Brosimum guianense
| Brosimum guianense | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Brosimum |
| Species: | B. guianense |
| Binomial name | |
| Brosimum guianense | |
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Brosimum guianense, called snakewood, letterwood, leopardwood, and amourette, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Brosimum, native to southern Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, and tropical South America.[3][4] A tree reaching 40 m (130 ft), its heartwood can command a price of $30 per kg.[5]
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Figure on heartwood -
Amourette was once the main wood used for bow frogs -
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Leaves and twig -
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Close up of adaxial surface of leaf -
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Close up of abaxial surface of leaf -
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Bole -
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Latex oozing from wound -
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Section of unripe fruit -
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Ripe fruit -
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Seeds
References
- ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI); IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Brosimum guianense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61810395A146780654. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T61810395A146780654.en. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 7: 172 (1913)
- ^ a b "Brosimum guianense (Aubl.) Huber ex Ducke". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Brosimum guianense amourette". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Scholz, Gunthard; Liebner, Falk; Koch, Gerald; Bues, Claus-Thomas; Günther, Björn; Bäucker, Ernst (2007). "Chemical, anatomical and technological properties of Snakewood [Brosimum guianense (Aubl.) Huber]". Wood Science and Technology. 41 (8): 673–686. doi:10.1007/s00226-007-0149-2. S2CID 449954.