List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil
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This is a list of plants found in the wild in Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil. The estimates from useful plants suggested that there are 800 plant species of economic or social value in this forest, according to Giacometti (1990).^[1] Additions are currently being made to this list.

See also:

• List of plants of Atlantic Forest vegetation of Brazil
• List of plants of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil
• List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil
• List of plants of Pantanal vegetation of Brazil
• Official list of endangered flora of Brazil

Anacardiaceae

• Astronium fraxinifolium Schott
• Antrocaryon amazonicum (Ducke) B.L.Burtt

Annonaceae

• Annona montana Macf.

Apocynaceae

• Aspidosperma oblongum A.DC.
• Hancornia speciosa Gomes

Bromeliaceae

• Aechmea chantinii (Carrière) Baker
• Aechmea rodriguesiana (= Aechmea meeana E.Pereira & Reitz)

The pineapple is a bromeliaceae.

Caesalpinioideae

• Vouacapoua americana Aubl.

Chrysobalanaceae

• Acioa edulis Prance

Clusiaceae

• Platonia insignis Mart. (= Aristoclesia esculenta Stuntz) - Bakuri

Euphorbiaceae

• Alchornea castaneifolia (Bonpl. ex Willd.) A.Juss. - Iporuru
• Alchornea triplinervia (Spreng.) Müll.Arg.
• Croton lanjouwensis
• Hevea brasiliensis Müll.Arg. - Pará rubber tree
• Hura crepitans L. (= Hura brasiliensis Wild.)
• Manihot esculenta - Manioc
• Micrandropsis scleroxylon

Heliconiaceae

• Heliconia burle-marxii Emygdio

Lecythidaceae

• Allantoma lineata Miers
• Couroupita guianensis Aubl.

Malpighiaceae

• Tetrapterys methystica R.E.Schult.

Malvaceae

• Apeiba albiflora Ducke
• Quararibea cordata Vischer

Meliaceae

• Carapa guianensis Aubl.

Myrtaceae

• Eugenia stipitata McVaugh - Araza

Olacaceae

• Minquartia guianensis Aublet

Orchidaceae

• Cattleya violacea

Rubiaceae

• Cinchona officinalis L.