Meliaceae
Crabwood
Carapa guianensis
- Family
- Meliaceae
- Genus
- Carapa
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 苦油楝
- English
- Crabwood
- German
- Andiroba
- Portuguese
- Andiroba
- Spanish
- Andiroba, Caoba bastarda, Caoba del Brasil, Najesi, Najesí, Tangare, Tangaré
Synonyms
- Carapa latifolia Willd. ex C.DC.
- Carapa macrocarpa Ducke
- Granatum guianense Kuntze
- Guarea mucronulata C.DC.
- Persoonia guareoides Willd.
- Xylocarpus carapa Spreng.
- Xylocarpus guineensis M.Roem.
Flowers
- In flower
- July, December (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mario Guzmán, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jay Pruett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Whaldener Endo, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Feroze Omardeen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Enrique Salazar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.