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  • Crescentia and Haemotoxylum spp., and trees Metopium spp.,

    Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico 2008

  • Selective felling has affected mahogany Swietenia macrophylla, red cedar Cedrela odorata, white cedar Simarouba glauca, Cordia dodecandra, Guaiacum sanctum, Metopium brownei and Thrinax radiata.

    Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico 2008

  • Some 100 tree and shrub species have been identified in medium and low semi-deciduous forest, which extends over 11,700 ha, the main species being Bursera simaruba, Lysiloma latisiliquum, Manilkara zapota, Metopium brownei, Piscidia piscipula and Psidium sartorianum.

    Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico 2008

  • Some endemics are Cordia sebestana, Metopium brownei, Acoelorraphe wrightii, Suriana maritima, Thrinax radiata and Tournefortia guaphalodes.

    Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico 2008

  • Examples of trees are Bucida spinosa (júcaro espinoso), Conella winteriana (cúrbana), Guaiacum sanctum (guayacán), Gymnanthes lucidus (yaití), Hypelate trifoliata (cerillo), Lysiloma bahamense (soplillo), Metopium toxiferum (guao de costa), Bursera simaruba (almácigo), Hymenea torrei (caguairán amarillo) and Coccoloba diversifolia.

    Cuban dry forests 2008

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  • It's a tree.

    October 27, 2011