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Table 2 All commercialised NTFPs in the villages of Apoera and Sandlanding, West Suriname

From: Sustainability issues of commercial non-timber forest product extraction in West Suriname

Local name

English name

Scientific name

Family

Type

Voucher specimen #

Unit

Price per unit (US$)

Months sold

IUCN red list status

Krapa siri (Sr)

Crabwood oil

Carapa guianensis Aubl.

Meliaceae

Plant

TvdB002

Litre

5–7

Jul–Sept

Not listed

Ingi noto (Sr)

Brazil nut

Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.

Lecythidaceae

Plant

–

Kilogramme

1.82

Feb–May

Not listed

Sawari (Sr)

Souari

Caryocar nuciferum L.

Caryocaraceae

Plant

–

Kilogramme

 

Jun–Jul

Not listed

Kokriki (Sr), weteu (Tr)

 

Ormosia costulata (Miq.) Kleinhoonte

Fabaceae

Plant

TvdB020

Piece of jewellery

1–10

Year round

Not listed

Spari (Sr)

Tiger stringray

Potamotrygon boesemani Carvalho & Almeida Wanderley

Potamotrygonidae

Fish

–

Animal

250

–

Not listed

Pingo (Sr)

White-lipped peccary

Tayassu pecari Link

Tayassuidae

Meat

–

Kilogramme

2.80

Aug–Mar

VU

Hei (Sr)

Lowland paca

Cuniculus paca Linnaeus

Cuniculidae

Meat

–

Kilogramme

2.80

Jan–Dec

LC

Anjumara (Sr)

Wolf fish

Hoplias aimara Valenciennes

Erythrinidae

Fish

–

Kilogramme

2.45

–

Not listed

Konkoni (Sr)

Agouti

Dasyprocta leporina Linnaeus

Dasyproctidae

Meat

–

Animal

2.80–5.60

Jan–Dec

LC

Marai (Sr)

Marail guan

Penelope marail Müller

Cracidae

Bird

–

Animal

2.80–5.60

Jul–Nov

Not listed

Pakira (Sr)

Collared peccary

Pecari tajacu Linnaeus

Tayassuidae

Meat

–

Kilogramme

4.90

Aug–Mar

LC

Dia (Sr)

Red brocket

Mazama Americana Erxleben

Cervidae

Meat

–

Kilogramme

2.60

Mar–Sept

DD

Sekrepatu (Sr)

Turtle

Chelonoidis carbonaria Bour

Testudinidae

Meat

–

Animal

5–10

–

Not listed

Kapuwa (Sr)

Capybara

Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris L.

Caviidae

Meat

–

Kilogramme

1.40

Jan–Dec

LC

Kapasi (Sr)

Armadillo

Dasypus sp.

Dasypodidae

Meat

–

Kilogramme

1.40

Aug–Mar

Not listed

Powisi (Sr)

Black currasow

Crax alector Linnaeus

Cracidae

Bird

–

Animal

8–14

Jul–Nov

VU

Bofru (Sr)

Lowland tapir

Tapirus terrestris Linnaeus

Tapiridae

Meat

–

Kilogramme

1.40

Jun–Aug

VU

Kubi (Sr)

Pacora

Plagioscion surinamensis Bleeker

Sciaenidae

Fish

–

Kilogramme

1.40

–

Not listed

Pacu (Sr)

Tambaqui

Colossoma macropomum Cuvier

Serrasalmidae

Fish

–

Kilogramme

3.50

–

Not listed

Mopé (Sr)

True yellow mombin

Spondias mombin L.

Anacardiaceae

Plant

–

Kilogramme

–

Feb–Jun

Not listed

Kujaridu (Tr)

–

–

 

Plant

–

Kilogramme

1.05

Jul

Not listed

Karau (Tr), switi bonki (Sr)

Ice cream-bean

Inga sp.

Fabaceae

Plant

–

Kilogramme

0.70

Jan–Mar

Not listed

Oloi (Tr), boskasju (Sr)

Kill my darling

Dimorphandra conjugata (Splitg.) Sandwith

Fabaceae

Plant

–

Kilogramme

–

Feb–Mar

Not listed

Groene boomboa (NL)

Emerald tree boa

Corallus caninus Linnaeus

Boidae

Animal

–

Animal

200

Jan–Dec

LC

  1. Sr Sranang-tongo, Tr Trio, NL Dutch