Brosimum rubescens
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| Internal ID | UUID64400dda1e34f882229670 |
| Scientific name | Brosimum rubescens |
| Authority | Taub. |
| First published in | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 12(1-2, Beibl. 27): 3. 1890 [24 Jun 1890] |
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!Common products:
- Brosimum rubescens provides solid sawn timber for structural and exterior applications.
- Brosimum rubescens yields sliced veneer (heartwood and sapwood) for high‑quality furniture, cabinetry and interior finishes.
- Brosimum rubescens supplies engineered wood products (laminated veneer lumber, LVL, high‑grade plywood) selected for high density and dimensional stability.
Industrial and craft applications:
- High‑end residential and commercial furniture, cabinetry, and built‑in joinery.
- Interior flooring, stair treads, and heavy‑duty flooring where wear resistance is required.
- Decorative veneer, inlay and marquetry for small objects and paneling.
- Turned items (bowls, handles) and carved decorative pieces.
- Marine and exterior structural uses (e.g., dock pilings, outdoor furniture) where natural decay resistance is valued.
Wood and fiber:
- Hardwood from Brosimum rubescens is used in solid‑wood construction, heavy‑duty posts, and railway sleepers.
- Fiber from Brosimum rubescens is a source for LVL, plywood and other laminated composites where high strength‑to‑weight ratio is required.
- Brosimum rubescens provides raw material for interior finishes and architectural millwork.
Properties relevant to use:
- Air‑dry density 0.90–1.05 g cm⁻³, specific gravity ≈0.94.
- Janka hardness ≈1300–1500 lbf (≈6–7 kN), giving high compressive (≈70 MPa) and bending strength (≈150 MPa).
- Tangential shrinkage ≈6.5 % and radial shrinkage ≈3.0 % (at 12 % MC), resulting in low dimensional change.
- High lignin/cellulose ratio and fine, even grain enable smooth machining and finishing.
- Natural extractives (tannins, phenolics) confer natural resistance to fungal decay and insect attack, extending service life without chemical treatment.
- Reddish‑brown heartwood with uniform color and low figure, desirable for aesthetic veneer applications.
Standards and regulation:
- Harvesting and trade governed by Brazil’s forestry legislation (Law 12,727/2012) and the Brazilian Institute of Environment (IBAMA) licensing system.
- Sustainable sourcing frequently follows Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards (FSC‑STD‑01‑001) and the Responsible Wood certification scheme.
- Product specifications align with ISO 13061 (timber physical properties) and EN 13556 (hardwood and LVL) for quality control in veneer and engineered‑wood production.
Sustainability and sourcing:
- Native to lowland Amazon forests; restricted distribution and selective logging have raised conservation concerns.
- Management employs reduced‑impact logging, seed‑tree regeneration, and community‑based forestry to maintain viable populations.
- Certification under FSC and participation in Brazil’s “Programa de Manejo Florestal Sustentável” aim to balance economic use with forest conservation.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Piratinera rubescens | Pittier | Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 100 (1918) |
| Piratinera angustifolia | Ducke | Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 24, footnote (1922) |
| Alicastrum rubescens | Taub. | Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 16 (1892) |
| Brosimum angustifolium | Ducke | Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 25 (1922) |
| Brosimum brevipedunculatum | Ducke | Trop. Woods 90: 8 (1947) |
| Brosimum caloxylon | Standl. | Trop. Woods 17: 11 (1929) |
| Brosimum lanciferum | Ducke | Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 24 (1922) |
| Brosimum longistipulatum | Ducke | Trop. Woods 90: 7 (1947) |
| Brosimum paraense | Huber | Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 6: 67 (1910) |
| Brosimum platyneurum | Ducke | Arq. Serv. Florest. 1(1): 4 (1939) |
| Ferolia variegata | Lam. | Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 2(2): 452. 1788 [14 Apr 1788] |
| Ferolia guianensis | Aubl. | Hist. Pl. Guiane , Suppl.: 7 (1775) |
| Piratinera paraensis | (Huber) Ducke | Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 24, footnote (1922) |
| Piratinera lancifera | Ducke | Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 24, footnote (1922) |
| Parinari guianensis | (Aubl.) Lemée | Fl. Guyane Franç. 2: 25 (1952) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | satine |
| English | bloodwood |
| Finnish | hurmemaitopuu |
| Portuguese | amapá-doce |
| Portuguese | apé |
| Portuguese | conduru |
| Portuguese | conduru-de-sangue |
| Portuguese | muirapiranga |
| Portuguese | pau-rainha |
Germination/Propagation Top
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No germination or propagation data was added yet.
Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
No distribution data was extracted from POWO/KEW yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000572443 |
| Tropicos | 21300043 |
| INPN | 734298 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37310-2 |
| The Plant List | kew-2683638 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 892924 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 241870 |
| IPNI | 850837-1 |
| iNaturalist | 874644 |
| GBIF | 3762826 |
| EOL | 6959128 |
| USDA GRIN | 401467 |
| Wikipedia | Brosimum_rubescens |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.
