Cloudbridge Nature Reserve

Trees of Cloudbridge

Hyeronimo poasana Hyeronimo poasana (Llorón)

Description: [major features]

Natural history: [natural history and ecology features including relations with mammals, birds, insects, epiphytes and vines, other trees, growing conditions, seasonal changes, etc]

Distribution: [where found in general, in the Chirripo area, and on Cloudbridge} 

How to recognize: [main features of shape, location, bark, leaves, flowers and fruit that help with eyeball recognition, and specific features that help to distinguish this tree from others] 

Uses: [Whetherand how the wood is used, medicinal uses, role in farms and plantations, endangered status] 

Sources and Links:
INBio description
SysTax
and others

Scientific Information:
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Species: Hyereonima poasana Stanl.


Photo Identification Guide: Hyeronimo poasana (Lloron)
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Saplings. Seedlings and saplings ... 
Other. Twigs, etc ... 

Notes/Notas: [this is a temporary section for unformatted information that will be used in one of the other sections and then deleted]

MAGNOLIOPHYTA

Magnoliopsida

Euphorbiales

Euphorbiaceae

Hyeronima

poasana




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