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Brosimum rubescens Taub.

Moraceae

SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador: Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)

mes->xer?

ma ti (furniture)

Alicastrum rubescens (Taub.) Taub. Brosimum angustifolium Ducke Brosimum brevipedunculatum Ducke Brosimum caloxylon Standl. Brosimum lanciferum Ducke Brosimum longistipulatum Ducke Brosimum paraense Huber Brosimum platyneurum Ducke Ferolia guianensis Aubl. Piratinera lancifera (Ducke) Benoist Piratinera paraensis (Huber) Benoist Piratinera rubescens (Taub.) Pittier

Para breadnuttree; bloodwood; blood wood cacique (Panama); Brazil redwood, Brazilian red wood, Brazilian redwood, Brazilwood, cardinal wood; letterwood (Guyana); snakewood

brosimum satiné; bois satiné (France); lettre ravané, lettres rouges; rubané (French Guiana); satiné (France, French Guiana); satiné gris, satiné rubané (France)

chimico; conza negro (Costa Rica); granadillo; lechero (Colombia); marequende (Ecuador); mirapiranga; mui (Colombia); palisangre (Peru); palo brasil (Colombia); palo de sangre; palo sangre (Peru); sande, sande negro (Colombia); vaco

bois d'arc, bois de lettre (creole); conduru, conduru-de-sangue (portuguese, Brazil); doctoa (guanano); doekaliballi (bora); doekaliballi ibiberoebaria (arawak); guasooge (tucano); huito sa'huio (secoya, Ecuador); ipguayoi (bora); jaiveciidi (muinane); karana (carijona); kiritiño (huitoto); letterhout (Suriname); muirapiranga (portuguese, Brazil); pairi seine (palikúr); páo rainha, pau-rainha (portuguese, Brazil); satijnhout (dutch, Suriname); siton-paya (aukaans); suar ginnet (kuna, Panama); yo-o-fi (andoque)

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Latin name	Brosimum rubescens Taub.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador: Amazonas; Peru, Bolivia, Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	mes->xer?
Use	ma ti (furniture)
Synonym	Alicastrum rubescens (Taub.) Taub. Brosimum angustifolium Ducke Brosimum brevipedunculatum Ducke Brosimum caloxylon Standl. Brosimum lanciferum Ducke Brosimum longistipulatum Ducke Brosimum paraense Huber Brosimum platyneurum Ducke Ferolia guianensis Aubl. Piratinera lancifera (Ducke) Benoist Piratinera paraensis (Huber) Benoist Piratinera rubescens (Taub.) Pittier
English name	Para breadnuttree; bloodwood; blood wood cacique (Panama); Brazil redwood, Brazilian red wood, Brazilian redwood, Brazilwood, cardinal wood; letterwood (Guyana); snakewood
French name	brosimum satiné; bois satiné (France); lettre ravané, lettres rouges; rubané (French Guiana); satiné (France, French Guiana); satiné gris, satiné rubané (France)
Spanish name	chimico; conza negro (Costa Rica); granadillo; lechero (Colombia); marequende (Ecuador); mirapiranga; mui (Colombia); palisangre (Peru); palo brasil (Colombia); palo de sangre; palo sangre (Peru); sande, sande negro (Colombia); vaco
Other name	bois d'arc, bois de lettre (creole); conduru, conduru-de-sangue (portuguese, Brazil); doctoa (guanano); doekaliballi (bora); doekaliballi ibiberoebaria (arawak); guasooge (tucano); huito sa'huio (secoya, Ecuador); ipguayoi (bora); jaiveciidi (muinane); karana (carijona); kiritiño (huitoto); letterhout (Suriname); muirapiranga (portuguese, Brazil); pairi seine (palikúr); páo rainha, pau-rainha (portuguese, Brazil); satijnhout (dutch, Suriname); siton-paya (aukaans); suar ginnet (kuna, Panama); yo-o-fi (andoque)
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