Plant Catalog · Sintropia

amburana

Amburana cearensis

Premium-timber leguminous tree native to Caatinga, Cerrado, and dry Atlantic Forest. EcoAgri lists it in the high stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. ...

paraná pine

Araucaria angustifolia

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Conifer native to southern Brazil, an iconic emergent of highland Atlantic Forest. Rebello cites it among emergent-stratum representatives in clima...

breadfruit

Artocarpus altilis

Climax High No biomass production

Pacific fruit tree naturalized in Brazilian coastal and Amazonian regions. EcoAgri lists it in the high stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. Starchy fr...

peroba-poca

Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon

Climax High Mulch biomass

Premium-timber tree native to the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado, distinct from peroba-rosa (Aspidosperma polyneuron). Rebello & Sakamoto (2019) plant...

peroba rosa

Aspidosperma polyneuron

Climax High

Atlantic Forest climax tree with very slow growth and dense, prized timber. Reaches 20–30 m. IUCN-listed as threatened due to logging.

babassu palm

Attalea speciosa

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Native palm of the transition zones between the Amazon, Cerrado, and Caatinga — strongly present in Maranhão, Piauí, Tocantins, and northern Goiás....

Brazil nut

Bertholletia excelsa

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Amazonian emergent giant reaching 50 m. Pasini lists it in the emergent stratum of Tabela 3 and cites 'castanheiras' among Abundance-system species...

jelly palm

Butia odorata

Climax Medium No biomass production

Native palm of the Pampa and southern grasslands. 4–8 m, leaf-base covered trunk. Orange-yellow fruits with fibrous sweet-tart flesh — basis of jel...

andiroba

Carapa guianensis

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Amazonian premium-timber tree (luxury furniture) producing medicinal seed oil that repels insects. Pasini lists it in the emergent stratum of Tabel...

jequitibá

Cariniana legalis

Climax Emergent

Emergent giant of the Atlantic Forest; climax species forming the uppermost canopy stratum of dense ombrophilous forest. Can exceed 60 m at maturit...

souari nut

Caryocar brasiliense

Climax High

Iconic fruit tree of the Brazilian Cerrado, up to ~10 m tall with a broad crown. Very slow growth; first fruits not until ~30 years in smaller indi...

pequiá

Caryocar villosum

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Giant Amazonian emergent tree, cited by Rebello (EcoAgri) alongside Brazil-nut, kapok, dandá, jequitibá, sea-coconut and araucária as representativ...

Spanish cedar

Cedrela odorata

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Premium tropical timber of Mesoamerica and northern South America, distinct from Brazilian cedro-rosa (Cedrela fissilis). The Bosque de Niebla Guid...

kapok tree

Ceiba pentandra

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Amazonian emergent giant reaching 70 m — one of the tallest trees of the American tropics. Pasini lists it in the emergent stratum of Tabela 3. Sac...

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 '...

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. ...

grumichama

Eugenia brasiliensis

Climax Medium No biomass production

Atlantic Forest native fruit tree, with small purple fruits resembling cherries. EcoAgri lists it in the medium stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. Mo...

juçara palm

Euterpe edulis

Climax High No biomass production

Atlantic Forest native palm with long-cycle climax behavior; high-quality palm heart. Endangered under extractivism, abundant in well-managed syntr...

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...

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...