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Trees In The Tropical Rainforest

Explore the incredible biodiversity of trees in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America.

From the tropics of Mexico down through Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama to the rainforests of the Amazon in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil you'll find many of these ...more ↓

Alfaroa costaricensis
Alibertia edulis
Alzatea
Anacardium excelsum 1
Pond Apple 2
Annona glabra
Annona montana 3
Soncoya 1
Annona purpurea
Aspidosperma spruceanum 4
Bombacopsis 5
Browneopsis excelsa 6
Pink Shower Tree 7
Cassia grandis
Castilla elastica 8
Cavanillesia platanifolia 6
West Indies Cedrela 9
Cedrela odorata
Celtis schippii
Cochlospermum vitifolium 10
Scarlet Cordia 11
Cordia sebestena
cannonball tree 12
Couroupita guianensis
Cyrilla 13
Andean Royal Palm 14
Dictyocaryum lamarckianum
Diospyros artanthifolia 15
Diospyros inconstans
Escallonia myrtilloides 16
Escallonia paniculata 6
Ficus yoponensis
Genipap Tree 17
Genipa americana
Handroanthus serratifolius 18
Heliocarpus americanus 19
Sandbox Tree 20
Hura crepitans
Jacaranda caucana 21
Magnolia poasana 22
Manchineel 23
Hippomane mancinella
balatá 24
Manilkara bidentata
Maytenus jefeana
Miconia calvescens
Miconia prasina 24
Minquartia
Morus insignis 6
muntingia 25
Muntingia
Osteophloeum 6
Otoba novogranatensis 26
provision tree 27
Pachira aquatica
Pachira quinata 28
Persea caerulea 6
Persea schiedeana 29
Platypodium elegans 30
Hammerleaf Frangipani 31
Plumeria pudica
Podocarpus magnifolius
Podocarpus oleifolius 6
Poulsenia 32
Canistel 33
Pouteria campechiana
Pouteria multiflora 34
Common guava 35
Psidium guajava
Psidium sartorianum 36
Quararibea asterolepis 32
Quercus copeyensis 37
Royal Palm
Roystonea regia
Sabal mauritiiformis 38
Sambucus peruviana 39
Saurauia montana 40
Schefflera morototoni 1
yellow mombin 41
Spondias mombin
Styrax peruvianus
Big-leaf Mahogany 42
Swietenia macrophylla
Pink poui 43
Tabebuia rosea
Terminalia amazonia 44
Triplaris americana 7
Mexican Elm 32
Ulmus mexicana
Vachellia cornigera 32
Virola calophylla
Virola surinamensis 45
Vitex cymosa 46
Lime Prickly-ash 47
Zanthoxylum fagara
Kapok Tree 48
Ceiba pentandra
elephant ear tree 49
Enterolobium cyclocarpum
Florida Strangler Fig 32
Ficus aurea
trumpet-tree 1
Cecropia obtusifolia
Gumbo Limbo 50
Bursera simaruba

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