Last updated 5/7/2008
37 Kinds of Fruit Trees
2005 2006 2008 Spanish Name English Name Binomial Name/Links
9 8 11 Manzana Rosa Rose Apple (Eugenia)
many many many Banano Banana (Musaceae)
some some some Café Coffee (Coffea arabica)
13 17 18 Guayaba Wild Guava (Psidium)
2 2 5 Guava Guava
0 0 7 Tamarindo Thai Tamarind (Tamarindus indica)
7 1 1 Higueron Fig (Ficus)
6 6 3 Limon Acido Lime (Citrus aurantifolia)
6 6 7 Mandarino Tangerine (Citrus reticulata)
1 1 1 Mandarino Amargo Bitter Tangerine (Citrus reticulata)
5 3 3 Naranjo Orange (Citrus sinensis)
4 4 4 Ciruelo Plum (Prunus)
4 4 4 Toronja Roja Red Grapefruit (Critus x paradisi)
4 5 5 Toronja Amarilla Yellow Grapefruit (Critus x paradisi)
3 3 3 Jocote Purple Mombin (Spondias purpurea)
2 2 2 Mango Mango (Mangifera)
2 9 20 Huitite Xylosma (Xylosma)
1 1 1 Aguacate Hass Hass Avocado (Persea americana)
0 6 3 Aguacate Criollo Local Avocado (Persea americana)
1 1 1 Aguacatillo Wild Avocado (Phoebe spp)
1 1 1 Zapote Zapote Nut (Calocarpum sapote)
1 5 3 Limon Dulce Sweet Lemon (Citrus x limon?)
1 2 2 Limon Criollo Yellow Lemon (Citrus x limon)
2 2 3 Anona Soursop, Guanabana (Annona muricata)
0 25 21 Olivo Suplente Pseudo Olive (Olea europaea)
0 4 1 Papaya Papaya (Carica)
0 4 18 Nispero Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)
0 1 1 Maranon Cashew (Anacardium occidentale)
0 1 1 Mamon Chino Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum)
1 1 0 Cana de Azucar Sugar Cane (Saccharum officinarum)
0 1 1 Cas Guava Cas, smooth leaf (Psidium friedrichsthalianum)
0 1 1 Cas Guava Cas, serrated leaf (Psidium friedrichsthalianum)
0 3 7 Manzana de Agua Malay Apple (Syzygium malaccense)
0 1 9 Almendro Almond (Prunus dulcis)
0 1 0 Noni Noni (Morinda citrifolia)
0 1 0 Carambola Carambola (Averrhoa carambola)
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77 133 168 Total Fruit Trees
25 Kinds of Timber Trees
2005 2006 2008 Spanish Name English Name Binomial Name/Links
0 0 31 Amarillon White Olive Terminalia amazonia
0 0 14 Corteza Amarilla Ipe Tababuia ochracea
many many many Hitabo Yucca (Yucca)
32 20 20 Jaul Alder (Alnus acuminata)
23 28 23 Cedro Dulce Sweet Cedar (Cedrela tonduzii)
21 6 4 Poro Coral Tree (Erythrina poeppigiana)
12 5 2 Madero Negro Black Wood (Gliricidia sepium)
6 6 5 Jinote Peeled Indian (Bursera simarouba)
6 28 108 Eucalipto Colorado Rainbow E. (Eucalyptus deglupta)
5 3 3 Guachipelin Guachipelin (Diphysa americana)
4 3 3 Roble Encino Giant Oak (Quercus copeyensis)
4 4 3 Eucalipto Plateado Silver Dollar E. (E. cinerea)
4 4 3 Guarumo Guarumo (Cecropia polyphlebia)
some some some Guacamaya Guacamaya
2 14 10 Cipres Cypress (Cupressus lusitanica)
2 2 2 Laurel Bay Leaf (Persea Caerulea)
2 2 2 Eucalipto Corcho Cork Eucalyptus
2 1 1 Guanacaste Guanacaste (Enterolobium)
1 1 1 Tirra Mexican Elm (Ulmus mexicana)
5 5 5 Murta Myrtle (Myrtus)
0 some some Bambu enano Dwarf Bamboo (Bambusa)
0 some some Bambu aurea Bamboo (Bambusa)
0 1 1 Zorra Skunk
0 1 1 Pino Hondureno Honduran Pine (Pinus hondureno)
many many many Guadua Giant Bamboo (Guadua angustifolia)
131 134 242 Total Timber Trees
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208 267 409 Total Identified Trees
Some trees were not counted because of 1) inaccessible locations (western woods)
2) multiple stems (bamboo) or offspring (banana)
3) too scattered or common (coffee, yucca, guacamaya)
4) unidentified species
Former totals for years 2005 and 2006 were revised slightly when existing trees became
better known.
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