our flora
Over 70 species of plants and trees can be observed at Coco Hill Forest.
Part of our mission is to share the knowledge about them here and on the hill.
Forest Trees
Fishtail Palm
Caryota is a genus of palm trees. They are often known as fishtail palms because of the shape of their leaves. There are about...
Spanish Oak
Spanish oak may refer to trees or wood of any oak in Spain. It is a common name for several trees including: European trees North...
Poison Tree
Fruit of the poisonous tree is a legal metaphor used to describe evidence that is obtained illegally.[1] The logic of...
Fan Palm
Fan palm as a descriptive term can refer to any of several different kinds of palms (Arecaceae) in various genera with...
Macaw Palm
It grows up to 15–20 m tall, with a trunk up to 50 cm in diameter, characterized by numerous slender, black, viciously sharp 10 cm long spines...
Royal Palm
Roystonea regia, commonly known as the Cuban royal palm or Florida royal palm,[3] is a species of palm that is native...
Commercial Crops
Gros Michel Banana
Gros Michel (French pronunciation: [ɡʁo miʃɛl]), often translated and known as "Big Mike", is an...
Sea Grapes
Coccoloba uvifera is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae, that is native to coastal beaches throughout...
Bread Nut
Breadnut may refer to: Brosimum alicastrum, also known as "Maya nut" or ramón, theorized to be a staple crop for the ancient Maya...
Sapodilla
Manilkara zapota, commonly known as sapodilla ([ˌsapoˈðiʝa]),[2] sapote, naseberry, nispero or chicle,[3] is a long-lived, evergreen tree native to...
Velvet Apples
Diospyros blancoi, (synonym Diospyros discolor), commonly known as velvet apple, velvet persimmon, kamagong, or mabolo...
Dates
Dry or soft dates are eaten out-of-hand, or may be pitted and stuffed with fillings such as almonds, walnuts, pecans,...
Root Crops & Spices
Eddoes
Eddoe or eddo is a tropical vegetable often considered identifiable as the species Colocasia antiquorum,[2] closely related...
Lemongrass
Cymbopogon, also known as lemongrass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, Cochin grass, Malabar grass, oily...
Mint
Mentha (also known as mint, from Greek μίνθα míntha,[2] Linear B mi-ta[3]) is a genus of plants in...
Bay Leaf
The bay leaf is an aromatic leaf commonly used in cooking. It can be used whole, either dried or fresh, in which case it is removed from the dish...
Turmeric
Turmeric (/ˈtɜːrmərɪk, ˈtjuː-/)[2][3] is a flowering plant, Curcuma longa, of...
Ginger
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine.[2] It is...
Medicinals
Moringa
Moringa is the sole genus in the plant family Moringaceae. It contains 13 species from tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia that...
Noni
Morinda citrifolia is a fruit-bearing tree in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. Its native range extends across Southeast...
Soap Bush
Green beans are young, unripe fruits of various cultivars of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris),[1][2] although immature or...
Blood Root
Not to be confused with the grass genus Sanguinaria, now divided between Digitaria and Paspalum. Sanguinaria...
Gully Root
Petiveria is a genus of flowering plants in the pigeonberry family, Petiveriaceae. The sole species it...