Copaiba
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)
Crabwood
Scientific name: Carapa surinamensis
Vern: crabwood (En); andirobinha (BrPo)
Local: witte krapa, weti-krapa (Sr); carapa (FG); crabwood (GU)
Indig: krappa (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees and shrubs
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
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Cymbopetalum brasiliense
Scientific name: Cymbopetalum brasiliense (Vell.) Benth. ex Baill.
Vern:
Local: busi sunsaka (Sr); corossol sauvage, ipici (FG); pindaíba (BrP)
Trio: ërukërukë (uh-roo-kuh-roo-kuh); kula (Way); kakiro (Lok)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Duguetia cauliflora
Scientific name: Duguetia cauliflora
Vern: Laagfruit jari-jari (Du)
Local: jari-jari, bos-anamu (Sr); envira (FG); envira-de-tronco (BrP)
Indig: kapai ejamï (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Geissospermum argenteum
Scientific name: Geissospermum argenteum
Vern:
Local: bergi bita (Sr)
Indig: wataki (Tr); wataki (Way); wataki (Ww) Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Geissospermum sericeum
Scientific name: Geissospermum sericeum
Vern:
Local: bergi bita (Sr)
Indig: wataki (Tr); wataki (Way); wataki (Ww)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Gentianalis
Family: Apocynaceae
Grand Mahot
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
Hog Plum
Scientific name: Spondias mombin
Vern: hog plum, yellow mombin (En); cajá (BPo); mope (Du)
Local: mopé (Sr); hog plum (GU); prunier monbin (FG)
Indig: aka (Way); mope (Tr, Ca); rubu (Ww)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Iron Wood
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
Kapok / Silk-Cotton Tree
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