Tree trail

Use this list of trees with name tags to learn trees on the Mahogany Trail, near La Milpa Lodge, in the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area.  Download the list:

https://mayaforestbelize.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/trees-on-mahogany-trail.pdf

Named, tagged trees on the Mahogany Trail,

La Milpa Lodge

Look for aluminum tags nailed or wired to the tree.  Tags will have number and name.  Some numbers may be out of order as you walk the trail.  Some scientific names on the tags may differ from those in this list.  Names in this list have been updated according to recent taxonomic revisions.

Tag #	Species	Common name	Family
1	Tabernaemontana donnell-smithii	cojotón	Apocynaceae
2	Exostema mexicanum	sabac ché	Rubiaceae
3	Aspidosperma cruentum	mylady	Apocynaceae
4	Mariosousa usumacintensis	jesmo	Fabaceae: Mimosoideae
5	Vachellia gentlei	bull’s horn acacia	Fabaceae: Mimosoideae
6	Metopium brownei	poisonwood, chechem	Anacardiaceae
7	Rinorea hummelii	wild coffee	Violaceae
8	Ampelocera hottlei	female bullhoof	Ulmaceae
9	Simira salvadorensis	john crow redwood	Rubiaceae
10	Pouteria reticulata	zapotillo	Sapotaceae
11	Trichilia pallida	carbón del río	Meliaceae
12	Cryosophila stauracantha	escoba, give-and-take	Arecaceae
13	Pseudolmedia spuria	cherry	Moracee
14	Pouteria campechiana	ciruela	Sapotaceae
15	Metopium brownei	poisonwood, chechem	Anacardiaceae
16	Cupania belizensis	grande betty	Sapindaceae
17	Mouriri mytilloides	jug	Melastomataceae
18	Alseis hondurensis	wild mammee	Rubiaceae
19	Brosimum alicastrum	breadnut, ramón	Moraceae
20	Hirtella americana	pigeon plum	Chrysobalanaceae
21	Trichilia minutiflora	wild lime	Meliaceae
22	Pouteria amygdalina	silión	Sapotaceae
23	Astronium graveolens	jobillo	Anacardiaceae
24	Chamaedorea sp.	xate	Arecaceae
25	Dracaena americana	candlewood	Dracaenaceae
26	Cosmocalyx spectabilis	—	Rubiaceae
27	Sideroxylon foetidissimum	cream tree	Sapotaceae
28	Pouteria reticulata	zapotillo	Sapotaceae
29	Piper psilorhachis	Spanish elder	Piperaceae
30	Manilkara zapota	chicle, sapodilla	Sapotaceae
31	Sabal mauritiiformis	botán palm	Arecaceae
32	Pouteria amygdalina	silión	Sapotaceae
33	Vitex gaumeri	yashnik, fiddlewood	Lamiaceae
34	Gaussia maya	palmasito	Arecaceae
35	Simarouba amara	negrito	Simaroubaceae
36	Pseudobombax ellipticum	mapola	Malvaceae
37	Protium copal	copal	Burseraceae
38	Drypetes brownii	male bullhoof	Putranjivaceae
39	Licaria peckii	timbersweet	Lauraceae
40	Coussapoa oligocephala	matapalo	Cecropiaceae
41	Guettarda combsii	glassywood	Rubiaceae
42	Zygia sp.	—	Fabaceae: Mimosoideae