| Wildlife Benefit | Farmer Benefit | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family | Scientific Name | Forest Remnant | Canopy or Understory | Planting Potential | Native | Bird Benefit (Flowers or Fruit) | Other Wildlife Benefit | Nitrogen Fixing | Consumption | Medicinal | Lumber/Wood | Livestock Forage | Favorable Shade | Comments |
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Sources: Farmer and agronomist interviews in Talamanca, including: Tranquileno, Walter Vargas Rodriguez, Timoteo Dilbert, Susanna Chic. Local literature, including: Flórula del Parque Nacional Cahuita, Arboles de Costa Rica vol.1, El Arbol al Servicio del Agricultor, Arboles Nativos de Talamanca, un reporte de ASACODE. | ||||||||||||||
| Anacardiaceae | Anacardium excelsum | X | c | X | X | ? | ||||||||
| Anacardiaceae | Mangifera indica | X | u | X | ? | |||||||||
| Anacardiaceae | Spondias mombin | X | c,u | ? | Fr | X | ||||||||
| Araliaceae | Dendropanax arboreus | X | c,u | ? | X | Fr | X | |||||||
| Bignoniaceae | Tabibuia rosea | X | c | X | X | ? | X | X | X | |||||
| Burseraceae | Bursera semiruba | X | c | ? | Fr | X | ||||||||
| Clusiaceae | Calophyllum brasiliense | X | c,u | X | X | Fr | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Combretaceae | Terminalia amazonia | X | c | X | X | Fr | X | X | ||||||
| Combretaceae | Terminalia spp. | X | c | Fl? | X | |||||||||
| Elaeocarpaceae | Muntingia calybura | X | c | X | X | Fl,Fr | X | |||||||
| Euphorbiaceae | Hieronyma oblonga | X | c | X | X | Fr | X | X | ||||||
| Euphorbiaceae | Hura crepitans | X | c | X | X | Fr | X | Beneficial for Psittacids | ||||||
| Leguminosaceae | Hymenolobium sp. | X | c | X | X | Fl,Fr | X | X | ||||||
| Leguminosae | Andira inermis | X | u | ? | X | ? | X | |||||||
| Leguminosae | Inga spp. | X | c,u | X | X | Fl,Fr | X | X | X | |||||
| Leguminosae | Pentaclethra macroloba | X | c | X | X | Fr | X | |||||||
| Leguminosae | Schizolobium parahybum | X | c | X | X | Fr | X | |||||||
| Melaceae | Cedrela odorata | X | c | X | X | Fr | X | Susceptible to disease | ||||||
| Mimosaceae | Albizzia spp. | X | c | ? | X | Fl?,Fr? | X | X | ||||||
| Mimosaceae | Pithecellobium psuedotamarindus | X | c | ? | X | Fr? | X | X | X | |||||
| Mimosaceae | Pithecellobium saman | X | c,u | X | X | Fr? | X | X | X | Rapid growth | ||||
| Moraceae | Brosimum alicastrum | X | c,u | ? | X | Fr | X | X | ||||||
| Moraceae | Castilla elastica | X | c,u | ? | X | Fr | X | |||||||
| Moraceae | Cecropia spp. | X | u | ? | Fr | No direct benefits | ||||||||
| Moraceae | Ficus bullenei | X | u | ? | X | Fr | X | |||||||
| Moraceae | Ficus cahuitensis | X | c | ? | X | Fr | X | |||||||
| Moraceae | Ficus citrifolia | X | u | ? | X | Fr | X | |||||||
| Moraceae | Ficus isopheblia | X | c,u | ? | X | Fr | X | |||||||
| Moraceae | Ficus maxima | X | c,u | ? | X | Fr | X | |||||||
