Flora
Iron Wood
Scientific name: Tabebuia serratifolia (Vahl) G. Nicholson
English: Iron Wood
Dutch: Groenhart
Sranan: groenhart
Trio: arani
Wayana:
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Jacaranda copaia ( Aubl. ) D.Don
Scientific name: Jacaranda copaia ( Aubl. ) D.Don
English:
Dutch:
Sranan: gubaya
Trio: marimari
Wayana:
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Morototo
Scientific name: Didymopanax morototoni and Didymopanax decaphylla
English: Morototo
Dutch: Casavehout
Saramacca: 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.
Tabernaemontana siphilitica (L.f.) Leeuwenb.
Scientific name: Tabernaemontana siphilitica (L.f.) Leeuwenb.
English:
Dutch:
Sranan: Kapuwa-tiki
Trio: pai empaha
Wayana:
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Gentianalis
Family: Apocynaceae
Geissospermum sericeum Benth. & Hook.f. ex Miers
Scientific name: Geissospermum sericeum Benth. & Hook.f. ex Miers
English:
Dutch:
Sranan: Bergi-bita
Trio: wataki
Wayana:
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Gentianalis
Family: Apocynaceae
Aspidosperma marcgravianum
Scientific name: Aspidosperma marcgravianum
English:
Dutch:
Sranan:
Trio: kuikui wetï
Wayana:
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Gentianalis
Family: Apocynaceae
Ambelania acida Aubl.
Scientific name: Ambelania acida Aubl.
English:
Dutch:
Sranan: batbat
Trio: kamaki
Wayana:
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Gentianalis
Family: Apocynaceae
Cymbopetalum brasiliense (Vell.) Benth. ex Baill.
Scientific name: Cymbopetalum brasiliense (Vell.) Benth. ex Baill.
English:
Dutch:
Sranan: Busi sunsaka
Trio: ërukërukë
Wayana:
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Java Plum
Scientific name: Spondias mombin L.
English: Java Plum
Dutch:
Sranan: mopé
Trio: mope
Wayana:
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Cashew
Scientific name: Anacardium occidentale L.
English: Cashew
Dutch:
Sranan: boskasyu
Trio: oroi
Wayana:
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae