Reforestation tree species for Haiti

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

1Acacia auriculiformis A.Cunn. ex Benth. (Fabaceae)
earleaf acacia (en), kaliptis (ht)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Distinctive, curved leaf with several parallel midribs (the ‘leaf’ is actually a flattened rachis). A (large?) number of acacia species have a similar seedling form, so if there are two such species planted in the same area, care must be taken. Leaves alternate.		ACACAURIseedlingseedling
2Anacardium occidentale L. (Anacardiaceae)
cashew (en), nwa o pom (ht)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate. Petiole short. In older seedlings, secondary veins almost perpendicular to midrib. Leaf sometimes reddish.		ANACOCCIseedlingseedling
3Annona muricata L. (Annonaceae)
soursop (en), korosol (ht)

Morphology: Leaves alternate, elliptic, with glossy upper surface. Secondary veins not visible.		ANNOMURIseedlingseedling
4Annona squamosa L. (Annonaceae)
sweetsop (en), custard apple (en), cashima (ht)

Morphology: Leaves alternate, held disticous in older plants. Leaf elliptic, light green. Secondary veins appear pale on leaf blade.		ANNOSQUAseedlingseedling
5Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg (Moraceae)
breadfruit (en), lam veritab (ht)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate, tough, dark-green leaves. Youngest seedlings with serrated leaf margin, soon becoming deeply incised in older plants. This change to incised leaves happens later than in ARTOCAMA

Compare with: ARTOCAMA 		ARTOALTAseedlingseedling
6Artocarpus camansi (Moraceae)
breadnut (en), labapen (ht)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate, tough, dark-green leaves. Youngest seedlings with serrated leaf margin, soon becoming deeply incised in older plants. This change to incised leaves happens earlier than in ARTOALTA

Compare with: ARTOALTA 		ARTOCAMAseedlingseedling
7Azadirachta indica A.Juss (Meliaceae)
neem (in, en), dogoyaro (ng), nim (ht)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate, imparipinnate. Leaflets 10 to 30, serrate.		AZADINDIseedlingseedling
8Calophyllum calaba Jacq. (Clusiaceae)

Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves opposite, secondary veins very fine, dense and parallel.		CALOCALAseedlingseedling
9Catalpa longissima (Jacq.) Dum. Cours. (Bignoniaceae)
chèn (ht), Haitian catalpa (en), Jamaican oak (en), Spanish oak (en), yokewood (en)
Native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves opposite with long, thin peioles. Margin sometimes appearing sometimes coursely serrate but maybe just undulate. Leaves of young seedlings usually with pale yeallow variegation streaks on leaf.		CATALONGseedlingseedling
10Cedrela odorata L. (Meliaceae)
sed (ht), sède (ht), Spanish cedar (en)
Native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate, imparipinnate when young, becoming paripinnate (at ~50-100 cm tall), with 3-6 opposite leaflets. Secondary veins on leaflets faint, paler than lamina where visible, 5-8 pairs. Leaflets with less sunken veins that SWIEMACR or SWIEMAHO. ATTENTION: larger, paripinnate seedlings are hard to differentiate from SWIEMACR

Compare with: SWIEMACR SWIEMAHO 		CEDRODORseedlingseedling
11Citrus (Rutaceae)
citrus (en)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate. Petiole winged, obovately. Leaf blade obovate, dark green. Secondary veins obsure. Citrus (hybrid) species are difficult to tell apart. Use this genus-level class for most citrus IDs.		CITR0000seedlingseedling
12Cocos nucifera L. (Arecaceae)
kokoye (ht), coconut (en)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves emerge spirally from a hidden apex. Venation palmate.		COCONUCIseedlingseedling
13Coffea (Rubiaceae)
coffee (en), kopi (id)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves opposite, broadly elliptical. With pointed interpetiolar stipule. Generic Rubiaceae appearence.		COFF0000seedlingseedling
14Colubrina arborescens (Mill.) Sarg. (Rhamnaceae)
bwa ple (ht), kapab (ht), greenheart (en)
Native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate, glossy dark green above. Rusty pubescence on twigs and petiole. Tertiary nerves depressed into upper surface of leaf.		COLUARBOseedlingseedling
15Cordia alliodora (Ruiz Lopez & Pavon) Oken. (Boraginaceae)
bwa woz (ht), bwa soumi (ht)
Native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves althernate.		CORDALLIseedlingseedling
16Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud. (Fabaceae)
gliricidia (en), piyon (ht)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate, imparipinnate. Leaflets elliptical, entire. Secondary veins obscure.		GLIRSEPIseedlingseedling
17Indet. 3


Morphology: Leaves palmate. Not clear yet if alternate or opposite.		INDE0003seedlingseedling
18Indet. 4 (Meliaceae)


Morphology: Leaves alternate, elliptical or obovate, base acute. Upper leaf surface shiny. Petiole long, with a knee at junction with leaf blade.

Compare with: SWIEMACR SWIEMAHO THEOCACA 		INDE0004seedlingseedling
19Indet. 5


Morphology: Leaves alternate, paripinnate. Leaflets opposite, 3-5 pairs, leaflets opposite. Secondary veins pale, at right angles to leaflet primary vein.		INDE0005seedlingseedling
20Inga feuilleei DC. (Fabaceae)
pacay (ht), ice-cream bean (en)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate. In young seedlings, leaf consists of winged rachis and only two opposite leaflets.		INGAFEUIseedlingseedling
21Malpighia glabra L. (Malpighiaceae)
acerola, cherise (ht)
Native to Haiti

Morphology: Small, opposite, coriaceous leaves with pale midrib. Longer twigs tend towards growing horizontally; then leaves are held in a single plane.		INDE0002seedlingseedling
22Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae)
mango (en, ht)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate. Petiole long. Leaves long, leathery, with secondary veins almost perpendicular to the midrib. Compare with cashew.		MANGINDIseedlingseedling
23Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen (Sapotaceae)
sapodilla (en), sapoti (ht)

Morphology: Leaves alternate, elliptic, glossy above. Secondary veins inconspicuous. Compare with ANNOMURI.		MANIZAPOseedlingseedling
24Melicoccus bijugatus Jacq. (Sapindaceae)
quenepe (ht)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate, pinnate. Rachis winged.		MELIBIJUseedlingseedling
25Moringa oleifera Lam. (Moringaceae)
doliv (ht), moringa (en)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate, bipinnate. Leaflets oval.		MORIOLEIseedlingseedling
26Musa (Musaceae)
banana (en)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Very large, monocot leaves. Classic banana form.		MUSA0000seedlingseedling
27Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae)
zaboka (ht), avocado (en)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate. Tending towards obovate, sometime reddish when young. Very generic tropical tree seedling leaves.		PERSAMERseedlingseedling
28Psidium guajava L. (Myrtaceae)
guava (en)

Morphology: Leaves opposite. Secondary veins deeply sunken into leaf (from above).		PSIDGUAJseedlingseedling
29Senna siamea (Lam.) Irwin et Barneby (Fabaceae)
siamese cassia, kassod (en), (a)kasya (ht)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate, paripinnate. Leaflets opposite, 6-16, elliptic. Secondary veins obscure. Leaflets similar to GLIRSEPI, but leaf without a terminal leaflet.		SENNSIAMseedlingseedling
30Simarouba glauca DC. var. latifolia Cronq. (Simaroubaceae)
bwa fwenn (ht), bwa blan (ht), doliv (ht), simarouba (en), princess tree (ht)
Native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate, imparipinnate. Leaflets alternate, 6-7 pairs.

Compare with: INDE0005 		SIMAGLAUseedlingseedling
31Swietenia macrophylla King (Meliaceae)
mahogany (en), big-leaved mahogany (en)

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
32Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq. (Meliaceae)
West Indian mahogany (en), kayou peyi (ht)
Native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate, older seedlings and tree paripinnate. Secondary veins sunken, leaflets appearing leathery and dark green, more ovate than SWIEMACR. Smallest seedlings no known yet, but probably simple (see SWIEMACR).

Compare with: CEDRODOR INDE0004 SWIEMACR 		SWIEMAHOseedlingseedling
33Tamarindus indica L. (Fabaceae)
tamarind (en), tamren (ht), tombi (sl)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate, paripinnate. Leaflets opposite on rachis, in 7-8 pairs, oblong in shape.		TAMAINDIseedlingseedling
34Terminalia catappa L. (Combretaceae)
sea almond (en), zanmann (ht), ketapang (id)
Not native to Haiti

Morphology: Leaves alternate, obovate. Young seedlings still show the first pair of kidney-shaped leaves.		TERMCATAseedlingseedling
35Theobroma cacao L. (Malvaceae)
cacao (en)
Not native to Haiti

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.		THEOCACAseedlingseedling

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