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Andiroba
This large tree in the mahogany family may grow up to 2 m in diameter and 45 m tall. Its greyish bark peels off in irregular patches. Its compound, alternate leaves are 40 to 100 cm long.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMeliaceae -
Annatto tree, Lipstick tree
This small ornamental tree grows 5 to 8 m tall. Its leaves are alternate, acuminate and entire. They are 8 to 12 cm long and 8 cm wide. The pinkish-white flowers are grouped in terminal clusters.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyBixaceae -
Arrowleaf Philodendron
This plant has a stem 4 to 6 cm in diameter, divided into nodes every 15 cm. Thick, long, brownish roots grow from each node, used by the plant to cling to a support.
Plant formHerbaceous climbing plantFamilyAraceae -
Balsa tree
This large tree with deciduous leaves can grow up to 30 m tall. Its trunk sometimes has buttress roots. It has very light wood.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMalvaceae -
Balsam pear
Balsam pear grows 3 to 4 m tall. Its deeply lobed leaves have 5 to 7 lobes and measure 5 to 6 cm long. The yellow flowers are bell shaped.
Plant formHerbaceous climbing plantFamilyCucurbitaceae -
Barrigón
This large tree grows 20 to 35 m tall, with a trunk that is swollen at the base. Its smooth grey bark is marked with characteristic broad green bands.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMalvaceae -
Bigleaf mahogany
This large tree grows 35 to 40 and sometimes even 50 m tall, with a trunk 50 to 80 cm in diameter. Its dark green, shiny, hairless leaves are composed of 8 to 10 leaflets.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMeliaceae -
Black sapote
This large tree can grow 20 to 25 m tall. Its furrowed and irregularly shaped trunk is covered with very dark bark that peels off in thin strips.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyEbenaceae -
Blue taro, violet-stemmed taro, blue ape
This robust stemless plant grows from a large rhizome, which sends up several large leaves 20 to 70 cm long and 15 to 45 cm wide.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyAraceae -
Breadnut, maya nut, ramón tree
This large tree grows to 25 to 40 m tall and 50 cm across. It has a dark grey trunk and abundant white sap. Its thin bark is marked with leaf scars and irregular growth rings.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMoraceae -
Bristly prickly-ash
This small tree rarely grows more than 10 m tall. Its trunk is about 10 to 15 cm across and has pale brown bark covered in stiff spines. Its wood is pale yellow.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyRutaceae -
Cainito, caimito, star apple
This is a large tree that can reach heights of 20 to 25 m. Its foliage is thick and wide-spreading. Its bark is pale.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilySapotaceae