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Schizolobium parahyba (Vell.) S.F.Blake

Leguminosae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (general)

SC SE

hel hyg mes neut acid

fw ma (tannin) pl (ornamental, reforestation) pp (good for paper pulp) sa ti (boxes, canoe, ceiling, crates, fence posts, furniture, machine, matches, mine props, railroad ties, rustic construction, to laminate)

Caesalpinia parahyba (Vell.) Allemão Cassia parahyba Vell. Schizolobium amazonicum Huber ex Ducke Schizolobium excelsum Vogel Schizolobium excelsum var. amazonicum Ducke ex L.Williams Schizolobium glutinosum Tul. Schizolobium kellermanii Pittier Schizolobium parachybum (Vell.) S.F.Blake Schizolobium parahyba var. amazonicum (Huber ex Ducke) Barneby

Brazilian firetree; Brazilian fire tree; guamwood (Belize); quam, quamwood (Belize)

schizolobe du Brésil

chapulaltapa (El Salvador); cola de zorro (Honduras); copte (Guatemala); cuchillal (Mexico); cucte (Guatemala); favena (Ecuador); gallinazo (Costa Rica); gavilán (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); guanacaste (Guatemala, Mexico); guapurura (Ecuador); guapuruvú (Bolivia, Venezuela); indio (Panama); judio (Mexico); masachi, pachaco (Ecuador); palo de judio, palo de picho (Mexico); pashaco (Peru); pinguasi (Colombia); plumajillo (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras); plumillo (Guatemala); quon (Mexico, Nicaragua); tambo (Honduras); tambor (Belize, Colombia, Honduras); tamborero (Colombia); tinecú (Panama); tzementé (Mexico); yurac-caspi (Peru); zorra (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras); zorro (Guatemala)

acurubu (Bolivia, Brazil); bacuruba, bacurubu (Brazil); bacuruva, bacuruvu (portuguese, Brazil); bandarra, birosca, faveira (Brazil); ficheira (portuguese, Brazil); ficheiro (Brazil); gapuruvu, garapuvu, garipivu, guaburuvu (portuguese, Brazil); guapiruva, guapiruvu, guapurubu, guapuruva (Brazil); guapuruvu (Bolivia, Brazil); guarapivu (Brazil); guarapuvu (portuguese, Brazil); keransí (Colombia); pataqueira (portuguese, Brazil); pau-de-vintem (Brazil); quillo-caspi (Ecuador); tinecú, tzementi

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Latin name	Schizolobium parahyba (Vell.) S.F.Blake
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg mes neut acid
Use	fw ma (tannin) pl (ornamental, reforestation) pp (good for paper pulp) sa ti (boxes, canoe, ceiling, crates, fence posts, furniture, machine, matches, mine props, railroad ties, rustic construction, to laminate)
Synonym	Caesalpinia parahyba (Vell.) Allemão Cassia parahyba Vell. Schizolobium amazonicum Huber ex Ducke Schizolobium excelsum Vogel Schizolobium excelsum var. amazonicum Ducke ex L.Williams Schizolobium glutinosum Tul. Schizolobium kellermanii Pittier Schizolobium parachybum (Vell.) S.F.Blake Schizolobium parahyba var. amazonicum (Huber ex Ducke) Barneby
English name	Brazilian firetree; Brazilian fire tree; guamwood (Belize); quam, quamwood (Belize)
French name	schizolobe du Brésil
Spanish name	chapulaltapa (El Salvador); cola de zorro (Honduras); copte (Guatemala); cuchillal (Mexico); cucte (Guatemala); favena (Ecuador); gallinazo (Costa Rica); gavilán (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); guanacaste (Guatemala, Mexico); guapurura (Ecuador); guapuruvú (Bolivia, Venezuela); indio (Panama); judio (Mexico); masachi, pachaco (Ecuador); palo de judio, palo de picho (Mexico); pashaco (Peru); pinguasi (Colombia); plumajillo (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras); plumillo (Guatemala); quon (Mexico, Nicaragua); tambo (Honduras); tambor (Belize, Colombia, Honduras); tamborero (Colombia); tinecú (Panama); tzementé (Mexico); yurac-caspi (Peru); zorra (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras); zorro (Guatemala)
Other name	acurubu (Bolivia, Brazil); bacuruba, bacurubu (Brazil); bacuruva, bacuruvu (portuguese, Brazil); bandarra, birosca, faveira (Brazil); ficheira (portuguese, Brazil); ficheiro (Brazil); gapuruvu, garapuvu, garipivu, guaburuvu (portuguese, Brazil); guapiruva, guapiruvu, guapurubu, guapuruva (Brazil); guapuruvu (Bolivia, Brazil); guarapivu (Brazil); guarapuvu (portuguese, Brazil); keransí (Colombia); pataqueira (portuguese, Brazil); pau-de-vintem (Brazil); quillo-caspi (Ecuador); tinecú, tzementi
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