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Aceituno
Simarouba amara
Family: Simaroubaceae
Max height: 25-35 meters
Status: LC
Achotillo
Brosimum costaricanum
Family: Moraceae
Max height: 35 m (115 ft)
Status: LC
African Tulip Tree
Spathodea campanulata
Family: Bignoniaceae
Max height: 10-35 meters (33-115 feet)
Status: LC
Aguacate
Persea americana
Family: Lauraceae
Max height: 10-20 meters (33-66 feet)
Status: LC
Aguacatillo
Persea caerulea
Family: Lauraceae
Max height: 15-30 meters (50-100 feet)
Status: LC
Ajo
Caryocar costaricense
Family: Caryocaraceae
Max height: 35-50 meters (115-165 feet)
Status: EN
Alcornoque
Licania arborea
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Max height: 25-35 meters
Status: LC
Almendro
Dipteryx panamensis
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 40-60 meters (130-200 feet)
Status: LC
Amarillón
Terminalia amazonia
Family: Combretaceae
Max height: 40-60 meters (130-200 feet)
Status: LC
Anona
Annona reticulata
Family: Annonaceae
Max height: 5-10 meters (16-33 feet)
Status: LC
Anona Colorada
Annona purpurea
Family: Annonaceae
Max height: 10-15 meters (33-49 feet)
Status: LC
Arazá
Eugenia stipitata
Family: Myrtaceae
Max height: 2.5-15 meters (8-50 feet)
Status: LC
Arrayán
Weinmannia pinnata
Family: Cunoniaceae
Max height: 20-30 meters (65-100 feet)
Status: LC
Balsa
Ochroma pyramidale
Family: Malvaceae
Max height: 25-35 meters
Status: LC
Balsam Tree
Myroxylon balsamum
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 30-45 meters
Status: LC
Bambu Gigante
Guadua angustifolia
Family: Poaceae
Max height: 30 m (98 ft)
Status: NE
Black Mangrove
Avicennia germinans
Family: Acanthaceae
Max height: 15-25 meters (50-80 feet)
Status: LC
Botarrama
Vochysia ferruginea
Family: Vochysiaceae
Max height: 30-40 meters (100-130 feet)
Status: LC
Burío
Heliocarpus appendiculatus
Family: Malvaceae
Max height: 10-25 meters
Status: LC
Buttonwood Mangrove
Conocarpus erectus
Family: Combretaceae
Max height: 15-20 meters (50-65 feet)
Status: LC
Cacao
Theobroma cacao
Family: Malvaceae
Max height: 4-8 meters (13-26 feet)
Status: LC
Cachimbo
Couratari guianensis
Family: Lecythidaceae
Max height: 45-60 meters (150-200 feet)
Status: VU
Caimito
Chrysophyllum cainito
Family: Sapotaceae
Max height: 15-25 meters
Status: LC
Camíbar
Copaifera aromatica
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 40 m
Status: VU
Caña Agria
Costus spicatus
Family: Costaceae
Max height: 2-3 meters (6-10 feet)
Status: LC
Caña Fístula
Cassia fistula
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 10-20 meters
Status: LC
Caña India
Dracaena fragrans
Family: Asparagaceae
Max height: 6-15 meters (20-50 feet)
Status: LC
Caoba
Swietenia macrophylla
Family: Meliaceae
Max height: 35-45 meters (115-150 feet)
Status: EN
Caobilla
Carapa guianensis
Family: Meliaceae
Max height: 30-40 meters (100-130 feet)
Status: LC
Capulín
Muntingia calabura
Family: Muntingiaceae
Max height: 8-12 meters (25-40 feet)
Status: LC
Carambola
Averrhoa carambola
Family: Oxalidaceae
Max height: 5-12 meters (16-40 feet)
Status: LC
Carao
Cassia grandis
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 20-30 meters
Status: LC
Carboncillo
Acacia pennatula
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 8-15 meters (25-50 feet)
Status: LC
Caribbean Pine
Pinus caribaea
