crabwood

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The first story includes the plants "aguacatillo" (Alchornea latifolia), crabwood or "najesí" (Carapa guianensis), and "acana" (Manilkara albescens); the second story has ebony (Diospyros caribaea), Ocotea floribunda, Oxandra laurifolia, Talauma minor, Terminalia spp., and Ficus spp.; and the third story has numerous species of arborescent ferns, Mirtaceae and Melastomataceae.

Cuban moist forests 2008
The Indians have a path alongside of it, through the forest, where prodigious crabwood trees grow.

Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823