Morototo

Scientific name: Didymopanax morototoni and Didymopanax decaphylla
English: Morototo
Dutch: Casavehout
Saramaccan: Atapé
Sranan: Kasaba-udu; Morototo
Trio: Maramara
Wayana:

Use(s): Wood for matchsticks, traditional drum (Wai-wai), seed beads (Many indigenous groups)

Growth Form: Trees & Shrubs
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae

Reference: Fiaschi, P. and Plunkett, G.M., 2018. Revision of the Didymopanax Group of Neotropical Schefflera (Araliaceae) 1. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 103(1), pp.24-105.

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