List of most common Amazon rainforest plants

List of most common Amazon rainforest plants

Here is a list of some common plants that can be found in the Amazon rainforest:

  1. Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa)
  2. Rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis)
  3. Mahogany tree (Swietenia macrophylla)
  4. Cacao tree (Theobroma cacao)
  5. Açai palm (Euterpe oleracea)
  6. Palma de Sági (Attalea maripa)
  7. Ticuma (Cedrelinga cateniformis)
  8. Andiroba (Carapa guianensis)
  9. Chambira palm (Astrocaryum chambira)
  10. Copaiba tree (Copaifera spp.)

This is just a small sampling of the diverse range of plant species that can be found in the Amazon rainforest. The rainforest is home to an estimated 400 billion individual trees belonging to 16,000 species, as well as thousands of other plant species.


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