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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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Pouteria guianensis

Scientific name: Pouteria guianensis
English:
Dutch: Jansnijder
Sranan: Redi-jamboka, Pintoboletri
Trio:
Wayana:

Growth Form: TREES & SHRUBS
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae

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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

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Sawari nut

Scientific name: Caryocar nuciferum
Vern: sawari-noot, sauri-noot (Du)
Local: ingi-noto, sawari noto (Sr); sawari nut, souari, butternut of Guiana (GU); péqui, porte-noix (FG)
Indig: Sho (Tr)

Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Caryocaraceae

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Sloanea grandiflora

Scientific name: Sloanea grandiflora
Vern: boskuswe (Du)
Local: rafru-njannjan; raverinja (Sr)
Indig: tëpaimë

Growth Form: Trees and shrubs
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae

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Sloanea guianensis

Scientific name: Sloanea guianensis                                                                                                                                                         Vern: rondbladerige boskuswe (Du); urucurana, carvalhinho, castanha-de-macaco (BrP); 
Local: châtaignier petites feuilles (FG); kakirio, shirabulie (GU); rafru-njannjan; kirikahu (Sr)
Indig: tëpaimë (Tr)

Growth Form: Trees and shrubs
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae

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