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Copal
£3
Sponsor one or more Copal trees and help fight deforestation in the Amazon. Each tree plays a vital role in the biodiversity of the rainforest. When you protect a tree you receive a special certificate via email or through the post. View its location in your Cool Earth account. Help fight climate change and keep this tree standing.
- Local name
- Azucar Huayo
- Latin name
- Hymenaea courbaril
- Height
- Up to 30m
- Girth
- 50-100cm
- CO2 stored (tonnes)
- 7
- Leaves
- Bright green leaves, in matched pairs.
- Flower
- Fragant white flowers pollinated by bats.
- Fruit
- Rectangular and brown with large seeds. Edible but not tasty.
- Location
- River banks in the Amazon.
The Copal produces a resin which can be harvested as a non timber product and burned as incense or used to make varnish. The flow of the resin is promoted by a weevil larvae which hatches inside the bark and starts to eat its way out. Bees also use the resin to make their nests. The bark is used medicinally for cystitis and coughs.
