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A Field Guide To The Trees of Panama's Rainforests

Explore the incredible biodiversity of trees in Panama's tropical rainforests.

Some of the most interesting trees in Panama include the Kapok tree (Ceiba), Gumbo Limbo, Elephant Ear Tree, Florida Strangler Fig, Trumpet Tree, Big-Leaf Mahogany and Sterculia Apetala, which is the national ...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
Diospyros artanthifolia 14
Diospyros inconstans
Escallonia myrtilloides 15
Escallonia paniculata 6
Ficus yoponensis
Genipap Tree 16
Genipa americana
Handroanthus serratifolius 17
Heliocarpus americanus 18
Sandbox Tree 19
Hura crepitans
Jacaranda caucana 20
Magnolia poasana 21
Manchineel 22
Hippomane mancinella
balatá 23
Manilkara bidentata
Maytenus jefeana
Miconia calvescens
Miconia prasina 23
Minquartia
Morus insignis 6
muntingia 24
Muntingia
Osteophloeum 6
Otoba novogranatensis 25
provision tree 26
Pachira aquatica
Pachira quinata 27
Persea caerulea 6
Persea schiedeana 28
Platypodium elegans 29
Hammerleaf Frangipani 30
Plumeria pudica
Poulsenia 31
Canistel 32
Pouteria campechiana
Pouteria multiflora 33
Common guava 34
Psidium guajava
Psidium sartorianum 35
Quararibea asterolepis 31
Quercus copeyensis 36
Sambucus peruviana 37
Saurauia montana 38
Schefflera morototoni 1
yellow mombin 39
Spondias mombin
Styrax peruvianus
Big-leaf Mahogany 40
Swietenia macrophylla
Pink poui 41
Tabebuia rosea
Terminalia amazonia 42
Triplaris americana 7
Mexican Elm 31
Ulmus mexicana
Vachellia cornigera 31
Virola calophylla
Virola surinamensis 43
Vitex cymosa 44
Lime Prickly-ash 45
Zanthoxylum fagara
Kapok Tree 46
Ceiba pentandra
elephant ear tree 47
Enterolobium cyclocarpum
Florida Strangler Fig 31
Ficus aurea
trumpet-tree 1
Cecropia obtusifolia
Gumbo Limbo 48
Bursera simaruba

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