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Eschweilera matamata Huber; ... matamatá) is a species of tree in the family Lecythidaceae. It is native to Honduras, Panama and South America. [3] References
The mata mata, mata-mata, or matamata (Chelus fimbriata) [7] is a South American species of freshwater turtle found in the Amazon basin and river system of the eastern Guianas. It was formerly believed to also occur in the Orinoco basin, western Guianas and upper Rio Negro – Branco system, but in 2020 these populations were found to belong to ...
Eschweilera is a genus of woody plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus in 1828. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] It is native to southern Mexico , Central America , South America , and Trinidad .
Goetzea elegans, also called beautiful goetzea, mata buey, or matabuey, is a species of plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family of flowering plants. It is endemic to Puerto Rico . Today it is limited to the northwestern corner of the island because of deforestation and other consumption of its habitat for human use. [ 2 ]
In Latin America, it is known as cacahuanāntli in Nahuatl; and madre de cacao, madricacao, mata ratón, madriado, or madriago in Spanish in general; palu de sol, piñón cubano, cuchunuc, jelelte, sacyab, xakyaab, muite, and cocuite among other names in Mexico; mata ratón or matarratón in Guatemala, Colombia, and Cuba; cacaguanance or ...
Chelus orinocensis, the Orinoco mata mata, is a species of freshwater turtle found in northern South America in the Orinoco, upper Rio Negro–Branco and Essequibo basins, and in Trinidad. [1] It was split off from the very similar Chelus fimbriata in 2020.
Prumnopitys taxifolia, the mataī (Māori: mataī) or black pine, is an endemic New Zealand coniferous tree that grows on the North Island and South Island. It also occurs on Stewart Island / Rakiura (47 °S) but is uncommon there. [2] It grows up to 40 m high, with a trunk up to 2 m diametre.
Pachira aquatica is a tropical wetland tree in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to Central and South America where it grows in swamps. It is known by its common names Malabar chestnut, French peanut, Guiana chestnut, Provision tree, Saba nut, Monguba (), Pumpo and Jelinjoche and is commercially sold under the names Money tree and Money plant.