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Cellulose-based fibers
Cotton and polyester alternative + other lignocellulosic fibers
Acrocomia aculeata - Macaw palm
Albizia guachapele / Pseudosamanea guachapele
Alibertia edulis - Madrono
Amphipterygium adstringens - Cuachalate
Anacardium occidentale - Cashew
Annona glabra - Pond Apple
Annona purpurea - Soncoya
Apeiba tibourbou
Astrocaryum campestre - Tucum-rasteiro
Astrocaryum standleyanum – Chumba wumba
Bactris gasipaes - Peach palm
Bixa orellana - Achiote
Bursera simaruba - Gumbolimbo
Capparis cynophallophora / Morisonia cynophallophora – Jamacan caper
Casearia guianesis
Cassia grandis - Carao
Cavanillesia platanifolia - Quipo
Cedrela odorata - Cedar wood / Spanish Cedar
Ceiba pentandra - Kapok
Celtis iguanaea - Iguana hackberry
Chlorophora tinctoria / Maclura tinctoria - Dyer's mulberry
Chrysophyllum cainito
Cordia alliodora - Spanish elm
Couroupita nicaraguensis - Bala de canon
Crescentia alata - Jicaro
Croton draco - Dragon's blood
Cynometra hemitomophylla
Dalbergia retusa - Cocobolo
Dipteryx oleifera - Almendro
Enterolobium cyclocarpum - Devil's ear
Erythrina fusca - Coral Bean
Ficus maxima - Ficus
Fridericia chica
Gliricidia sepium - Quickstick
Guaiacum sanctum
Gyrocarpus americanus - Propeller tree
Handroanthus chrysotrichus / Tabebuia chrysantha - Golden trumpet tree
Hippomane mancinella - Manchineel
Hyeronima alchorneoides - Bully Tree
Inga spectabilis - Guaba machete / Guavo real
Juglans olanchana / Juglans pyriformis - Black cedar
Libidibia coriaria - Divi-divi
Lindackeria laurina – Escribano
Luehea candida
Lysiloma divaricatum / Lysiloma Seemannii
Melicoccus bijugatus - Spanish lime
Miconia argentea
Moquilea platypus - Fritsch / Zapote
Ochroma pyramidale - Balsa Tree
Pachira quinata / Bombax ceiba - Pochote
Persea caerulea
Phytelephas seemannii / Phytelephas macrocarpa
Pinus oocarpa / Pinus tecunumanii
Plumeria rubra - Temple tree
Pouteria campechiana / Lucuma campechiana - Canistel
Prioria copaifera - Camibar
Psidium guajava - Guava
Quararibea funebris - Rosita de cacao
Roupala montana – Faieira
Simarouba glauca - Bitterwood
Spondias mombin - Yellow Mombin
Sterculia apetala - Panama tree
Swietenia humilis - Pacific coast mahogany
Tabebuia rosea – Rosy trumpet tree / Roble
Terminalia oblonga - Peruvian almond / Sura, Guayabon
Ximenia americana - Hog plum / Tallow Wood / Yellow plum
Aechmea magdalenae - Wild pineapple
Albizia niopoides / Pseudalbizzia niopoides - Burkhart
Alseis blackiana – Mameicillo
Anacardium excelsum - Wild cashew
Andira inermis - Cabbage bark
Annona muricata - Sour Sop
Apeiba membranacea - Cortezo
Apoplanesia paniculata
Astrocaryum mexicanum
Astronium graveolens - Goncalo alves / Glassywood
Bignonia aequinoctialis - Bejuco colorado
Bombacopsis quinata - Red Ceiba
Calycophyllum candidissimum
Carludovica palmata - Panama hat plant / Toquilla palm
Casearia sylvestris - Wild sage
Castilla elastica - Panama rubber tree
Cecropia peltata - Trumpet tree
Ceiba aesculifolia - Pochote
Ceiba speciosa - Floss silk tree
Cenostigma eriostachys - Iguano
Chrysophyllum argenteum – Bastard redwood
Cochlospermum vitifolium - Brazilian rose
Cordia laevigata - Clam cherry
Crataeva tapia - Tapica
Crescentia cujete - Calabaso
Curatella americana - Sandpaper tree
Cyrilla racemiflora – Ironwood
Didymopanax morototoni - Mountain trumpet
Elaeis oleifera - American oil palm
Erythrina berteroana - Pito coral tree
Faramea occidentalis – Heusito jazmin
Ficus yoponenisis
Genipa americana
Guaiacum officinale - Roughbark
Guazuma ulmifolia - West Indian elm
Haematoxylium brasiletto - Mexican logwood
Heteropsis oblongifolia
Hura crepitans - Sandbox tree
Hymenaea courbaril – West Indian locust
Inga vera - Guabita cansaboca
Leucaena collinsii - Leadtree
Licania arborea
Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum
Luehea seemannii
Manilkara zapota - Sapodillo
Melicoccus oliviformis
Minquartia guianensis - Black wood
Muntingia calabura - Strawberry tree
Pachira aquatica - Malabar chestnut (Money tree)
Persea americana - Avocado
Phyllostylon brasiliensis – Pau branco
Pinus caribaea - Caribbean pine
Platymiscium pinnatum - Macawood
Poulsenia armata - Poulsenia
Pouteria sapota - Red mamey
Pseudosamanea guachapele / Albizia guachepele
Pterocarpus rohrii
Robrichia schomburgkii - Guabino
Samanea saman - Rain Tree (Monkey Pod Tree)
Siparuna guianensis – Hierbo de pasmo/ Ant Bush
Spondias purpurea - Purple mombin / Jocote
Swartzia simplex
Swietenia macrophylla - Big leaf mahogany
Terminalia Amazonia - White olive / Roble coral
Vochysia ferrugínea
Xylopia aromatica - Monkey Pepper
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