Plant Catalog · Sintropia

silk floss tree

Ceiba speciosa

Deciduous Atlantic Forest tree reaching 15–30 m with a crown up to 20 m wide. Fast growth (~6 m in 2–3 years). Trunk often armed with conical spines.

fairchild's clitoria

Clitoria fairchildiana

Secondary I High Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

A leguminous tree native to Brazil (Amazonian domain), 6-12 m tall, with a broad crown and violet flowers in pendulous inflorescences. It nodulates...

diesel tree

Copaifera langsdorffii

Climax High Mulch biomass

Climax Cerrado and Atlantic Forest legume; produces medicinal oil from trunk exudates. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 and in the '...

freijo

Cordia goeldiana

Secondary II Emergent Mulch biomass

Amazonian emergent tree, listed by Embrapa Amazônia Oriental among key timber species for SAFs with fruit trees. Mahogany-grade timber — sliced and...

capixingui

Croton floribundus

Secondary I High Mulch biomass

Native pioneer tree of the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado, common in edges and clearings of semi-deciduous forests. Reaches 8–15 m on a roughly 30-yea...

giant bamboo

Dendrocalamus asper

Secondary I Emergent Mulch biomass

One of the most economically important giant bamboos, a clumping species native to Southeast Asia, with culms 15–20 m tall and up to 20 cm in diame...

giant bamboo

Dendrocalamus giganteus

Secondary I Emergent Mulch biomass

One of the largest bamboos in the world, a clumping species native to India, Myanmar, Thailand and southern China, with culms commonly reaching 30 ...

baru nut

Dipteryx alata

Climax Emergent

Native Cerrado leguminous tree reaching over 25 m. Although a legume, it does not form root nodules with N-fixing bacteria — relies on N from groun...

tonka bean

Dipteryx odorata

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Emergent Amazonian tree (15–30 m), relative of baru (Dipteryx alata, already in canon but Cerrado). Seeds (beans) with intense vanilla-coumarin aro...

earpod tree

Enterolobium contortisiliquum

Climax Emergent Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Large nitrogen-fixing leguminous tree native to the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado. EcoAgri lists it in the emergent stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. ...

rose gum

Eucalyptus grandis

Secondary I Emergent Mulch biomass

Typical accumulation species in syntropic systems: cover biomass, timber in 15 years. Non-native but widely used in Brazilian SAFs.

garlic tree

Gallesia integrifolia

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Emergent tree of the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado with a strong garlic smell when wounded. EcoAgri lists it in the emergent stratum of the '> 50 yea...

genipa

Genipa americana

Climax High No biomass production

Pan-Brazilian native fruit (Cerrado, MA, Amazonia, Pantanal). EcoAgri lists it in the high stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. Edible fruit and source...

guadua

Guadua angustifolia

Secondary I Emergent Mulch biomass

A woody clumping bamboo native to Central and South America, regarded as the finest structural bamboo of the Americas. It forms straight, strong cu...

taquarucu bamboo

Guadua tagoara

Secondary I High Mulch biomass

A bamboo native to the Atlantic Forest, distributed from Santa Catarina to Bahia, where it forms the characteristic bamboo thickets. It can reach a...

West Indian elm

Guazuma ulmifolia

Secondary I High Mulch biomass

Fast-growing pioneer tree native to the Cerrado, Pantanal, and Atlantic Forest. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 and in the 10–20 ye...

yellow trumpet tree

Handroanthus albus

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Long-cycle climax with premium timber. Characteristic of Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Spectacular winter bloom.

yellow lapacho

Handroanthus chrysotrichus

Climax High No biomass production

Medium-tall tree of the southern and southeastern Atlantic Forest (8–15 m). Vivid golden-yellow flowering in August–September, denser than the cerr...

pink lapacho

Handroanthus impetiginosus

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Emergent tree native to Cerrado, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, Amazon, and Pantanal. Reaches 20–35 m in the wild, 8–12 m in cultivation. Vivid magenta...

rubber tree

Hevea brasiliensis

Secondary II High Mulch biomass

Amazonian latex (natural rubber) tree. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 and cites it explicitly among the 40-year phase species of t...

jatoba

Hymenaea courbaril

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Tropical climax with extremely dense timber; fruit pulp is edible. Common in syntropic abundance systems.

Cerrado jatobá

Hymenaea stigonocarpa

Climax High

Deciduous leguminous tree 5–20 m tall, typical of open cerrado and campo-cerrado on well-drained soils. Unlike most Fabaceae, it does not form N-fi...

arara nut tree

Joannesia princeps

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Atlantic Forest emergent surviving 80+ years. Rebello highlights its key successional role: planted with embaúba (secondary I, 10–20 yr) and guapur...

pacari

Lafoensia pacari

Climax Medium No biomass production

Cerrado and Pantanal native tree, listed by EcoAgri in the medium stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. Bark traditionally used as a wound-healing and a...