Dependent on establishing on high (steep mountain slopes with rocky soils) or low (sandy piedmont) terrain, the dominant species is curupaú (Anadenthera macrocarpa) or cuchi (Astronium urundeuva), respectively.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chiquitano dry forests] Reference

Dry forests are fairly dense, up to 25 to 30 meters (m) high and characterized by tree species such as Cavanillesia arborea, Cedrela fissilis, Schinopsis brasiliensis, Astronium urundeuva, Aspidosperma macrocarpa, and Tabebuia sp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Atlantic dry forests] Reference

Woody species in the better drained savannas and woodlands include Tabebuia ochracea, Luehea paniculata, Acacia albicorticata, Acrocomia aculeata, Astronium fraxinifolium, Cordia glabrata, Pithecellobium scalare, Pseudobombax marginatum, and Samanea tubulosa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beni savanna] Reference

Emergent and canopy layers include characteristic tree species belonging to the following families: Anacardiaceae (Astronium fraxinifolium), Leguminosae (Enterolobium contortisiliquum), Boraginaceae (Cordia trichotoma), and Bignoniaceae (Tabebuia chrysotricha).    From Wordnik.com.  [Pernambuco interior forests] Reference

A great diversity of plants dominate and characterize the dry forests of Jalisco including: Astronium graveolens, Bernoullia flammea, Sideroxylon cartilagineum, Bursera arborea, Calophyllum brasiliense, Dendropanax arboreus, Ficus cotinifolia and Swietenia humilis, forming a middle forest layer with trees of 15-20 m.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jalisco dry forests] Reference

In central Veracruz State, in the southern portion of this ecoregion, the forest’s vegetative association changes and the dominant species become mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), sapodilla (Manilkara zapota), Bernoullia flammea, and Astronium graveolens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Veracruz moist forests] Reference

Nevertheless, these forests host large trees such as Apuleia molaris, Bagassa guianensis, Caryocar villosum, Hymenaea parvifolia, Tetragastris altissima, Astronium graveolens, A. le-cointei, Apuleia leiocarpa var. molaris, Sapium marmieri, Acacia polyphylla, and Elizabetha sp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests] Reference

The small fragments of dry forest that remain contain species that are endangered and at risk of extinction such as black laurel (Cordia gerascanthum), "cristobal" Platymiscium parviflorum and P. pinnatum, "Tempisque" Syderoxylon capiri, Swietenia humilis and mahogany (S. macrophylla), "lignum vitae" (Guaiacum sanctum), "cocobolo" Dalbergia retusa, "ronrón" Astronium graveolens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Central American dry forests] Reference