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Licania ternatensis

Family
Chrysobalanaceae (Chrysobalan family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Lesser Antilles to Trinidad
Climate
wet tropical

About

Licania ternatensis is a species of flowering plant native to the southeastern Caribbean. It is known locally as bwa dyab (in Dominica and Martinique), bois gris or bwa gri (in Grenada, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique,) or bois de masse or bwa di mas (in Saint Lucia). It is one of the most common rainforest trees in Dominica, St Lucia, St Vincent, and Grenada.

Other Licania plants

Licania caldasiana · Licania densiflora · Licania velutina · Licania

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Licania ternatensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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