Tauroniro / Meri

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
Notes: Houmiri is the historic Galibi (Carib) vernacular name recorded by French botanist Aublet when he originally described the genus along the Sinnamary River in 1775
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