Medicinal
Camibar
Prioria copaifera Griseb.
Nicaragua to Colombia
Fun factCativo wood dries quickly with almost no checking or warping, which is unusual for a tropical hardwood and helped make it a major plywood and veneer timber.
A tall legume tree of lowland wet forest and swampy ground from Nicaragua to Colombia, where it often grows in nearly pure stands. It develops a long, clear trunk and is one of the most important timber trees of the region, its light brown, straight-grained wood being used for veneer, plywood and joinery.
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FamilyFabaceae
Spanish nameCamibar
Also known asCativo, Cativo, Cativa, Copachu, Curucai
Native toLowland wet forest from Nicaragua through Costa Rica and Panama to Colombia, and Jamaica
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Hardwood Forest | — | 5 July 2019 | Planted | — | Medicinal Tree, 50m Height |
1 of these has no tag yet; it will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.