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Seeds in an Apple Design

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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