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- THE TICORICO KNOWLEDGEBASE -
our knowledge library about
Costa Rica
Welcome to the TicoRico knowledge library around CostaRica,
WikiRico gives you in a very extensive way an insight into the life of the plants and tree world and of course the animal world.
Our goal is to create a knowledge database for all nature enthusiasts, travelers and generally for young and old.
“together we learn, we discover the nature of CostaRica”.
But it is not only about knowledge per se, we are mainly interested in learning how to interact with nature and its diversity. Every day we learn something new from nature and with nature. Therefore WikiRico will be developed in perspective as a very important educational tool for local schools and associations to share this information and especially to bring it closer to children.
Knowledge must be available for everyone
BECOME A PART OF WIKIRICO
We invite everyone to publicly share their own knowledge, insights, photos and information about CostaRica’s nature and expand our library.
Through our contact form you can upload your pictures and information and make them available to WikiRico. After a review of the content, with your permission we will automatically upload the content in the appropriate category and thus make it publicly available.
Of course and if requested by you we will mention your name on the website as “sponsored by”.
the declaration of the copyrights of the content as well as the rights of use of the content for is of course a prerequisite.
– additions to existing entries (pictures, text)
– new species in existing categories (images, text)
– new species for new categories (images, text)
(the maximum size of the images is 4mb and 2048 x 2048 pixels)
We will publish it after a review in our library and make it available to every Costa Rica enthusiast.
As a sponsor you can participate anonymously or we will be happy to publish your name with the corresponding images and text.
Of course you can decide this yourself.
In the category “Tree & Plants” or “Animals” you will find your upload form.
We are glad for your support at WikiRico
*the copyrights must be declared
WIKIRICO
TREES & PLANTS
Discover the incredible diversity of Costa Rica's tree and plant life
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica has the greatest plant diversity in the world with trees, aquatic and terrestrial plants, flowers, plant species and great diversity of animals that amaze even experienced biologists.
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Anacardium Excelsum
This tree species is found mainly on the banks of rivers and streams. It is a large tree that can reach a height of up to 40 meters and a diameter of up to 1.5 meters!
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Pouteria Sapota
Pouteria sapota is an evergreen or deciduous, milky sap tree. It reaches growing heights of up to 25, rarely 40 meters, and trunk diameters of up to 1 meter.
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Red Legged Honeycreeper
Small, warbler-like tanager of tropical lowlands. Favors forest edge, woodland, and semi-open areas with taller trees.
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Peltogyne Purpure
Peltogyne purpure, shore tree also called Nazareno or because of its coloration in the interior Purpleheart.
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Pithecellobium Saman
Is a plant species within the mimosa subfamily and can grow up to 20 meters high. At night it seems to rain lightly under its crown and under the tree the grass stays green much longer in the dry season.
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Swietenia Macrophylla
Swietenia macrophylla. Mahogany, caoba, mahagony, Evergreen or deciduous tree that grows up to 50 meters high.
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Calycophyllum Candidísimum
This tree, with a height of about 25 meters, is known for its flowering. Its wood (hardwood) is used for making bows and arrows.
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Cedrela Odorata
The West Indian cedar is a plant species in the mahogany family and reaches a growth height of over 40 meters. The trunk diameter reaches up to 3 meters.
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Ceiba Pentandra
The kapok tree is a mighty, deciduous tree with an umbrella-shaped to round crown. It can reach a height of 75 meters and a trunk diameter of more than 3 meters.
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Platymiscium Curuense
This tree can grow up to 33 meters high and has become very rare, making it one of the trees in danger of extinction.
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Catalpa Longísima
This tree grows about 25 meters high and has white or pink flowers. The wood is hard and resistant, brown in color with dark veins and is used for common work, poles, beams, carpentry, joinery and construction.
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Tropical Mockingbird
Silvery gray above and whitish below with a long rounded tail that is black with a bold white tip.
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Dipteryx Oleifera
s a valuable hardwood tree that can grow up to 50 meters high. Its wood, along with mahogany, is one of the most popular tropical woods due to its durability.
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Squirrel Monkey
The Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii), also known as the red-backed squirrel monkey, is a squirrel monkey species from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama.
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Syzygium Malaccense
The tree can grow up to 18 meters high. It flowers in early summer and bears fruit three months later. In Costa Rica, it flowers earlier and bears ripe fruit in April.
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Sterculia Apetala
The height of this tree ranges from up to 40 meters. The wood of Sterculia apetala is used to make boxes, industrial and household wood products, canoes and tool handles.
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Pachira Aquatica
This evergreen deciduous tree reaches growth heights of 4 to 20 meters outdoors. It develops a slightly thickened trunk base with smaller rootlets or board roots, which also serves as a water reservoir.
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Hymenaea Courbaril
Also called locust tree, can grow up to 40 meters high and has particularly hard wood which is popular for furniture, flooring and decoration.
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Crimson fronted parakeet
Mostly green with long, pointed tail. Red forehead. In flight, look for red patch under shoulder.
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Tabebuia Impetiginosa
Tabebuia impetiginosa, Purple Trumpet Tree, Cortez Negro, Black Trumpet
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Great Tailed Grackle
Large, lanky blackbird with flat crown and long tail. Males have ridiculously long tails, almost as long as their body, often held in a V-shape.
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Great Kiskadee
Large, boldly marked, and boisterous flycatcher. Rather stocky with large head and short tail.
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Byrsonima Crassifolia
This is a slow growing large shrub or tree that can grow up to 10 meters tall. Its fruits are eaten raw or cooked as a dessert.
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Chrysophyllum Cainito
It grows as an evergreen tree to over 20 meters high. The fruits are edible, used raw and cooked. The seeds, skin and inner "bark" are not edible.
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Tabebuia Rosea
This is a neotropical tree that can grow up to 30 meters high. Its name Roble de Sabana , which means "savanna oak", is widely used in Costa Rica.
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Tennesse Warbler
Tiny, greenish warbler that breeds in boreal forest. Breeding males have lime-green back, pale blue-gray head, and dingy whitish underparts.
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White throated magpie jay
The white-throated magpie-jay is a large Central American species of magpie-jay.
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