Reforestation tree species for Colombia

(Other counties. Raw data: Github. Seedling ID HOWTO and naming info. Glossaries of botanical terms: Wikipedia, Calflora, Chicago flora, Bell.)

1Cariniana pyriformis Miers (Lecythidaceae)
Colombian mahogany (en), albarco
Native to Colombia

Morphology: Leaves alternate, held in a flat plane, simple; margin strongly wavy. Secondary veins deeply sunken.

Compare with: MAESEMIN
CARIPYRIseedlingseedling
2Handroanthus chrysanthus (Jacq.) S.O.Grose (Bignoniaceae)
yellow ipê (en), guayacán (co), araguaney (ve)
Native to Colombia

Morphology: Leaves opposite, palmately compound.
HANDCHRYseedlingseedling
3Hymenaea courbaril L. (Fabaceae)
stinking toe (en)
Native to Colombia

Morphology: Leaves alternate. Leaflets two, asymmetric.
HYMECOURseedlingseedling
4Swietenia macrophylla King (Meliaceae)
mahogany (en), big-leaved mahogany (en)
Native to Colombia

Morphology: Leaves alternate. Young plants have simple leaves, with long petiole and swollen 'knee', older plants transition through a brief imparipinnate phase, soon becoming paripinnate. Secondary veins deeply sunken above (cf. CEDRODOR), and curving more rapidly in their distal third than CEDRODOR.

Compare with: CEDRODOR INDE0004 SWIEMAHO
SWIEMACRseedlingseedling
5Theobroma cacao L. (Malvaceae)
cacao (en)
Native to Colombia

Morphology: Leaves alternate. Petiole narrow, at an angle to plane of leaf, and swollen ‘knee’ at petiole apex. Leaves large, dark-green, with strongly curving secondary veins. Older plants show a ‘V’ pair of basal secondary veins, but these are less obvious in the smaller plants.
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