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.)
1 | Cariniana 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 | CARIPYRI | ![]() | ![]() |
2 | Handroanthus chrysanthus (Jacq.) S.O.Grose (Bignoniaceae) yellow ipê (en), guayacán (co), araguaney (ve) Native to Colombia Morphology: Leaves opposite, palmately compound. | HANDCHRY | ![]() | ![]() |
3 | Hymenaea courbaril L. (Fabaceae) stinking toe (en) Native to Colombia Morphology: Leaves alternate. Leaflets two, asymmetric. | HYMECOUR | ![]() | ![]() |
4 | Swietenia 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 | SWIEMACR | ![]() | ![]() |
5 | Theobroma 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. | THEOCACA | ![]() | ![]() |
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