About Terminalia buceras (L.) C.Wright
Terminalia buceras (L.) C.Wright is a tree species belonging to the Combretaceae family. It has multiple common English names: bullet tree, black olive tree, gregorywood (alternatively spelled gregory wood), Antigua whitewood, and oxhorn bucida. This species is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America, falling within the Neotropical realm. It commonly grows in coastal swamps and wet inland forests at low elevations. The specific countries and regions where it is native include: Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Venezuelan Antilles, Nicaragua, Windward Islands, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico (Southeast, Southwest, Gulf, and Central regions), Leeward Islands, Belize, Hispaniola (encompassing the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Turks-Caicos Islands, and the Bahamas. It is considered an introduced species in Florida and Trinidad and Tobago.
