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THE NURSERY
Since April, 2006 we have been hard at work collecting and germinating seeds of
native hardwood and fruit trees. This is our working list of what we have in the
nursery:
Hardwoods
Nogal (Black Walnut)
Juglan neotropica ..........350
Danto (Amarillo)
Sideroxylon capiri .........4,000
Roble Blanco (White Oak)
Quercus copeyensis ........2,000
Roble Negro (Black Oak)
Quercus copeyensis ........100
Cedro María (Beautyleaf)
Calophyllum brasiliense ...300
Guanacaste
Entercolobium cyclocarpum .120
Quiura***...........................3,000
Jira Colorado***.................300
Chicara***..........................300
Other Species .....................500
Fruit Trees
Tamarindo (Tamarind)
Tamarindus indica..........100
Manzanas de Agua
Syzygium aromaticum...............750
Avocado
Persea americana..................50
Mango
Bromus mango......................2
Papaya
Carica papaya.....................200
Mamonchino (rambutan)
Nephelium lappaceum...............100
Marañón (Cashew)
Anacardium occidentale............1
Guyaba Hawaianna (Guava)
Myrtaceae sp. ...................3
Guayaba Americana (Guava)
Myrtaceae sp. ..........200
Guaba
Inga sp. ........................8
Cacao (Chocolate)
Theobroma cacao..................5
***We are still in the process of identifying many species.
Some names have been given to us by indeginous people with different
languages and names for trees.
******For some species, we have very few. We mention them only because
we plan for them to be a larger part of our reforestation project
as we find more seeds.
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