Scientific Literature Top
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| First evidence of a monodominant (Englerodendron, Amherstieae, Detarioideae, Leguminosae) tropical moist forest from the early Miocene (21.73 Ma) of Ethiopia | Pan AD, Jacobs BF, Bush RT, de la Estrella M, Grímsson F, Herendeen PS, van der Burgt XM, Currano ED | PLoS One | 11-Jan-2023 |
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| Mulberry Diels–Alder-type adducts: isolation, structure, bioactivity, and synthesis | Luo SY, Zhu JY, Zou MF, Yin S, Tang GH | Nat Prod Bioprospect | 02-Sep-2022 |
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| Chemical composition of material extractives influences microbial growth and dynamics on wetted wood materials | Zhao D, Cardona C, Gottel N, Winton VJ, Thomas PM, Raba DA, Kelley ST, Henry C, Gilbert JA, Stephens B | Sci Rep | 02-Sep-2020 |
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| 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 |
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| Pharmacological Modulation of Steroid Activity in Hormone-Dependent Breast and Prostate Cancers: Effect of Some Plant Extract Derivatives | Bayala B, Zoure AA, Baron S, de Joussineau C, Simpore J, Lobaccaro JM | Int J Mol Sci | 23-May-2020 |
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| 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 |
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| Controlling anthracnose by means of extracts, and their major constituents, from Brosimum rubescens Taub | Martinez J, Gomez A, Ramirez C, Gil J, Durango D | Biotechnol Rep (Amst) | 30-Nov-2019 |
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| Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests | ter Steege H, Henkel TW, Helal N, Marimon BS, Marimon-Junior BH, Huth A, Groeneveld J, Sabatier D, Coelho LD, Filho DD, Salomão RP, Amaral IL, Matos FD, Castilho CV, Phillips OL, Guevara JE, Carim MD, Cárdenas López D, Magnusson WE, Wittmann F, Irume MV, Martins MP, Guimarães JR, Molino JF, Bánki OS, Piedade MT, Pitman NC, Mendoza AM, Ramos JF, Luize BG, Moraes de Leão Novo EM, Núñez Vargas P, Silva TS, Venticinque EM, Manzatto AG, Reis NF, Terborgh J, Casula KR, Honorio Coronado EN, Montero JC, Feldpausch TR, Duque A, Costa FR, Arboleda NC, Schöngart J, Killeen TJ, Vasquez R, Mostacedo B, Demarchi LO, Assis RL, Baraloto C, Engel J, Petronelli P, Castellanos H, de Medeiros MB, Quaresma A, Simon MF, Andrade A, Camargo JL, Laurance SG, Laurance WF, Rincón LM, Schietti J, Sousa TR, de Sousa Farias E, Lopes MA, Magalhães JL, Mendonça Nascimento HE, Lima de Queiroz H, Aymard C. GA, Brienen R, Revilla JD, Vieira IC, Cintra BB, Stevenson PR, Feitosa YO, Duivenvoorden JF, Mogollón HF, Araujo-Murakami A, Ferreira LV, Lozada JR, Comiskey JA, de Toledo JJ, Damasco G, Dávila N, Draper F, García-Villacorta R, Lopes A, Vicentini A, Alonso A, Dallmeier F, Gomes VH, Lloyd J, Neill D, de Aguiar DP, Arroyo L, Carvalho FA, de Souza FC, do Amaral DD, Feeley KJ, Gribel R, Pansonato MP, Barlow J, Berenguer E, Ferreira J, Fine PV, Guedes MC, Jimenez EM, Licona JC, Peñuela Mora MC, Villa B, Cerón C, Maas P, Silveira M, Stropp J, Thomas R, Baker TR, Daly D, Dexter KG, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco I, Milliken W, Pennington T, Ríos Paredes M, Fuentes A, Klitgaard B, Pena JL, Peres CA, Silman MR, Tello JS, Chave J, Cornejo Valverde F, Di Fiore A, Hilário RR, Phillips JF, Rivas-Torres G, van Andel TR, von Hildebrand P, Noronha JC, Barbosa EM, Barbosa FR, de Matos Bonates LC, Carpanedo RD, Dávila Doza HP, Fonty É, GómeZárate z R, Gonzales T, Gallardo Gonzales GP, Hoffman B, Junqueira AB, Malhi Y, Miranda IP, Pinto LF, Prieto A, Rodrigues DD, Rudas A, Ruschel AR, Silva N, Vela CI, Vos VA, Zent EL, Zent S, Weiss Albuquerque B, Cano A, Carrero Márquez YA, Correa DF, Costa JB, Flores BM, Galbraith D, Holmgren M, Kalamandeen M, Nascimento MT, Oliveira AA, Ramirez-Angulo H, Rocha M, Scudeller VV, Sierra R, Tirado M, Umaña Medina MN, van der Heijden G, Vilanova Torre E, Vriesendorp C, Wang O, Young KR, Ahuite Reategui MA, Baider C, Balslev H, Cárdenas S, Casas LF, Farfan-Rios W, Ferreira C, Linares-Palomino R, Mendoza C, Mesones I, Torres-Lezama A, Giraldo LE, Villarroel D, Zagt R, Alexiades MN, de Oliveira EA, Garcia-Cabrera K, Hernandez L, Palacios Cuenca W, Pansini S, Pauletto D, Ramirez Arevalo F, Sampaio AF, Sandoval EH, Valenzuela Gamarra L, Levesley A, Pickavance G, Melgaço K | Sci Rep | 25-Sep-2019 |
