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
Kwasibita
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
Kwattakama
Scientific name: Parkia pendula (Willd.) Benth. ex Walp.
Vern: visgueiro (BPo); lantaarnptitboom (Du); rayado (Sp)
Local: kwattakama (Sr); ball-headed acacia (GU); bois-pagode (FG); angico, faveira-de-chorão (BPo)
Indig: iruu (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Fabales
Family: Leguminosae (Mimosoideae)
Morototo / Maramara
Scientific name: Didymopanax morototoni (Aubl.) Decne. & Planch. (Synonym: Shefflera morototoni)
Vern: morototo (En); cassavehout (Du); bois de Saint-Jean (Fr)
Local: kasaba-udu; morototo (Sr); matchwood (Gu); morototo (FG)
Indig: maramara (Tr); molototo (Way); karohoro (Lok)
Maroon: atapé (Sar)
Growth Form: Trees & Shrubs
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Nance / Lontukasi
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
Paradise Tree / Sumaruba
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
Piptadenia suaveolens
Scientific name: Piptadenia suaveolens
English:
Dutch:
Sranan: Pikin-misiki
Trio:
Wayana:
Growth Form: TREES & SHRUBS
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Pouteria guianensis
Scientific name: Pouteria guianensis
English:
Dutch: Jansnijder
Sranan: Redi-jamboka, Pintoboletri
Trio:
Wayana:
Growth Form: TREES & SHRUBS
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Qualea dinizii
Scientific name: Qualea dinizii
English:
Dutch:
Sranan: Gujabakwari, Was-was’kwari, Gujabakwari, Gujavekwari, Kwari, Mutenekwari, Sanikipisi, Wasiwasikwari
Trio:
Wayana:
Growth Form: TREES & SHRUBS
Order: Myrtales
Family: Vochysiaceae
Red Mangrove
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