Gustavo Vargas, who has been pressed into service as our guide, says that the tree is three years old. Mahogany--which is called "guayacan" in Costa Rica--is so hard it is virtually impossible to drive a nail into it. So local people call a strong man "Guayacan."
暫作嚮導的植物區主管古斯都說上好的桃花心木是製作小提琴的絕佳選擇，特色是材質硬得連釘子都釘不下去，當地人形容強壯的男人就叫 Guayacan。