''Pouteria multiflora'' is a

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

in the family Sapotaceae of the order

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. Its English common name is bullytree. Its Spanish common names include jácana, ácana, acana, hacana, or jacana. It is native to

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and

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.''Pouteria multiflora (A. DC.) Eyma; bullytree.''
USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Plants Database. Retrieved 12 September 2013. The plant is common in the

Toro Negro State Forest Toro Negro State Forest (Spanish: ''Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro'') is one of the 21 forests that make up the public forests system in Puerto Rico. It is also Puerto Rico's highest cloud forest. It is in the Cordillera Central region of the is ...

.''Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro.''
Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. ublication/Issue: P-030Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. (in Spanish) Retrieved 12 September 2013. It can grow from high and from in diameter. It yields very good

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that can be used for mill rollers,

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, and

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. Acana wood is light colored, fine and straight grained, hard, very heavy, strong, durable, and can be polished to shine. The pores are small and arranged in radial rows. Pith rays narrow and indistinct. A similar definition of the Acana tree is given by Constantino Suarez in his ''Diccionario de voces Cubanas'' as; wild indigenous tree with a straight trunk that grows to 10 meters with coriaceous rigid oval leaves which produces a nutritious fruit smaller than the

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, and whose wood is valued in

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for rustic houses and ship building because of the wood's durability and hardness, qualities enhanced by its sonority, weight, and beautiful reddish color.

Acana in the Arts

*Poem: "Song of the Acana Tree" (Spanish: Canto del Acana) by Minerva Salado *Poem: "Acana" by Cuban writer Nicolás Guillén *Music: "Acana", by Cuban composer

Tania León Tania León (born May 14, 1943) is a Cuban-born American composer of both large scale and chamber works. She is also renowned as a conductor, educator, and advisor to arts organizations. Early years and education She was born Tania Justina Leó ...

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multiflora Trees of the Caribbean Flora of the United States Virgin Islands Trees of Cuba Trees of Peru Trees of Puerto Rico Trees of Colombia Trees of Jamaica Trees of Ecuador Trees of Bolivia Trees of Venezuela Trees of Panama Trees of Brazil Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{tree-stub