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Flowering plants of Suriname

Trees, shrubs, herbs, vines, grasses and water plants, grouped by plant family.

5,675 species · 1,602 profiles

Groups

Legumes: pea and bean family597 speciesCoffee family306 speciesMelastomes201 speciesGrasses & bamboos349 speciesSedges249 speciesBromeliads & pineapple66 speciesAroids: philodendrons & tayer138 speciesMyrtle family: guava & Suriname cherry152 speciesSpurge family: cassava & rubber128 speciesMallow family: kapok, cacao & okra130 speciesCustard-apple family: soursop96 speciesLaurel family: avocado & wana108 speciesSapote family: balata & star apple72 speciesCocoplum family78 speciesBrazil nut family: cannonball tree42 speciesPepper family: Piper & Peperomia81 speciesDaisy family132 speciesDogbane family153 speciesTrumpet-tree family: groenhart & calabash111 speciesFig & mulberry family69 speciesNightshade family: peppers & antroewa85 speciesGingers, heliconias & bananas110 speciesPassionflowers & markoesa44 speciesGesneriads38 speciesAcanthus family84 speciesBladderworts33 speciesMorning glories & sweet potato64 speciesGourd family: sopropo & pumpkin39 speciesWater lilies8 speciesAll other plant families1,912 species

Most observed in Suriname

Yautia maderaYautia maderaMontrichardia arborescensmoko-mokoFalse Bird-of-paradiseFalse Bird-of-paradiseHeliconia acuminataPassiflora glandulosaPassiflora glandulosaLobster Claw HeliconiaLobster Claw HeliconiaHeliconia bihaiParrot's BeakParrot's BeakHeliconia psittacorumKapok TreeKapok TreeCeiba pentandrakankantriGolden TrumpetGolden TrumpetAllamanda catharticaSensitive PlantSensitive PlantMimosa pudicaAningaAningaMontrichardia liniferaTrailing DaisyTrailing DaisySphagneticola trilobataScarlet passionflowerScarlet passionflowerPassiflora coccineaShrubby false buttonweedShrubby false buttonweedSpermacoce verticillataCaro de tres hojasCaro de tres hojasCissus erosaSpike-of-dragonSpike-of-dragonHelosis cayennensisPhenakospermum guyannensePhenakospermum guyannenseRed hot poker vineRed hot poker vineNorantea guianensisSleepy MorningSleepy MorningWaltheria indicaCombretum rotundifoliumCombretum rotundifoliumScarlet-starScarlet-starGuzmania lingulataCommon DayflowerCommon DayflowerCommelina erectaReticulate sennaReticulate sennaSenna reticulataJacaranda copaiaJacaranda copaiaPineapplePineappleAnanas comosusnanasiBitter MelonBitter MelonMomordica charantiasopropoSwamp FlatsedgeSwamp FlatsedgeCyperus ligularisMistletoe CactusMistletoe CactusRhipsalis bacciferaSweet clockvineSweet clockvineThunbergia fragransTibouchina asperaTibouchina asperaIndian head gingerIndian head gingerCostus scaberHeart of JesusHeart of JesusCaladium bicolorLady-of-the-night cactusLady-of-the-night cactusCereus hexagonusLong Jack, Long John, Mulato tree, AntwoodLong Jack, Long John, Mulato tree, AntwoodTriplaris weigeltianaHeart-leaf philodendronHeart-leaf philodendronPhilodendron hederaceumTropical Black SageTropical Black SageVarronia curassavicaGoeppertia ellipticaGoeppertia ellipticaIndian mangoIndian mangoMangifera indicamanyaCrown flowerCrown flowerCalotropis giganteaede-atiwiwiriOrangefruit PassionflowerOrangefruit PassionflowerPassiflora vesicariaBlue PorterweedBlue PorterweedStachytarpheta jamaicensisPapayaPapayaCarica papayapapayaMelocactus neryiMelocactus neryiPhilodendron pedatumPhilodendron pedatumSwiss cheese-plantSwiss cheese-plantMonstera adansoniifeifi-olowiwiriCashewCashewAnacardium occidentalekasyuRush-like FlatsedgeRush-like FlatsedgeCyperus luzulaeSavanna FlowerSavanna FlowerMandevilla hirsutaSavannah Sensitive PeaSavannah Sensitive PeaChamaecrista ramosaBejuco de puercoBejuco de puercoIpomoea tiliacea