A sign only partially identified this tree. The common, Nicaraguan name at the top, "Cachito." And the class, "Apocynaceae," at the bottom.

This Apocynaceae Jess, "Cachito", tree grew alongside the trail and was only about four meters tall.

Notice how the leaves of this Apocynaceae Jess, "Cachito", tree are all clustered at the top. This is clearly a tropical forest tree with a canopy of it own to maximize sunlight that shined mostly from above.

Here, a second example of this tree grew in a clearing surrounded by benches.

The trunk of the Apocynaceae Jess, "Cachito", tree as it emerged from the ground. Notice how several trunks grew from a common root.

About 1.5 meters up, the tree branched as shown in this closeup.

Another branch occurred further up into the tree nearer its canopy. Note that this tree only branches into two sub-branches.

Old leaves underneath the canopy hung down, exhausted and useless. Young leaves above captured most of the sunlight.

Here is a shot of the underneath of a leaf showing the arrangement of its veins.

This tree produces smallish, bright yellow flowers that bloom above the canopy. Here were three buds, one of which was about to flower.

The top of the canopy showing a new branch leading upward into the sunlight. Notice that the topmost leaves are in the more efficient horizontal orientation for best capturing sunlight.