Trees that stand out in mature várzea forests are Calycophyllum spruceanum, Ceiba samauma, Inga sp. From Wordnik.com. [Iquitos varzea] Reference
The largest trees are Ceiba pentandra, Poulsenia armata, Calycophyllum spruceanum, Swietenia macrophylla, and Dipteryx odorata. From Wordnik.com. [Southwest Amazon moist forests] Reference
There are many economically important tree species, such as the timber trees Carapa guianensis, Iryanthera surinamensis, Ceiba pentandra, and Calycophyllum spruceanum. From Wordnik.com. [Purus varzea] Reference
Typical Amazonian riverine forest species include Calycophyllum spruceanum, Calophyllum brasiliense, Ceiba pentandra, Genipa americana, Hura crepitans, and Vitex cymosa. From Wordnik.com. [Beni savanna] Reference
Large trees of the forest include Hura crepitans, Triplaris surinamensis, Calycophyllum spruceanum, Cedrela oderata, Pseudobombax munguba, Virola surinamensis, and Ceiba pentandra. From Wordnik.com. [Gurupa varzea] Reference
They host some species restricted to wetland areas, such as Virola surinamensis, Calycophyllum spruceanum, and Euterpe oleracea, although many tree species are also found in terra firme forest. From Wordnik.com. [Monte Alegre varzea] Reference
Trees common to the tidal várzea include important timber species such as Virola surinamensis, Cedrelinga castanaeformis, Ceiba pentandra, Calycophyllum brasiliensis, and other species of large trees such as Ficus spp. From Wordnik.com. [Marajó varzea] Reference
Other trees typical in this area are Calycophyllum acreanum, Terminalia amazonica, Combretum laxum, Mezilaurus itauba, Didymopanax morototoni, Jacaranda copaia, Aspidosperma megalocarpon, Vochisia vismiaefolia, Hirtella lightioides, and Hura crepitans. From Wordnik.com. [Southwest Amazon moist forests] Reference
Ceiba pentandra found on the high edge of the várzea is an important timber species as are Manilkara amazonica, Carapa guianensis, Iryanthera surinamensis; also baboonwood Virola surinamensis (EN) and Calycophyllum spruceanum, which arerestricted to wetland. From Wordnik.com. [Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil] Reference
The biggest tree was a Ceiba pentandra (120 cm), while others included the locally rare Poulsenia armata (110 cm) and Calycophyllum sp. (117 cm), and locally endangered Swietenia macrophylla (105 cm) and Dipteryx odorata (100 cm). From Wordnik.com. [Manu National Park, Peru] Reference
Main vegetation types include: (a) mixed deciduous forest with Calycophyllum candidissimum, Bombacopsis quinatum and Luehea candida among the dominants, and with fig trees Ficus sp. and rosewood Dalbergia retusa also represented; (b) evergreen gallery forests along streams and behind the occasionally flooded zone (estero); (c) savannas with exotic jaragua grass Hyparrhenia rufa and scattered trees of Byrsonima crassifolia and Curatella americana; (d) oak forests and savannas with Quercus oleiodes dominant; and (e) mangroves Rhizophora mangle, Avicennia nitida, Conocarpus erectus and Laguncularia racemosa. From Wordnik.com. [Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica] Reference
Calycophyllum, 249, 283, 429. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Many species withstand temporary flooding such as "ajo-ajo", "alcornoque" (Tabebuia aurea) and develop fire-resistant bark "soto", "verdolago" (Calycophyllum multiflorum). From Wordnik.com. [Chiquitano dry forests] Reference
The tree community on highest ground, but still flooded, comprised Calycophyllum spruceanum, Ceiba pentandra, Couroupita guianensis, Hura crepitans, Pirahnea trifoliata, Virola surinamensis, Genipa americana, Hevea brasilienses, Lecointea amazonica, Sterculia elata, and Rheedia brasiliensis. From Wordnik.com. [Monte Alegre varzea] Reference
Common trees in the southern part of the ecoregion include Bombacopsis quinatum, Calycophyllum candidissimum, Casearia arguata, Chomelia spinosa, Croton reflexifolius, Enterolobium cyclocarpum, Eugenia salmensis, Erythroxylon havanense, Eugenis salmensis, Guazuma ulmifolia, Jacuqinia pungens, Tabebuia ochracea, T. rosea, Thouinidium decandrum, Trichilia colimana, and Zanthoxylum setulosum. From Wordnik.com. [Central American dry forests] Reference
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