Wild Flowering Plants
Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae family Haematoxylum campechianum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 384. 1753. Kanpèch. Logwood. Indigenous very common tree of secondary deciduous seasonal forest, sometimes the dominant tree. Native to Mesoamerica (Mexico, Guatemala, Belize). Local medicinal uses. Handicrafts. Note: Definition of Indigenous used in this website: Plants considered to have been members of the Saint Lucian flora prior to colonial times. This species may have been brought over by Amerindians because of its uses. |