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Guanandi, Brazil beauty-leaf
This canopy tree has a cylindrical trunk growing 10 to 30 m tall and 40 to 60 cm across. Its crown covers a large area of forest (10 to 15 m wide). Its dark yellowish bark is marked with a diamon
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyCalophyllaceae -
Guarana
This climbing shrub also appears in the form of a vine that may grow up to 13 m long. It has thin branches marked with long ribs. A white latex appears if the bark is cut.
Plant formVine, climbing shrubFamilySapindaceae -
Guava
This small tree grows 10 to 12 m tall. Its twisted, smooth trunk is made of hard wood and its greenish-brown bark peels off. The young branches are squarish.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMyrtaceae -
Guiana chestnut
This medium-sized tree grows up to 25 m tall. Its cylindrical trunk is often swollen near the base.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMalvaceae -
Guyana Costus, Giant Spiral Ginger
This plant grows 2 to 4 m tall. Its straight stem is 2 to 5 cm in diameter. The leaves are 30 to 65 cm long.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyCostacea -
Hare's foot fern, rabbit's foot fern
The rhizome of this fern is covered in orangish or reddish-brown scales. Its leathery frond (or leaf) is 30 to 120 cm long and 18 to 50 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 10 to 40 cm long.
Plant formFernFamilyPolypodiaceae -
Jamaican pepper
This shrub or small tree grows 3 to 6 m tall. Its leaves are 8 to 20 cm long. Its small flowers are bunched together in a single spike.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyPiperaceae -
Kapok tree
This massive tree can grow 50 m tall. Its long, thin, greenish trunk has branches near the top. To stabilize its balance in shallow soil, the tree develops buttress roots.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMalvaceae -
Maxima fig tree
This large tree grows 7 to 25 m tall. Its branches in the crown are highly ramified and extended.
Its simple, alternate leaves are 9 to 25 cm long.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMoraceae -
Mexican pepperleaf
This small tree grows 2.5 to 8 m tall. It may produce adventitious roots at its base. Its large oval to heart-shaped leaves are 20 to 40 cm long and give off an anise-like aroma when crushed.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyPiperaceae -
Mexican sterculia
This tree, with its well-developed buttress roots, can grow to nearly 40 m tall and over 1 m across.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMalvaceae -
Nakedstem aechmea
This plant appears in either epiphytic or terrestrial form. It has only a few, glaucous 49 cm long leaves, forming a dense tubular rosette. The leaves are leathery and have spiny margins.
Plant formHerbaceous epiphytic plantFamilyBromeliaceae