Sacred Seeds Garden
ColombiaOur project is creating and planting a botanical garden in the Orinoco River basin to conserve the traditional medicinal trees and plants of this region. The project is being done with indigenous guidance as well as a knowledge sharing agreement with Missouri Botanical Gardens in the USA.
Fast growing and soil fertilizing species
These trees are strong and easy to grow. Commonly planted in large quantities, they build the base of a plantation system.
Simarouba amara
Simarouba
Inga edulis
Guamo
Oenocarpus bataua
Palma Seje
Fruit and medicinal species
These trees produce the most delicious fruits or very useful ingredients for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.
Guazuma ulmifolia
Guácimo
Bixa urucurana
Annatto
Copaifera pubiflora
Diesel tree
Copaifera paupera
Aceite
Genipa caruto
Caruto in Colombia
Brownea ariza
Scarlet Flame Bean
Anadenanthera peregrina
Yopo
Jacaranda obtusifolia
Fernleaf Jacaranda
Astrocaryum chambira
Chambira palm
Euterpe precatoria
Açai
Rare and magnificent species
Some trees impress by their sheer size or longevity, while others hold their particular beauty from their inner fight against the threats of extinction that loom upon them.
Mauritia flexuosa
Moriche (COLOMBIA)
Virola carinata
Cuajo
Cassia moschata
Golden Rain
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