Genus: 2 species.
Region: caribbean, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cuba.
Habitat: woods and thickets; limestone soils; elevations up to 450 metres.
Use: wood, high quality, for fishing rods, billiard cues, archery bows, articles of turnery, masts, textile machinery, small tool handles.
BotanyEvergreen tree; up to 15 metres tall.
Stem: wood light yellow, entirely of sapwood, texture is very fine, the grain straight, lustre is medium, no distinctive odour or taste; wood is very strong, extremely hard equal of boxwood, elastic, durable, moderately difficult to work, high density, finishes smoothly, excellent for turnery.