TAMBOR POPOCOTLE In Mexico, nahuatl popocotl , name given to laurel (Chile ). savana laurel ( Honduras ) ; female laurel, l. anthill ( Nicaragua ) ; pink poma ( Belize ) ; (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) ; caparó , guacimilla (Dominican Republic) ; garlic tree (Peru), baria ( Cuba), louro amarelo, teijo, uruá (among others, Brazil) and many other names. This name is also given to the walnut tree. Limits of distinct or indistinct or absent growth rings. Paratracheal or apotracheal axial parenchyma. Duramen brown to yellowish brown.
