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★ 0 savedEverything a young guardian needs to know: 108 native trees you can plant and the 6 animals that come home when a site gets healthy again. Tap the star on a card to keep it in your saved pile.
Ipê Amarelo
Handroanthus serratifolius
Steady grower 🌿
Brazil's golden trumpet tree blooms bright yellow before the leaves appear.
- Height
- 25 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 35 kg
- Credits
- 5 CC
Brazil Nut
Bertholletia excelsa
Grows slowly 🐢
A giant of the Amazon that feeds forests, animals and people with its nuts.
- Height
- 50 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 80 kg
- Credits
- 12 CC
Açaí Palm
Euterpe oleracea
Grows fast ⚡
A fast-growing palm whose purple berries are a superfood for river communities.
- Height
- 20 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 18 kg
- Credits
- 2 CC
Red Mangrove
Rhizophora mangle
Steady grower 🌿
Its stilt roots protect coastlines and store huge amounts of blue carbon.
- Height
- 15 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 45 kg
- Credits
- 6 CC
Cacao
Theobroma cacao
Steady grower 🌿
The source of chocolate, loved by people and pollinators alike.
- Height
- 8 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 22 kg
- Credits
- 3 CC
Cupuaçu
Theobroma grandiflorum
Steady grower 🌿
A close cousin of cacao with creamy, fragrant fruit used in sweets.
- Height
- 20 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 28 kg
- Credits
- 4 CC
Rubber Tree
Hevea brasiliensis
Steady grower 🌿
Native Amazonian tree whose latex once drove the rubber boom.
- Height
- 30 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 40 kg
- Credits
- 5 CC
Buriti Palm
Mauritia flexuosa
Grows slowly 🐢
The 'tree of life' in wetlands, its fruit is rich in vitamin A.
- Height
- 35 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 30 kg
- Credits
- 7 CC
Babassu
Attalea speciosa
Grows slowly 🐢
Palm with many uses: oil, fiber and a tasty coconut-like fruit.
- Height
- 25 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 25 kg
- Credits
- 6 CC
Patauá
Oenocarpus bataua
Grows slowly 🐢
An Amazon palm whose oil is compared to olive oil for cooking.
- Height
- 25 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 32 kg
- Credits
- 7 CC
Tucum
Astrocaryum vulgare
Grows slowly 🐢
Spiny palm used by Indigenous artisans to make strong fiber.
- Height
- 15 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 20 kg
- Credits
- 5 CC
Piquiá
Caryocar villosum
Grows slowly 🐢
Tall Amazonian tree with tasty fruit and hard, valuable wood.
- Height
- 45 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 55 kg
- Credits
- 10 CC
Virola
Virola surinamensis
Grows fast ⚡
Fast-growing nutmeg relative that fills gaps in the forest canopy.
- Height
- 30 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 38 kg
- Credits
- 4 CC
Ice-cream Bean
Inga edulis
Grows fast ⚡
Sweet pulp inside long pods; it also fixes nitrogen in the soil.
- Height
- 18 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 24 kg
- Credits
- 2 CC
Embaúba
Cecropia pachystachya
Grows fast ⚡
A pioneer tree with big leaves that loves sunlight and grows quickly.
- Height
- 20 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 20 kg
- Credits
- 2 CC
Taperebá
Spondias mombin
Steady grower 🌿
Tart yellow fruit used for juice and preserves.
- Height
- 25 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 26 kg
- Credits
- 3 CC
Cashew
Anacardium occidentale
Steady grower 🌿
Gives us cashew nuts and a juicy, tangy fruit called caju.
- Height
- 12 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 23 kg
- Credits
- 3 CC
Camu Camu
Myrciaria dubia
Steady grower 🌿
River-edge shrub with fruit that has more vitamin C than oranges.
- Height
- 4 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 12 kg
- Credits
- 2 CC
Pupunha
Bactris gasipaes
Grows fast ⚡
A domesticated palm with starchy, nutritious fruit.
- Height
- 20 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 18 kg
- Credits
- 2 CC
Jenipapo
Genipa americana
Steady grower 🌿
Its fruit is used for juice and a natural blue body paint.
- Height
- 25 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 28 kg
- Credits
- 4 CC
Abiu
Pouteria caimito
Grows slowly 🐢
Sweet caramel-flavored fruit with a bright yellow skin.
- Height
- 20 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 25 kg
- Credits
- 5 CC
Massaranduba
Manilkara huberi
Grows slowly 🐢
Tall hardwood tree whose fruit tastes like caramel.
- Height
- 40 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 60 kg
- Credits
- 11 CC
Curupira
Micropholis guyanensis
Grows slowly 🐢
A slow-growing Amazonian giant with edible, oily fruit.
- Height
- 35 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 50 kg
- Credits
- 9 CC
Mountain Custard Apple
Annona montana
Steady grower 🌿
Wild relative of sweetsop with creamy, fragrant pulp.
- Height
- 10 m
- CO₂ / yr
- 18 kg
- Credits
- 3 CC