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List of Trees of Trinidad and Tobago
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Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Astronium obliquum |
Yohoe |
X |
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Spondias monbin |
Hog Plum |
X |
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Tapirira guianensis |
Gommier Viande Biche |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Bravaisia floribunda |
Jiggerwood, White Mangue |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Duguetia lucida |
Balbac, Wild Apple |
X |
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Rollinia exsucca |
Wild Cashima (small), Sugar Apple |
X |
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Rollinia mucosa |
Wild Cashima (large), Sugar Apple |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Didymopanax morototoni |
Jereton, Matchwood |
X |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Avicennia germinans |
Black mangrove |
X |
X |
Avicennia schaueriana |
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X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Crescentia cujete,
cucurbitina
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Calabash |
X |
X |
Tabebuia pallida |
White Cedar |
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X |
Tabebuia pentaphylla |
Pink Poui |
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Tabebuia rufescens |
Black Poui |
X |
X |
Tabebuia serratifolia |
Yellow Poui |
X |
X |
Tabebuia stenocalyx |
Wild Calabash |
X |
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Tecoma stans |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Ceiba pentandra |
Silk cotton, Kapok |
X |
X |
| Ochroma pyramidale |
Balsa, Bois flot |
X |
X |
| Pachira insignis |
Wild chataigne, Chataigne maron, Wild breadnut |
X |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Bixa orellana |
Anatto, Roucou |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Cordia alliodora |
Cyp, Cypre, Cypress |
X |
X |
Corida collococca |
Clammy cherry, Manjak, Manjak Lay-Lay |
X |
X |
Cordia cylindrostachya |
Black Sage |
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Cordia lockhartii |
Mapoo, Lay-Lay Bois Lay-Lay |
X |
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Cordia sulcata |
Bois Lay Lay, Hairy Lay Lay |
X |
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Cordia ierensis |
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X |
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Acnistus arborescens |
Wild Tobacco |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Bursera simaruba |
Naked indian, naked boy, Peeling Bark Gommier |
X |
X |
Bursera trinitense |
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X |
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Protium guianense |
Incense |
X |
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Protium insigne |
Gommier |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Capparis coccolobifolia |
Mabouya |
X |
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Capparis odoratissima |
Olive Wood |
X |
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Crataeva gynandra |
Toke |
X |
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Morisonia americana |
Wild Sapodilla, Toco |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Buchenavia capitata |
Yellow Olivier |
X |
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Conocarpus erecta |
Button Mangrove |
X |
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Laguncularia racemosa |
White Mangrove |
X |
X |
Terminalia catappa |
Indian Almond |
X |
X |
Terminalia nyssaefolia |
Seaside Olivier |
X |
X |
Terninalia obovata |
White Olivier |
X |
X |
Terminalia tanibouca |
Olivier Mangue, Poirier |
X |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Curatella americana |
Rough Leaf, Chaparro |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Diospyros ierensis |
Bois Charbon |
X |
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Maba inconstans |
Butterwood |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Erythroxylum carthagenense |
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X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Alchornea glandulosa |
Honeywood |
X |
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Croton gossypifolius |
Bloodwood, Bois sangue, Candle tree |
X |
X |
| Hieronyma caribaea |
Tapana |
X |
X |
| Hippomane mancinella |
Manchineel |
X |
X |
| Hura crepitans |
Sandbox |
X |
X |
| Maprounea guianensis |
Petite Feuille, Ti-Fay |
X |
X |
| Richeria grandis |
Bois Bande, Large Leaf Bois Bande |
X |
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| Sapium aucuparium |
Milkwood, Bois Lait |
X |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Laetia procera |
Bois Toucan, Sardine |
X |
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Ryania speciosa |
Bois l' Agli, Rokoo jab |
X |
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| Xylosoma seemanni |
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X |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Calophyllum brasiliense |
Galba |
X |
X |
Clusia rosea |
Matapal, Scotchman Tree, Parrot apple |
X |
X |
Marila grandiflora |
Cocoa Mangue, Red Mangue, Wild Cocoa |
X |
X |
Rheedia acuminata |
Wild Pomme Rose, Wild Primrose |
X |
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Rheedia lateriflora |
Coco Macaque, Hatstand Tree |
X |
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Rheedia sp. |
Soiebo |
X |
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Symphonia globulifera |
