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