What is "couroupita"

Couroupita is a genus of flowering plants of Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1775. It is native to tropical South America and Central America.

1. Couroupita guianensis - Cannonball tree - Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, east to Amapá and south to Bolivia; naturalized in the West Indies as well as in Bangladesh and Andaman & Nicobar
2. Couroupita nicaraguarensis – Bala De Cañón, Coco De Mono, Paraíso, Zapote De Mico, or Zapote De Mono - Central America, Colombia, Ecuador
3. Couroupita subsessilis - northern Brazil, northern Peru