Family: Pinaceae
Max height: 20-35 meters
Status: LC
Cas
Psidium friedrichsthalianum
Family: Myrtaceae
Max height: 5-8 meters (16-26 feet)
Status: LC
Cativo
Prioria copaifera
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 35-50 meters (115-165 feet)
Status: LC
Cedro Amargo
Cedrela odorata
Family: Meliaceae
Max height: 30-40 meters (100-130 feet)
Status: VU
Cedro Dulce
Cedrela tonduzii
Family: Meliaceae
Max height: 40 m (131 ft)
Status: LC
Cedro María
Calophyllum brasiliense
Family: Calophyllaceae
Max height: 30-45 meters
Status: LC
Cedro Real
Cedrela fissilis
Family: Meliaceae
Max height: 25-50 meters (80-165 feet)
Status: VU
Ceiba
Ceiba pentandra
Family: Malvaceae
Max height: 60-70 meters (200-230 feet)
Status: LC
Cenízaro
Samanea saman
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 20-30 meters (65-100 feet)
Status: LC
Cerillo
Symphonia globulifera
Family: Clusiaceae
Max height: 20-35 meters
Status: LC
Chancho Blanco
Vochysia guatemalensis
Family: Vochysiaceae
Max height: 35-50 meters (115-165 feet)
Status: LC
Chirraca
Lonchocarpus minimiflorus
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 10-20 meters
Status: LC
Ciprecillo
Podocarpus costaricensis
Family: Podocarpaceae
Max height: 20-30 meters (65-100 feet)
Status: CR
Ciprés
Cupressus lusitanica
Family: Cupressaceae
Max height: 25-35 meters
Status: LC
Coco
Cocos nucifera
Family: Arecaceae
Max height: 20-30 meters (66-100 feet)
Status: LC
Cocobolo
Dalbergia retusa
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 15-25 meters (50-80 feet)
Status: CR
Comenegro
Simarouba glauca
Family: Simaroubaceae
Max height: 15-25 meters (50-82 feet)
Status: LC
Contra
Rauvolfia tetraphylla
Family: Apocynaceae
Max height: 6 m (20 ft)
Status: LC
Copey
Clusia rosea
Family: Clusiaceae
Max height: 10-20 meters (33-65 feet)
Status: LC
Cornizuelo
Vachellia collinsii
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 10-20 meters
Status: LC
Corozo
Elaeis oleifera
Family: Arecaceae
Max height: 5-12 meters (16-40 feet)
Status: VU
Cortez Blanco
Roseodendron donnell-smithii
Family: Bignoniaceae
Max height: 25-40 meters (82-130 feet)
Status: VU
Cortez Negro
Tabebuia impetiginosa
Family: Bignoniaceae
Max height: 20-35 meters (65-115 feet)
Status: LC
Corteza Amarilla
Handroanthus ochraceus
Family: Bignoniaceae
Max height: 15-25 meters (50-80 feet)
Status: LC
Coyol
Acrocomia aculeata
Family: Arecaceae
Max height: 10-20 meters
Status: LC
Cristóbal
Platymiscium pinnatum
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 25-40 meters (82-130 feet)
Status: NT
Cristobalito
Platymiscium parviflorum
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 20-30 meters (65-98 feet)
Status: EN
Espavel
Anacardium excelsum
Family: Anacardiaceae
Max height: 40-50 meters (130-165 feet)
Status: LC
Flamboyán
Delonix regia
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 10-18 meters (33-60 feet)
Status: VU
Flor de Itabo
Yucca guatemalensis
Family: Asparagaceae
Max height: 6-12 meters (20-40 feet)
Status: LC
Fruta de Pan
Artocarpus altilis
Family: Moraceae
Max height: 15-25 meters (50-82 feet)
Status: LC
Fruta Dorada
Virola koschnyi
Family: Myristicaceae
Max height: 35-45 meters
Status: VU
Gallinazo
Schizolobium parahyba
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 30-45 meters
Status: LC
Gavilán
Pentaclethra macroloba
