Native Trees of Trinidad and Tobago |
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
We must not forget the forests for the trees | 25 |
Byrsonima spicata | 38 |
Copyright | |
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axils bark is smooth bees bipinnate blade Botanical features bpTT brownish CAESALPINIOIDEAE calyx capsule cm broad cm in diameter cm long common conspicuous corolla crappo deciduous deciduous tree dry season eaten Ecology elliptical evergreen Evergreen Seasonal Forest female flowers five flowers and presumably flowers are borne flowers are small forests of Trinidad fruits ripen Germination takes girth greyish guatecare hogplum Hummingbirds immortelle inflorescences islands large evergreen tree latex leaf leaves are alternate leaves are compound legume legume family LEGUMINOSAE lenticels lightly fissured lobes Lower Montane lowland forests mangrove medium-sized Montane native Northern Range oblong obovate occur in Tobago ornamental pairs of leaflets palmate PAPILIONOIDEAE petals petiole pigeon pea pistil plant pods Pois doux pollinate presumably pollinate Rain Forest reddish ripe Senna alata sepals serrette shape Similar species small tree stamens Swamp timber tree growing Trinidad and Tobago trunk twigs underbark visit the flowers wood yellow poui