Caraipa is a plant genus in the family Calophyllaceae. Species include: Caraipa ampla Caraipa densifolia Caraipa grandifolia Caraipa jaramilloi Caraipa parvifolia Caraipa psilocarpa Caraipa punctulata Caraipa racemosa Caraipa richardiana Caraipa savannarum Caraipa tereticaulis Caraipa utilis References http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/ven-guayana/clusiaceae/caraipa.html Malpighiales genera Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Christian Fusée-Aublet