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 25-35 meters
Status: LC
Gmelina
Gmelina arborea
Family: Lamiaceae
Max height: 25-35 meters
Status: LC
Granadillo
Dalbergia tucurensis
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 25 m
Status: VU
Guaba
Inga edulis
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 15-30 meters
Status: LC
Guaba Bejuco
Inga vera
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 8-15 meters
Status: LC
Guaba Machete
Inga spectabilis
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 20-30 meters
Status: LC
Guachipelín
Diphysa americana
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 8-15 meters (26-50 feet)
Status: LC
Guácimo
Guazuma ulmifolia
Family: Malvaceae
Max height: 15-25 meters
Status: LC
Guácimo Colorado
Luehea seemannii
Family: Malvaceae
Max height: 30-40 meters (100-130 feet)
Status: LC
Guanábana
Annona muricata
Family: Annonaceae
Max height: 5-10 meters (16-33 feet)
Status: LC
Guanábana Cimarrona
Annona montana
Family: Annonaceae
Max height: 5-12 meters (16-40 feet)
Status: LC
Guanacaste
Enterolobium cyclocarpum
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 25-40 meters (80-130 feet)
Status: LC
Guapinol
Hymenaea courbaril
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 25-40 meters
Status: LC
Guarumbo Hembra
Cecropia peltata
Family: Urticaceae
Max height: 20 m (66 ft)
Status: LC
Guarumo
Cecropia obtusifolia
Family: Urticaceae
Max height: 15-25 meters
Status: LC
Guayaba Chilena
Acca sellowiana
Family: Myrtaceae
Max height: 3-7 meters (10-23 feet)
Status: LC
Guayabo
Psidium guajava
Family: Myrtaceae
Max height: 8-12 meters
Status: LC
Guayacán Real
Guaiacum sanctum
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Max height: 8-15 meters
Status: EN
Higuerón
Ficus insipida
Family: Moraceae
Max height: 30-40 meters (100-130 feet)
Status: LC
Hoja Santa
Piper auritum
Family: Piperaceae
Max height: 3-6 meters
Status: LC
Icaco
Chrysobalanus icaco
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Max height: 2-6 meters (6-20 feet)
Status: LC
Indio Desnudo
Bursera simaruba
Family: Burseraceae
Max height: 20-30 meters
Status: LC
Ira Rosa
Brownea macrophylla
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 15-25 meters (50-80 feet)
Status: LC
Jaboncillo
Sapindus saponaria
Family: Sapindaceae
Max height: 8-15 meters
Status: LC
Jacaranda
Jacaranda mimosifolia
Family: Bignoniaceae
Max height: 10-20 meters
Status: LC
Javillo
Hura crepitans
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Max height: 30-60 meters
Status: LC
Jícaro
Crescentia alata
Family: Bignoniaceae
Max height: 6-12 meters
Status: LC
Jobo
Spondias mombin
Family: Anacardiaceae
Max height: 15-30 meters
Status: LC
Jocote
Spondias purpurea
Family: Anacardiaceae
Max height: 7-15 meters
Status: LC
Laurel
Cordia alliodora
Family: Boraginaceae
Max height: 30-45 meters
Status: LC
Laurel Negro
Cordia megalantha
Family: Boraginaceae
Max height: 30-45 meters (100-150 feet)
Status: VU
Lechoso
Brosimum utile
Family: Moraceae
Max height: 35-50 meters (115-165 feet)
Status: VU
Lechoso Montañero
Brosimum lactescens
Family: Moraceae
Max height: 20-30 meters (66-98 feet)
Status: LC
Lengua de Vaca
Miconia argentea
Family: Melastomataceae
Max height: 10-20 meters (33-65 feet)
Status: LC
Lorito
Oreopanax xalapensis
Family: Araliaceae
