Poitea carinalis (Sabinea carinalis is a synonym), Carib wood, is endemic to the island of Dominica. Poitea is named for P.A. Poiteau, a French botanist and artist who lived in Haiti. Carinalis means “keel-like,” or having a keel. The flowers of Carib wood are red and have a keel similar to other flowers in the pea family. Schippia concolor, mountain pimento, is a palm from Belize and Guatemala. William A. Schipp was an Australian botanist who worked in what was then British Honduras during the 1920s and ’30s. Concolor means having the same color throughout. Schippia is pronounced “skip-ee-ah.” Carpoxylon macrospermum, aneityum palm or carpoxylon palm, from Vanuatu is highly endangered in the wild. The genus comes from the Greek, meaning “woody fruit;” macrospermum is “large-seeded.” Strongylodon macrobotrys, the jade vine, is native to the Philippines. Strongylos is from the Greek for round; odous means tooth. The reference is to the rounded teeth of the calyx. The epithet macrobotrys means “having large, grape-like clusters.” Exostema caribaeum, princewood, is one of South Florida’s rarest trees. The genus name is from the Greek for exo, meaning outside, and stemma, meaning crown or wreath. Austin says the name refers to the ring of exsected—cut out— stamens. The species name means “of the Caribbean.” Cyphophoenix nucele is a palm from New Caledonia. Cypho is from the Greek for swelling or tumor, according to “An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms,” and probably refers to the shape of the fruit. Phoenix references the date palm. Nucele is pronounced “noo-SHE-leh” and means nut or sling, according to the same encyclopedia, which also notes that the fruits once were used as ammunition for hunting birds with slingshots. Calliandra surinamensis, pink powderpuff, is an evergreen tropical shrub. The genus name is from the Greek for “beautiful male,” and refers to the stamens. The epithet surinamensis refers to the country of Suriname, formerly French Guyana, in northern South America. Carpoxylon macrospermum Strongylodon macrobotrys Calliandra surinamensis
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