Yellow Mangue |
X |
X |
Tovomita eggersii |
Red Mangue |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Hernandia sonora |
Toporite, Foforite |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Saccoglottis amazonica |
Red serette, Bois Coucou, Coco Burro |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Vismia cayennensis |
Black Kiskidee, Lacre, La Craie |
X |
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| Vismia falcata |
Lacre, Kiskidee, La Craie |
X |
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| Vismia guainensis |
Kiskidee |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Acrodiclidium canella |
Laurier pulcherro |
X |
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Aiouea densiflora |
Laurier mango |
X |
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Aiouea schomburgkii |
Long leaf Laurier Pulcherro |
X |
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Aniba panurensis |
Laurier cannelle |
X |
X |
Aniba trinitatis |
Laurier cannelle |
X |
X |
Nectandra martinicensis |
Main ridge Laurier |
X |
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Nectandra membranaceae |
Sweet Myers |
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X |
Nectandra rectinervia |
St. Ann ’s Laurier |
Rare |
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Nectandra surinamensis |
Large leaf Laurier Mattack |
X |
X |
Ocotea arenaensis |
Spicy laurier |
X |
X |
Ocotea canaliculata |
Laurier petite-feuille |
X |
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Ocotea eggersiana |
Small leaf Laurier Mattack |
X |
X |
Ocotea fasciculata |
Laurier citron |
X |
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Ocotea glomerata |
Laurier zaboca |
X |
X |
Ocotea leucoxylon |
Duckwood |
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X |
Ocotea oblonga |
Laurier cypre |
X |
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Phoebe elongata |
Laurier mama z’enfants |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Couroupita guianensis |
Cannonball, Moke |
X |
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| Eschweilera decolorans |
Devilwood |
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X |
| Eschweilera subglandulosa |
Guatecare |
X |
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Scientific Name |
Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Albizzia caribaea |
Tantakayo |
X |
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Andira inermis |
Angelin, Black plum |
X |
X |
Andira surinamensis |
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X |
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Brownea latifolia |
Cooperhoop, Mountain Rose |
X |
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Calliandra guildingii |
Niauré |
X |
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Clathrotropis brachypetala |
Black Heart, Mayaro Poui |
X |
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Copaifera officinalis |
Balsam |
X |
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Coursetia arborea |
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Crudia obliqua |
Water Locust, Rosomacho |
X |
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Erythrina corallodendrum |
Small Jumbie Bead, Wild Immortelle |
X |
X |
Hymenaea courbaril |
Locust |
X |
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Inga acuminate, edulis, hartii, ingoides |
Pois Doux |
X |
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Inga laurina, punctata |
Sackysac |
X |
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Inga venosa |
Hairy Pois Doux |
X |
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Lonchocarpus latifolius |
Savonette jaune |
X |
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Lonchocarpus punctatus |
Savonette |
X |
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Lonchocarpus sericeus |
Conoré |
X |
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Machaerium robinifolium |
Saltfish Wood |
X |
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Mora excelsa |
Mora |
X |
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Ormosia monosperma |
Large Jumbie Bead |
X |
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| Peltogyne porphyrocardia |
Purpleheart or Sapatere |
X |
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Pentaclethra macroloba |
Bois Mulatre, Fine Leaf |
X |
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Pithecellobium jupunba |
Puni |
X |
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Pithecellobium unguis-cati |
Bread and cheese, Campéche |
X |
X |
Platymiscium trinitatis |
Roble |
X |
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Pletogyne porphyrocardia |
Purpleheart, Sapatere |
X |
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Pterocarpus officinalis |
Swamp Bloodwood |
X |
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Pterocarpus rohrii |
Swamp Bloodwood |
X |
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Samanea saman |
Saman, Rain Tree |
X |
X |
Swartzia pinnata |
Bois Pois |
X |
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Swartzia simplex |
Wild Orange |
X |
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Zygia latifolia |
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Local Name |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
Lagerstroemia speciosa |
Queen of Flowers |
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Source: Marshall R. C. (1939), Silviculture of the Trees of Trinidad and Tobago,
Oxford University Press
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