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.

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

 * Talipariti elatum (Blue Mahoe)
 * Thespesia grandiflora
 * Hildegardia cubensis

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

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)