tree species
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Meet some of our coastal forest giants, and see what they look like as seeds and seedlings
Almendro de Playa/Tropical Beach Almond - Terminalia catappa
Mangle Botón/Botoncillo/ Mariquita/Bottonwood Mangrove - Conocarpus erectus
Ceibo Barrigón - Pseudobombax septenatum
Plumeria/Franjipani - Plumeria rubra
Madero negro/Mother of Cacao - Gliricidia septum
Pochote/Spiny Cedar - Bombacopsis quinata
Brasil - Haematoxylon brasiletto
Ceiba/Kapok - Ceiba pentandra
Panama - Sterculia apetala
Cenízaro/Rain Tree - Samanea saman
Aceituno - Simarouba glauca
Icaco - Chrysobalanus icaco
Other species
Gallito (Caesalpinia exosthema) buds
2) Espavel (Anacaridium exelsum;
Nance, Nancite (Byrsonima crassifolia)
Carao, Sandal (Cassia grands)
Muñeco (Cordia collococca)
Cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa)
Guanacaste (Enterolobium cyclocarpum)
Guanacaste (Enterolobium cyclocarpum)
Guaitil, Tapaculo (Genipa americana)
Corteza amarilla (Handroanthus ochracea)
Roble sabana (Handroanthus rosea)
Guayaquil (Pseudosamanea guachapele)
Guava, Guayaba (Psidium guayaba)
Jícarillo, Huacal (Crescentia alata)
Manchineel, Manzanillo de Playa (Hippommanne mancinella)
Sardino (Thounidium decandrum)
Mamón verde, Mamoncillo (Melicoccus bijugatus
Almendro de montaña, Carne asada, Almendro de río (Andira inermis) fruit
Jícara de Playa (Amphitecnia latifolia) flower
Chaperno (Lonchocarpus felipeii) fruit
Young Aceituno tree in front of two huge Panama trees on the back
Chirca (Thevetia ovata) fruit
2 year Gallito (Caesalpinia exosthema) in Barrigona
Poro poro (Cochlospermum vitifolium), aka Buttercup tree, flowers
Buttercup flower
Buttercup tree with flowers, fruit (top), and dry leaves below, January 2025, in Guiones
Buttercup tree's capsulated fruit
Buttercup tree reaching 5 meters high, flowering in the middle of dry season, April 2022, Guiones
7 month old transplant of Surá or Guayabón (Terminalia oblonga), January 2025, Guiones, Nosara
fallen yellow trumpet-shaped Cortez Amarillo flowers
Carao (or Sandal), in March 2025, during its peak flowering, in Playa Pelada
Carao o Sandal (Cassia grandis)