# List of trees of the Caribbean

Prior to European settlement, the Caribbean was dominated by forested ecosystems. The insular Caribbean has been considered a biodiversity hotspot. Although species diversity is lower than on mainland systems, endemism is high.
Species diversity is highest and endemism is lowest in Trinidad, which has a predominantly continental flora. Endemism is highest in Cuba and Hispaniola, the largest members of the Greater Antilles.

## List of species
### Native species
#### Acanthaceae

* Avicennia germinans

#### Anacardiaceae

* Comocladia dodonaea
* Spondias mombin

#### Annonaceae

* Annona trinitensis
* Duguetia
** Duguetia lucida
** Duguetia tobagensis
* Rollinia
** Rollinia mucosa
** Rollinia exsucca

#### Apocynaceae

* Plumeria rubra

#### Araliaceae

* Aralia
** Aralia excelsa
** Aralia rex
* Dendropanax
** Dendropanax arboreus
** Dendropanax blakeanus
** Dendropanax cordifolius
** Dendropanax cuneifolius
** Dendropanax elongatus
** Dendropanax filipes
** Dendropanax grandiflorus
** Dendropanax grandis
** Dendropanax laurifolius
** Dendropanax nervosus
** Dendropanax nutans
** Dendropanax oblanceatus
** Dendropanax pendulus
** Dendropanax portlandianus
** Dendropanax selleanus
** Dendropanax swartzii
* Didymopanax
** Didymopanax morototoni – Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, and Trinidad. Introduced to Windward Islands
* Frodinia
** Frodinia gleasonii – Puerto Rico
** Frodinia tremula – Hispaniola
* Oreopanax
** Oreopanax capitatus
** Oreopanax dussii
** Oreopanax ramosissimus
* Sciodaphyllum
** Sciodaphyllum attenuatum – Leeward Islands and Windward Islands
** Sciodaphyllum glabratum – Trinidad
** Sciodaphyllum brownei – Jamaica
** Sciodaphyllum troyanum – Jamaica
** Sciodaphyllum urbanianum – Martinique

#### Bignoniaceae

* Catalpa longissima
* Crescentia
** Crescentia cujete (Calabash)
** Crescentia portoricensis
* Tabebuia
** Tabebuia heterophylla
** Tabebuia rosea
* Tecoma stans

#### Bombacaceae

* Ceiba pentandra (kapok tree)
* Ochroma pyramidale

#### Boraginaceae

* Bourreria succulenta
* Cordia
** Cordia alliodora
** Cordia sulcata
* Rochefortia acanthophora

#### Burseraceae

* Dacryodes excelsa (Tabonuco)
* Bursera simaruba

#### Buxaceae

* Buxus
** Buxus aneura
** Buxus brevipes
** Buxus crassifolia
** Buxus ekmanii
** Buxus excisa
** Buxus heterophylla
** Buxus imbricata
** Buxus muelleriana
** Buxus olivacea
** Buxus pilosula
** Buxus portoricensis
** Buxus rheedioides
** Buxus vahlii

#### Canellaceae

* Canella winteriana

#### Cannabaceae

* Celtis trinervia - Hispaniola

#### Capparidaceae

* Capparis
** Capparis baducca
** Capparis cynophallophora
** Capparis flexuosa
** Capparis hastata
** Capparis indica

#### Celastraceae

* Cassine xylocarpa
* Gyminda latifolia
* Maytenus
** Maytenus monticola
** Maytenus reflex
* Schaefferia frutescens

#### Clusiaceae

* Calophyllum
** Calophyllum calaba
** Calophyllum lucidum
* Clusia
** Clusia aripoensis
** Clusia intertexta
** Clusia minor
** Clusia rosea
** Clusia tocuchensis
* Mammea americana

#### Combretaceae

* Buchenavia tetraphylla
* Bucida buceras
* Conocarpus erectus (Buttonwood)
* Laguncularia racemosa
* Terminalia amazonia

#### Cupressaceae

* Juniperus barbadensis
* Juniperus gracilior
* Juniperus saxicola

#### Cyrillaceae

* Cyrilla racemiflora

#### Dilleniaceae

* Curatella americana

#### Elaeocarpaceae

* Muntingia calabura
* Sloanea berteroana
* Sloanea caribaea

#### Erythroxylaceae

* Erythroxylum
** Erythroxylum areolatum
** Erythroxylum brevipes
** Erythroxylum rotundifolium
** Erythroxylum urbanii

#### Euphorbiaceae

* Adelia rincinella
* Alchornea latifolia
* Bernardia dichotoma
* Fluggea acidoton
* Gymnanthes lucida
* Hura crepitans
* Jatropha hernandiifolia
* Picrodendron baccatum
* Savia sessiliflora

#### Fabaceae

* Andira inermis
* Caesalpinia coriaria
* Enterolobium cyclocarpum
* Hymenaea courbaril
* Inga
** Inga fagifolia
** Inga vera
* Mora excelsa
* Ormosia krugii
* Pictetia aculeata
* Piscidia carthagenensis
* Pithecellobium unguis-cati
* Pterocarpus officinalis

