''Eperua grandiflora'' (

Arawak The Arawak are a group of Indigenous peoples of northern South America and of the Caribbean. The term "Arawak" has been applied at various times to different Indigenous groups, from the Lokono of South America to the Taíno (Island Arawaks), w ...

: Yoboko, Itoeri Walaba,

Guyanese Creole Guyanese Creole (''Creolese'' by its speakers or simply ''Guyanese'') is an English-based creole language spoken by the Guyanese people. Linguistically, it is similar to other English dialects of the Caribbean region, based on 19th-century En ...

: Ituri Wallaba, Yokobo Wallaba)Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana).https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/medicinalplantsmaster1.pdf is a species of flowering plant in the family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

, native to

northern South America The World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) is a biogeographical system developed by the international Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) organization, formerly the International Working Group on Taxonomic Da ...

. This evergreen tree is used both for construction and medicinal purposes. Its inner bark is decoted as a traditional remedy for toothache. This tree relies on gravity to disperse its seeds.

References

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