| Moraceae | Ficus nymphaeifolia | X | c,u | ? | X | X | ||||||||
| Moraceae | Ficus perforata (oerstediana) | X | c,u | ? | X | X | ||||||||
| Moraceae | Ficus wercklana | X | c | ? | X | Fr | X | |||||||
| Myristicaceae | Virola koschnyi | X | c | ? | X | Fr | X | |||||||
| Papilionaceae | Dipteryx panamensis | X | c | X | X | Fr | X | X | X | |||||
| Rutaceae | Zanthoxylon panamense | X | c,u | ? | X | Fl,Fr | X | |||||||
| Sapotaceae | Chrysophyllum cainito | X | c,u | X | X | Fr | X | X | ||||||
| Simaroubaceae | Simarouba amara | X | c,u | X | X | Fr | X | |||||||
| Sterculiaceae | Guazuma ulmifolia | X | c,u | X | X | Fl | Dense shade | |||||||
| Tiliaceae | Luehea seemanii | X | c,u | X | X | Fl | Dense shade | |||||||
| Vochyseaceae | Vochysia ferruhinea | X | c | ? | X | Fr | X | X | Beneficial for Psittacids | |||||
| Vochyseaceae | Vochysia hondurensis | X | c | ? | X | Fr | X | Beneficial for Psittacids. | ||||||
| Cordia alliodora | X | c,u | X | ? | X | |||||||||
| Croton killipianus | X | u | ? | Fl | X | |||||||||
| Guarea hoffmanniana | X | u | ? | Fr? | ||||||||||
| Posoqueria latifolia | X | u | ? | Fr | X | Monkey consumption | ||||||||
| Trophis racemosa | X | c,u | ? | Fr | X | |||||||||
| Vitex cooperi | X | u | ? | Fr? | ||||||||||
| X | c | ? | X | Fr | X | |||||||||
| Guttiferaceae | Vismia macrophylla | ? | u | ? | X | Fr | X | |||||||
| Annonaceae | Rollinia microsepala | c | X | Fr | X | |||||||||
| Bomabacaceae | Ochroma pyramidae | c,u | X | X | Fl | X | X | Wood easily worked | ||||||
| Bombacaceae | Ceiba pentandra | c | X | Fr,Fl | X | |||||||||
| Bombacaceae | Quarribea asterolepsis (guatemalteca) | c,u | ? | X | Fl,Fr | X | X | X | ||||||
| Lauraceae | Nectandra sanguinea | u | ? | X | Fr | X | X | |||||||
| Leguminosaceae | Inga coruscans | c,u | X | X | Fl,Fr | X | X | X | ||||||
| Leguminosae | Erythrina poeppigiana | c,u | X | Fl,Fr | X | X | ||||||||
| Leguminosae | Gliricidea sepium | u | X | Fl | X | X | ||||||||
| Leguminosae | Leucaena glauca | u | X | Fl,Fr | X | X | ||||||||
| Malvaceae | Hampea appendiculata | c,u | ? | X | Fr | |||||||||
| Melastomataceae | Conostegia xalapensis | u | ? | X | Fr | X | ||||||||
| Mimosaceae | Caliandra spp. | u | X | Fl,Fr | X | X | ||||||||
| Mimosaceae | Pithecellobium dulce (Inga dulcis) | u | X | X | Fl, Fr | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Moraceae | X | Fr | ||||||||||||
| Myrtaceae | Psidium guava | u | X | X | Fr | X | X | |||||||
| Oxalidaceae | Averrhoa carambola | u | X | Fr | X | X | ||||||||
| Palmae | Bactris gasipaes | u | X | X | Fl,Fr | X | X | |||||||
| Passifloreacae | Passiflora spp. | ? | Fl,Fr | Shrub diversity | ||||||||||
| Piperaceae | Piper villiramulum | u | X | Fl, Fr | Flowers year-round | |||||||||
| Rubiaceae | Genipa americana | c,u | ? | X | Fl,Fr | X | ||||||||
| Sapindaceae | Blighia sapida | c,u | X | Fr | X | X | ||||||||