Max height: 8-15 meters (26-50 feet)
Status: LC
Madero Negro
Gliricidia sepium
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 10-15 meters
Status: LC
Madroño
Calycophyllum candidissimum
Family: Rubiaceae
Max height: 15-25 meters
Status: LC
Magnolia
Magnolia poasana
Family: Magnoliaceae
Max height: 15-30 meters (50-100 feet)
Status: NT
Mamón
Melicoccus bijugatus
Family: Sapindaceae
Max height: 15-25 meters (50-80 feet)
Status: LC
Mamón Chino
Nephelium lappaceum
Family: Sapindaceae
Max height: 12-20 meters (40-65 feet)
Status: LC
Manchineel
Hippomane mancinella
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Max height: 15 meters
Status: LC
Mangium Acacia
Acacia mangium
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 25-30 meters
Status: LC
Mango
Mangifera indica
Family: Anacardiaceae
Max height: 15-30 meters
Status: NE
Manú
Minquartia guianensis
Family: Olacaceae
Max height: 30-45 meters (100-150 feet)
Status: VU
Manzana de Agua
Syzygium malaccense
Family: Myrtaceae
Max height: 12-18 meters
Status: LC
Marañón
Anacardium occidentale
Family: Anacardiaceae
Max height: 6-14 meters
Status: NE
Mastate
Brosimum utile
Family: Moraceae
Max height: 30-50 meters (100-165 feet)
Status: LC
Matapalo
Ficus spp.
Family: Moraceae
Max height: 25-45 meters
Status: LC
Mayo
Vochysia hondurensis
Family: Vochysiaceae
Max height: 30-45 meters (100-148 feet)
Status: NE
Monkey Comb Tree
Apeiba tibourbou
Family: Malvaceae
Max height: 15-30 meters
Status: LC
Mora
Maclura tinctoria
Family: Moraceae
Max height: 20-30 meters
Status: LC
Muñeco
Cordia collococca
Family: Boraginaceae
Max height: 15-25 meters
Status: LC
Nance
Byrsonima crassifolia
Family: Malpighiaceae
Max height: 5-15 meters
Status: LC
Nazareno
Peltogyne purpurea
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 25-40 meters
Status: VU
Neem
Azadirachta indica
Family: Meliaceae
Max height: 12-25 meters
Status: LC
Níspero
Manilkara zapota
Family: Sapotaceae
Max height: 25-40 meters
Status: LC
Ojoche
Brosimum alicastrum
Family: Moraceae
Max height: 30-45 meters (100-150 feet)
Status: LC
Olla de Mono
Lecythis ampla
Family: Lecythidaceae
Max height: 40-50 meters (130-165 feet)
Status: EN
Orey
Campnosperma panamense
Family: Anacardiaceae
Max height: 25-35 meters (82-115 feet)
Status: LC
Palma Cacho de Venado
Oenocarpus bataua
Family: Arecaceae
Max height: 15-25 meters (50-80 feet)
Status: LC
Palma de Escoba
Cryosophila albida
Family: Arecaceae
Max height: 4-10 meters (13-33 feet)
Status: VU
Palma Suita
Geonoma congesta
Family: Arecaceae
Max height: 2-6 meters (7-20 feet)
Status: LC
Palma Yolillo
Raphia taedigera
Family: Arecaceae
Max height: 10-20 meters (33-66 feet)
Status: LC
Palmera Real
Roystonea regia
Family: Arecaceae
Max height: 20-30 meters (65-100 feet)
Status: LC
Panamá
Sterculia apetala
Family: Malvaceae
Max height: 35-45 meters
Status: LC
Panama Rubber Tree
Castilla elastica
Family: Moraceae
Max height: 30-40 meters
Status: LC
Papaturro
Coccoloba caracasana
Family: Polygonaceae
Max height: 8-20 meters
Status: LC
Papaya
Carica papaya
Family: Caricaceae
Max height: 5-10 meters (16-33 feet)
Status: NE
Papayillo
Vasconcellea cauliflora
Family: Caricaceae
Max height: 3-8 meters (10-26 feet)
Status: LC
Pejibaye
Bactris gasipaes
Family: Arecaceae
Max height: 12-20 meters (40-65 feet)
Status: LC
Pilón
Hyeronima alchorneoides
