Other trees characteristic of the várzea forest are Parkia inundabilis, Septotheca tessmannii, Coumarouna micrantha, Ceiba burchellii, Ochroma lagopus, and Manilkara inundata and the locally threatened species Cedrela odorata, Platymiscium ulei, Calophyllum brasiliense, and Xylopia frutescens. From Wordnik.com. [Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil] Reference
Pereskia colombiana, P. guamacho, Piptadenia flava, Pithecellobium dulce, P. unguis-cati, Platymiscium sp. From Wordnik.com. [Lara-Falcón dry 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
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