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Collection/Camibar
Camibar botanical plate
Plate · drawn for the register, 2026Prioria copaifera
Medicinal

Camibar

Prioria copaifera Griseb.
FamilyFabaceae
EspañolCamibar
AlsoCativo

A tall legume tree of lowland wet forest and swampy ground from Nicaragua to Colombia, where it often grows in nearly pure stands. It develops a long, clear trunk and is one of the most important timber trees of the region, its light brown, straight-grained wood being used for veneer, plywood and joinery.

Sourced · see Record tab Least Concern; assessed as Endangered in Colombia's national red list. · IUCN
Worth knowingCativo wood dries quickly with almost no checking or warping, which is unusual for a tropical hardwood and helped make it a major plywood and veneer timber.
1on the estate
0carrying a tag
0sponsored
TagGarden areaZonePlantedStatusSponsoredNote
Hardwood Forest5 July 2019PlantedMedicinal Tree, 50m Height

1 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.

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