Bwa-yo - Société Audubon Haiti

Figure 9.3 L. sabicu is traditionally prized as a fine wood for furniture.
Figure 9.4 L. sabiat is broadly adapted and survives
well in the dry site conditions of a field
garden.
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lent fuelwood. Crops are planted up
to the base of the tree in field gardens
(Fig. 9.4) or are underplanted
with coffee and other perennial
crops (Fig. 9.5). In Haiti, the leaves
are crushed and applied as a bath
for skin infections (Weniger, 1985).
The bark is boiled with other bushes
to cure hemorrhoids in the Turk
and Caicos islands (Morton, 1981).
The tree is regarded as a honey
plant.
Propagation: Natural regeneration
from the sparse seed crops is poor,
making the population vulnerable
to overcutting. The papery-thin
seed pods are attacked easily by
weevils, which damage a great percentage
of the seed crop. The
species is propagated easily from
seed in small containers, such as
the Rootrainer or Winstrip.
Seedlings for transplanting require
about 14 weeks in the nursery, with
the initial 6 weeks under shade and