Neville Moses, Macushi, holding Hymenaea courbaril seed pods tree trunk on the background Iwokrama Rainforest Guyana

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The Macushi (Portuguese: Macuxi) are an ethnic group of Guyana and northern Brazil. There are approximately 15,000 Macushi speakers in Brazil and 9,000 in Guyana. Jatobá or Guapinol (Hymenaea courbaril), is a tree common to the Caribbean, Central, and South America. It is a hardwood that is used for furniture, flooring and decorative purposes. Jatoba is also known as Brazilian Copal, South American Locust, the West Indian Locust Tree, or Stinking Toe, Old Man's Toe or Stinktoe (because of the smell of the edible pulp inside its seed pods).

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Size: 3406px × 5120px
Location: Iwokrama Rainforest Guiana Shield Guyana South America October
Photo credit: © Krystyna Szulecka Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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