Guarea

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Guarea is a genus of evergreen trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to tropical Africa and Central and South America.

They are large trees 20-45 m tall, with a trunk over 1 m trunk diameter, often buttressed at the base.

The leaves are pinnate, with 4-6 pairs of leaflets, the terminal leaflet present.

The flowers are produced in loose inflorescences, each flower small, with 4-5 yellowish petals.

The fruit is a four or five-valved capsule, containing several seeds, each surrounded by a yellow-orange fleshy aril; the seeds are dispersed by hornbills and monkeys which eat the fleshy aril.