Cordia elliptica

Cordia elliptica - Chimarrhis cymosa - Tovomita plumieri - Pouteria chrysophylloides Forest Alliance at http://edcintl.cr.usgs.gov/tnc/products/report/append1.html Elfin woodland A low, impenetrable thicket of dwarfed, gnarled trees found on wind-swept, cloud-shrouded, mountain summits. As the picture at right (Morne Diablotin, Dominica) shows, the path is in the trees and one must climb along the dwarfed trunks of kaklen (Clusia mangle). More