Plants

In the Jaibazul forest converges the tropical dry forest of the colombian Caribbean with the humid forest characteristic of the biogeographic Chocó. Whats why it presents a mosaic of species from both ecosystems.

The list of botanical species identified so far is as follows:

  • Anacardium excelsum (Bertero exKunth) Skeels
  • Desmoncus orthacanthos Mart
  • Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) Bertero ex A. DC.
  • Anemopaegma chrysoleucum (Kunth) Sandwith
  • Rhizophora mangle L.
  • Trema micrantha (L.) Blume
  • Laguncularia racemosa (L.) C.F.Gaertn.
  • Acalypha villosa Jacq.
  • Sapium glandulosum (L.) Morong
  • Machaerium microphyllum (E.Mey.) Standl.
  • Inga sp.
  • Platymiscium sp.
  • Erythrina sp.
  • Vitex cymosa Bertero ex Spreng
  • Pseudobombax septenatum (Jacq.) Dugand
  • Pachira quinata (Jacq.) W.S. Alverson – Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
  • Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn
  • Guazuma ulmifolia Lam.
  • Ficus sp.
  • Muntingia calabura L.
  • Piper sp.
  • Randia formosa (Jacq.) K.Schum.
  • Borojoa sp.
  • Zanthoxylum setulosum P. Wilson
  • Cecropia peltata L.
  • Tectona grandis
  • Cedrela odorata– Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
  • Gmelina arborea
  • Gliricidia sepium
  • Carapa guianensis
  • Swietenia macrophylla
  • Cariniana pyriformis – Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
  • Ochroma pyramidale
  • Cocos nucifera
  • Attalea butyracea
  • Euterpe oleracea
  • Mangifera indica
  • Citrus × limon
  • Theobroma grandiflorum
  • Artocarpus altilis
  • Annona muricata
  • Melicoccus bijugatus
  • Caesalpinia ebano – endemic