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Brosimum guianense

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Internal ID UUID64400dd86235e500260950
Scientific name Brosimum guianense
Authority Huber ex Ducke
First published in Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 7: 172 (1913)

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Brosimum guianense, commonly known as snakewood, letterwood, leopardwood, or amourette, is a species of flowering tree native to southern Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, and tropical South America. It can grow up to 40 meters (130 feet) tall and its heartwood is highly valued, commanding a price of $30 per kg.

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Piratinera velutina S.F.Blake J. Washington Acad. Sci. 12: 398 (1922)
Piratinera panamensis Pittier Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 100 (1918)
Piratinera scabridula S.F.Blake J. Washington Acad. Sci. 12: 397 (1922)
Piratinera discolor Pittier Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 100 (1918)
Piratinera guianensis Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane : 888 (1775)
Piratinera lemeei Benoist Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 31: 468 (1925)
Piratinera mollis Killip J. Washington Acad. Sci. 26: 358 (1936)
Piratinera lecointei Ducke Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 24, footnote (1922)
Brosimum aubletii Poepp. & Endl. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Poeppig & Endlicher) ii. 34. t. 148. f. a.
Brosimum discolor Schott Syst. Veg. 4(2): 403 (1827)
Brosimum lecointei Ducke Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 28 (1922)
Brosimum lemeei (Benoist) Lemée in Fl. Guyane Franç. 1: 510 1955
Brosimum palmarum Standl. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 17: 158 (1937)
Brosimum panamense (Pittier) Standl. & Steyerm. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 23: 40 (1944)
Brosimum rotundatum Standl. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 75: 293 (1948)
Brosimum tessmannii Mildbr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 190 (1927)
Brosimum velutinum Ducke Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 1 (1925)
Alicastrum guianense Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 623 (1891)

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Language Common/alternative name
English guiana brosimum
French amourette
Japanese スネークウッド
Korean 사목
Dutch letterhout
Chinese 圭亚那蛇桑

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000572409
USDA Plants BRGU2
Tropicos 21300523
INPN 734295
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:582693-1
The Plant List kew-2683607
Open Tree Of Life 806715
NCBI Taxonomy 241868
IUCN Red List 61810395
IPNI 582693-1
iNaturalist 83252
GBIF 7374879
EOL 491543
USDA GRIN 320203
Wikipedia Brosimum_guianense
PFAF Brosimum guianense

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Scientific Literature Top

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Participatory ethnobotany: comparison between two quilombos in the Atlantic Forest, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil Sauini T, Henrique Gonçalves Santos P, Paulino Albuquerque U, Yazbek P, da Cruz C, Hortal Pereira Barretto E, Alice dos Santos M, Silva Gomes MA, dos Santos G, Braga S, José Francischetti Garcia R, Honda S, Matta P, Aragaki S, Ueno A, Rodrigues E PeerJ 07-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10637247
doi:10.7717/peerj.16231
PMID:37953791
Use and sustainability of wood in acoustic guitars: An overview based on the global market Calvano S, Negro F, Ruffinatto F, Zanuttini-Frank D, Zanuttini R Heliyon 14-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10147972
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15218
PMID:37128325
Tree Species and Epiphyte Taxa Determine the “Metabolomic niche” of Canopy Suspended Soils in a Species-Rich Lowland Tropical Rainforest Gargallo-Garriga A, Sardans J, Alrefaei AF, Klem K, Fuchslueger L, Ramírez-Rojas I, Donald J, Leroy C, Langenhove LV, Verbruggen E, Janssens IA, Urban O, Peñuelas J Metabolites 21-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8621298
doi:10.3390/metabo11110718
PMID:34822376
Evaluation of conservation status of plants in Brazil’s Atlantic forest: An ethnoecological approach with Quilombola communities in Serra do Mar State Park Conde BE, Aragaki S, Ticktin T, Surerus Fonseca A, Yazbek PB, Sauini T, Rodrigues E PLoS One 18-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7500697
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0238914
PMID:32946472
Ethnopharmacology of Fruit Plants: A Literature Review on the Toxicological, Phytochemical, Cultural Aspects, and a Mechanistic Approach to the Pharmacological Effects of Four Widely Used Species de Carvalho AT, Paes MM, Cunha MS, Brandão GC, Mapeli AM, Rescia VC, Oesterreich SA, Villas-Boas GR Molecules 26-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7504726
doi:10.3390/molecules25173879
PMID:32858815
Different “metabolomic niches” of the highly diverse tree species of the French Guiana rainforests Gargallo-Garriga A, Sardans J, Granda V, Llusià J, Peguero G, Asensio D, Ogaya R, Urbina I, Van Langenhove L, Verryckt LT, Chave J, Courtois EA, Stahl C, Grau O, Klem K, Urban O, Janssens IA, Peñuelas J Sci Rep 24-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7181821
doi:10.1038/s41598-020-63891-y
PMID:32332903
Dataset on wood density of trees in ecotone forests in Northern Brazilian Amazonia Farias HL, Silva WR, Perdiz RD, Citó AC, Carvalho LC, Barbosa RI Data Brief 07-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7090334
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.105378
PMID:32215302
Palikur traditional roundwood construction in eastern French Guiana: ethnobotanical and cultural perspectives Ogeron C, Odonne G, Cristinoi A, Engel J, Grenand P, Beauchêne J, Clair B, Davy D J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 24-Apr-2018
PMCID:PMC5916587
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0226-7
PMID:29690891
Traditional knowledge hiding in plain sight – twenty-first century ethnobotany of the Chácobo in Beni, Bolivia Paniagua Zambrana NY, Bussmann RW, Hart RE, Moya Huanca AL, Ortiz Soria G, Ortiz Vaca M, Ortiz Álvarez D, Soria Morán J, Soria Morán M, Chávez S, Chávez Moreno B, Chávez Moreno G, Roca O, Siripi E J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 10-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5634836
doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0179-2
PMID:29017576
Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Local Tissue Damage Induced by Snake Venoms: An Overview from Traditional Use to Pharmacological Evidence Félix-Silva J, Silva-Junior AA, Zucolotto SM, Fernandes-Pedrosa MD Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 21-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5585606
doi:10.1155/2017/5748256
PMID:28904556
Frugivory in Canopy Plants in a Western Amazonian Forest: Dispersal Systems, Phylogenetic Ensembles and Keystone Plants Stevenson PR, Link A, González-Caro S, Torres-Jiménez MF PLoS One 22-Oct-2015
PMCID:PMC4619584
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140751
PMID:26492037
Neogene origins and implied warmth tolerance of Amazon tree species Dick CW, Lewis SL, Maslin M, Bermingham E Ecol Evol 10-Jan-2013
PMCID:PMC3568851
doi:10.1002/ece3.441
PMID:23404439
Evidence for conservation and sustainable use in a fragment of the Atlantic forest in southeastern Brazil by a traditional human group Christo AG, Guedes-Bruni RR, Sobrinho F, da Silva AG, Peixoto AL Springerplus 28-Sep-2012
PMCID:PMC3725884
doi:10.1186/2193-1801-1-21
PMID:23961351

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