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Trees & timber of Suriname

Kankantrie, groenhart, basralocus, bolletrie and the other trees Surinamers know by name.

57 species · 47 profiles

Kapok TreeKapok TreeCeiba pentandrakankantriJacaranda copaiaJacaranda copaiaIndian mangoIndian mangoMangifera indicamanyaEperua falcataEperua falcatawalabaSandbox TreeSandbox TreeHura crepitansposentriBlack mangroveBlack mangroveAvicennia germinansparwaProvision treeProvision treePachira aquaticaSea AlmondSea AlmondTerminalia catappaYellow mombinYellow mombinSpondias mombinmopeCannonball TreeCannonball TreeCouroupita guianensisIce-cream-beanIce-cream-beanInga edulisBaboonwoodBaboonwoodVirola surinamensisbaboenGenipap TreeGenipa americanaRed mangroveRed mangroveRhizophora manglemangroBoarwoodBoarwoodSymphonia globuliferamaniWhite MangroveWhite MangroveLaguncularia racemosaPurple coraltreePurple coraltreeErythrina fuscaBalatáBalatáManilkara bidentatabalataPartridgewoodPartridgewoodVouacapoua americanabruinhartFine-leaf wadaraFine-leaf wadaraCouratari guianensisDragonsblood TreeDragonsblood TreePterocarpus officinalisbebeMorabukeaMorabukeaMora excelsamoraCrabwoodCrabwoodCarapa guianensiskrapaParkia pendulaParkia pendulaParadise nutParadise nutLecythis zabucajoCalabash TreeCalabash TreeCrescentia cujetekrabasiGoupia glabraGoupia glabrakopiYellow pouiYellow pouiHandroanthus serratifoliusgroenhartHicatee figHicatee figFicus maximaTonka BeanTonka BeanDipteryx odoratatonkaTrumpet treeTrumpet treeCecropia peltataBrazil NutBrazil NutBertholletia excelsaparanotoBig-leaf MahoganyBig-leaf MahoganySwietenia macrophyllaGuiana brosimumGuiana brosimumBrosimum guianenseletterhoutPurpleheartPurpleheartPeltogyne paniculatapurperhartStinkingtoeStinkingtoeHymenaea courbarilrode lokusRed louroRed louroSextonia rubrawanaBasralocusBasralocusDicorynia guianensisbasralocusBacuryBacuryPlatonia insignispakuliBrown HeartBrown HeartAndira inermisParadise TreeParadise TreeSimarouba amarasoemaroebaWest Indies CedrelaWest Indies CedrelaCedrela odoratasedreTamarindTamarindTamarindus indicatamarinGreenheartGreenheartChlorocardium rodieiWest Indian MahoganyWest Indian MahoganySwietenia mahagoniFlamboyantFlamboyantDelonix regiaYellow pouiYellow pouiTabebuia serratifoliagroenhart

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Recorded in Suriname, but there is not enough reliable information yet for a full profile.

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