In fact, the roots keep sprouting up from where I moved it. Cuttings from branches always sprout, but don't always root. I'm experimenting with rooting hormone now. Since cocobolo is in the legume family, I'm also trying some cuttings with dirt from around an established tree. I thought perhaps the microflora might help it root.
Root cuttings are slower but more foolproof.
The sap is used as a cream substitute in coffee. A beautiful big tree, useful wood, edible fruit, bark used by the Indians for blankets. I don't have many left in the nursery, the seed has been hard to get. Grows in the Pacific lowlands. A medium sized tree with red berries.