwasibita (Sr); quassia / bois amer (FG); pau-tenente / quina (BrP)
Indig: kwasibita (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Sapindales
Family: Simaroubaceae
Scientific name: Rhiziphora mangle
Vern: red mangrove (En); rode mangrove (Du); palétuvier rouge (Fr) mangue vermelho (BrP)
Local: red mangrove (GU); mangro, rode mangro (Sr), mang, mang wouj (FG)
Indig: aparaiba (Wayampi); kakutiru (Lok); pautivié (Pal)
Growth Form: Trees and shrubs
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Rhiziphoraceae
Scientific name: Avicennia germinans
Vern: black mangrove (En); seriba, siriúba (BrP)
Local: courida (GU); palétuvier noir (FG); parwa (Sr)
Indig: buhu (War); maro/mali (Lok)
Growth Form: Trees and shrubs
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Scientific name: Byrsonima crassifolia
Vern: golden spoon, nance (En); murici (BrP)
Local: lontukassi, lobilobi (Sr); savanna serrette (GU); prunier d’or, mourici (FG)
Indig:
Growth Form: Trees and shrubs
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Scientific name: Humiria balsamifera
Vern: tauroniro (En); umiri (BrP)
Local: meri, aneisi-udu, blakaberi (Sr); tauroniro, bastard bulletwood (GU); houmiri, bois rouge (FG)
Indig: houmiri (Ka)
Growth Form: Trees and shrubs
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Humiriaceae
Scientific name: Sterculia pruriens
Vern: grand mahot (En); okerhout (Du)
Local: basrabusikatum, okro-udu (Sr)
Indig: pamata (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Scientific name: Sloanea grandiflora
Vern: boskuswe (Du)
Local: rafru-njannjan; raverinja (Sr)
Indig: tëpaimë
Growth Form: Trees and shrubs
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
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Scientific name: Sloanea guianensis Vern: rondbladerige boskuswe (Du); urucurana, carvalhinho, castanha-de-macaco (BrP);
Local: châtaignier petites feuilles (FG); kakirio, shirabulie (GU); rafru-njannjan; kirikahu (Sr)
Indig: tëpaimë (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees and shrubs
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
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Scientific name: Simarouba amara (Syn: Quassia simaruba)
Vern: paradise tree (En)
Local: sumaruba (Sr)
Indig: kanawa (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Sapindales
Family: Simaroubaceae
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Scientific name: Homalolepis cedron (Syn: Simaba cedron)
Vern: cedron (En, Sp); mankrapa or jankrapa, grootbladige (Du); manga-de-anta (PBr)
Local: kototiki / wan-ede (Sr)
Indig: pai emu (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Sapindales
Family: Simaroubaceae
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