#### Flacourtiaceae

* Samyda dodecandra
* Xylosoma buxifolia

#### Garryaceae

* Garrya fadyenii

#### Hernandiaceae

* Hernandia sonora

#### Juglandaceae

* Juglans jamaicensis

#### Lecythidaceae

* Eschweilera subglandulosa

#### Malpighiaceae

* Byrsonima
** Byrsonima crassifolia
** Byrsonima spicata

#### Malvaceae

* Hibiscus elatus (blue mahoe)
* Hildegardia cubensis
* Thespesia grandiflora

#### Magnoliaceae

* Magnolia
** Magnolia cristalensis
** Magnolia cubensis
** Magnolia dealbata
** Magnolia domingensis
** Magnolia ekmanii
** Magnolia emarginata
** Magnolia hamorii
** Magnolia minor
** Magnolia pallescens
** Magnolia portoricensis
** Magnolia splendens

#### Meliaceae

* Carapa
** Carapa guianensis
* Cedrela odorata
* Guarea
** Guarea guidonia
* Swietenia mahagoni (West Indian Mahogany)
* Trichilia
** Trichilia hirta
** Trichilia triacantha

#### Moraceae

* Cecropia
** Cecropia peltata
** Cecropia schreberiana
* Ficus
** Ficus americana
** Ficus aurea
** Ficus citrifolia
** Ficus maxima
* Maclura tinctoria

#### Myrtaceae

* Eugenia
** Eugenia axillaris
** Eugenia biflora
** Eugenia cruegeri
** Eugenia foetida
** Eugenia lingustrina
** Eugenia monticola
** Eugenia procera
** Eugenia rhombea
** Eugenia woodburyana
** Eugenia xerophytica
** Myrciaria floribunda
* Psidium
** Psidium amplexicaule
** Psidium guajava (Guava)

#### Nyctaginaceae

* Guapira fragrans
* Neea buxifolia
* Pisonia
** Pisonia aculeata
** Pisonia albida
** Pisonia subcordata

#### Oleaceae

* Forestiera segregata
* Ximenia americana

#### Pinaceae

* Pinus
** Pinus caribaea
** Pinus cubensis
** Pinus occidentalis
** Pinus tropicalis

#### Podocarpaceae

* Podocarpus
** Podocarpus angustifolius
** Podocarpus aristulatus
** Podocarpus coriaceus
** Podocarpus hispaniolensis
** Podocarpus purdieanus
** Podocarpus trinitensis
** Podocarpus urbanii

#### Polygonaceae

* Coccoloba
** Coccoloba diversifolia
** Coccoloba krugii
** Coccoloba microstachya
** Coccoloba swartzii
** Coccoloba uvifera (Sea grape)

#### Rhamnaceae

* Colubrina
** Colubrina arborescens
** Colubrina elliptica
* Reynosia
** Reynosia guama
** Reynosia uncinata
* Krugiodendron ferreum
* Ziziphus reticulata

#### Rhizophoraceae

* Rhizophora mangle

#### Rosaceae

* Prunus occidentalis

#### Rubiaceae

* Antirhea
** Antirhea acutata
** Antirhea lucida
* Erithalis fruticosa
* Exostema caribaeum
* Genipa americana
* Guettarda
** Guettarda elliptica
** Guettarda krugii
** Guettarda odorata
* Randia
** Randia aculeata
** Randia portoricensis
* Rondelita inermis

#### Rutaceae

* Amyris
** Amyris balsamifera
** Amyris elemifera
* Zanthoxylum
** Zanthoxylum flavum
** Zanthoxylum martinicense
** Zanthoxylum monophyllum
** Zanthoxylum spinifex
** Zanthoxylum thomasianum

#### Sapindaceae

* Cupania americana
* Melicoccus bijugatus
* Thouinia striata

#### Sapotaceae

* Chrysophyllum
** Chrysophyllum argenteum
** Chrysophyllum cainito
** Chrysophyllum oliviforme
** Chrysophyllum pauciflorum
* Manilkara
** Manilkara bidentata
** Manilkara excisa
** Manilkara gonavensis
** Manilkara jaimiqui
** Manilkara mayarensis
** Manilkara pleeana
** Manilkara sideroxylon
** Manilkara valenzuelana
* Micropholis
** Micropholis chrysophylloides
* Pouteria
** Pouteria multiflora
** Pouteria sapota–Mamey sapote
* Pradosia
* Sideroxylon
** Sideroxylon obovatum
** Sideroxylon salicifolium

#### Sterculiaceae

* Guazuma ulmifolia

#### Theophrastaceae

* Jacquinia
** Jacquinia armillaris
** Jacquinia berteroi
** Jacquinia umbellata

#### Verbenaceae

* Citharexylum fruticosa
* Petitia domingensis

#### Zamiaceae

* Zamia
** Zamia amblyphyllidia
** Zamia portoricensis
** Zamia pumila (Coontie)

#### Zygophyllaceae

* Guaiacum
** Guaiacum officinale (Lignum vitae)
** Guaiacum sanctum

### Non-native species
#### Anacardiaceae

* Mango (Mangifera indica)

#### Arecaceae

* Coconut (Cocos nucifera)

#### Bignoniaceae

* Jacaranda (Jacaranda spp.)

#### Casuarinaceae

* Casuarina equisetifolia

#### Combretaceae

* Indian almond (Terminalia catappa)

#### Fabaceae

* Samaan tree (Albizia saman)
* Flamboyant (Delonix regia)
* Tamarind (Tamarindus indica)

#### Moraceae

* Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
* Ficus benjamina

#### Sapindaceae

* Ackee (Blighia sapida)

#### Sapotaceae

* Manilkara zapota

#### Verbenaceae

* Teak (Tectona grandis)