JACANA or ACANA (native West Indian name), a very common timber-tree (Lucuma multiflora, family Sapotaceae) of the West Indies. The tree grows to a height of 75 to 90 feet and gives straight logs of very durable timber. The wood is hard, very fine-grained, light-coloured and very heavy, and used in construction work where great strength is required ; formerly used for cane-mill rolls. It is being used in afforestation work in Porto Rico.