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Max height: 25-40 meters (80-130 feet)
Status: NE
Pitahaya
Hylocereus costaricensis
Family: Cactaceae
Max height: 10+ meters (climbing)
Status: LC
Pochote
Pachira quinata
Family: Malvaceae
Max height: 30-45 meters (100-150 feet)
Status: EN
Pomarrosa
Syzygium jambos
Family: Myrtaceae
Max height: 10-15 meters (35-50 feet)
Status: LC
Poró
Erythrina poeppigiana
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 25-35 meters (80-115 feet)
Status: LC
Quebracho
Lysiloma divaricatum
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 15-20 meters
Status: LC
Quina
Cinchona pubescens
Family: Rubiaceae
Max height: 10 m (33 ft)
Status: LC
Quizarrá
Nectandra salicina
Family: Lauraceae
Max height: 5-20 meters (16-66 feet)
Status: LC
Rainbow Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus deglupta
Family: Myrtaceae
Max height: 60-75 meters
Status: LC
Rambutan
Nephelium lappaceum
Family: Sapindaceae
Max height: 15-24 meters (49-79 feet)
Status: LC
Red Mangrove
Rhizophora mangle
Family: Rhizophoraceae
Max height: 20-30 meters (65-100 feet)
Status: LC
Roble de Sabana
Tabebuia rosea
Family: Bignoniaceae
Max height: 20-30 meters (65-100 feet)
Status: LC
Roble Encino (Highland Oak)
Quercus spp.
Family: Fagaceae
Max height: 30-50 meters (100-165 feet)
Status: NE
Ron Ron
Astronium graveolens
Family: Anacardiaceae
Max height: 25-35 meters (80-115 feet)
Status: LC
Sangrillo
Pterocarpus officinalis
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 25-35 meters (82-115 feet)
Status: VU
Sardinillo
Tecoma stans
Family: Bignoniaceae
Max height: 3-10 meters (10-33 feet)
Status: LC
Sigua
Nectandra cissiflora
Family: Lauraceae
Max height: 20-35 meters (66-115 feet)
Status: LC
Sotacaballo
Zygia longifolia
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 10-20 meters (33-65 feet)
Status: LC
Surá
Terminalia oblonga
Family: Combretaceae
Max height: 40-50 meters
Status: VU
Tamarindo
Tamarindus indica
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 15-25 meters
Status: LC
Tamarindo Dulce
Tamarindus indica
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 20-30 meters (65-100 feet)
Status: LC
Targuá
Croton draco
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Max height: 15-25 meters (50-82 feet)
Status: LC
Tea Mangrove
Pelliciera rhizophorae
Family: Tetrameristaceae
Max height: 15-20 meters (50-65 feet)
Status: VU
Teak
Tectona grandis
Family: Lamiaceae
Max height: 30-45 meters
Status: EN
Tempisque
Sideroxylon capiri
Family: Sapotaceae
Max height: 20-35 meters
Status: NT
Tirrá
Ulmus mexicana
Family: Ulmaceae
Max height: 30-45 meters (100-150 feet)
Status: VU
White Mangrove
Laguncularia racemosa
Family: Combretaceae
Max height: 12-18 meters (40-60 feet)
Status: LC
Wild Tobacco Tree
Acnistus arborescens
Family: Solanaceae
Max height: 6-12 meters
Status: LC
Yellow Oleander
Thevetia peruviana
Family: Apocynaceae
Max height: 3-8 meters
Status: LC
Yos
Sapium glandulosum
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Max height: 15-30 meters
Status: LC
Zapatero
Hieronyma oblonga
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Max height: 25-40 meters
Status: LC
Zapote
Pouteria sapota
Family: Sapotaceae
Max height: 25-40 meters
Status: LC
Zorrillo
Senna reticulata
Family: Fabaceae
Max height: 8 m (26 ft)
Status: LC