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| Coumarins from the peel of citrus grown in Colombia: composition, elicitation and antifungal activity | Ramírez-Pelayo C, Martínez-Quiñones J, Gil J, Durango D | Heliyon | 15-Jun-2019 |
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| Fishermen do more than fish: local ecological knowledge of raftsmen about the arboreal species used to construct rafts (Bahia, Brazil) | Andrade IL, Mielke MS, Peroni N, Schiavetti A | J Ethnobiol Ethnomed | 27-Dec-2018 |
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| 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 |
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| Species Distribution Modelling: Contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data | Gomes VH, IJff SD, Raes N, Amaral IL, Salomão RP, de Souza Coelho L, de Almeida Matos FD, Castilho CV, de Andrade Lima Filho D, López DC, Guevara JE, Magnusson WE, Phillips OL, Wittmann F, de Jesus Veiga Carim M, Martins MP, Irume MV, Sabatier D, Molino JF, Bánki OS, da Silva Guimarães JR, Pitman NC, Piedade MT, Mendoza AM, Luize BG, Venticinque EM, de Leão Novo EM, Vargas PN, Silva TS, Manzatto AG, Terborgh J, Reis NF, Montero JC, Casula KR, Marimon BS, Marimon BH, Coronado EN, Feldpausch TR, Duque A, Zartman CE, Arboleda NC, Killeen TJ, Mostacedo B, Vasquez R, Schöngart J, Assis RL, Medeiros MB, Simon MF, Andrade A, Laurance WF, Camargo JL, Demarchi LO, Laurance SG, de Sousa Farias E, Nascimento HE, Revilla JD, Quaresma A, Costa FR, Vieira IC, Cintra BB, Castellanos H, Brienen R, Stevenson PR, Feitosa Y, Duivenvoorden JF, Aymard C. GA, Mogollón HF, Targhetta N, Comiskey JA, Vicentini A, Lopes A, Damasco G, Dávila N, García-Villacorta R, Levis C, Schietti J, Souza P, Emilio T, Alonso A, Neill D, Dallmeier F, Ferreira LV, Araujo-Murakami A, Praia D, do Amaral DD, Carvalho FA, de Souza FC, Feeley K, Arroyo L, Pansonato MP, Gribel R, Villa B, Licona JC, Fine PV, Cerón C, Baraloto C, Jimenez EM, Stropp J, Engel J, Silveira M, Mora MC, Petronelli P, Maas P, Thomas-Caesar R, Henkel TW, Daly D, Paredes MR, Baker TR, Fuentes A, Peres CA, Chave J, Pena JL, Dexter KG, Silman MR, Jørgensen PM, Pennington T, Di Fiore A, Valverde FC, Phillips JF, Rivas-Torres G, von Hildebrand P, van Andel TR, Ruschel AR, Prieto A, Rudas A, Hoffman B, Vela CI, Barbosa EM, Zent EL, Gonzales GP, Doza HP, de Andrade Miranda IP, Guillaumet JL, Pinto LF, de Matos Bonates LC, Silva N, Gómez RZ, Zent S, Gonzales T, Vos VA, Malhi Y, Oliveira AA, Cano A, Albuquerque BW, Vriesendorp C, Correa DF, Torre EV, van der Heijden G, Ramirez-Angulo H, Ramos JF, Young KR, Rocha M, Nascimento MT, Medina MN, Tirado M, Wang O, Sierra R, Torres-Lezama A, Mendoza C, Ferreira C, Baider C, Villarroel D, Balslev H, Mesones I, Giraldo LE, Casas LF, Reategui MA, Linares-Palomino R, Zagt R, Cárdenas S, Farfan-Rios W, Sampaio AF, Pauletto D, Sandoval EH, Arevalo FR, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco I, Garcia-Cabrera K, Hernandez L, Gamarra LV, Alexiades MN, Pansini S, Cuenca WP, Milliken W, Ricardo J, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Pos E, ter Steege H | Sci Rep | 17-Jan-2018 |
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| Isolation of Monoterpene Dihydrochalcones from Piper montealegreanum Yuncker (Piperaceae) | Alves HD, da Rocha WR, Braz-Filho R, Chaves MC | Molecules | 09-Jun-2017 |
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| Molecular Targeted Approaches to Cancer Therapy and Prevention Using Chalcones | Jandial DD, Blair CA, Zhang S, Krill LS, Zhang YB, Zi X | Curr Cancer Drug Targets | 01-Feb-2014 |
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| Antimicrobial activity of amazonian medicinal plants | Oliveira AA, Segovia JF, Sousa VY, Mata EC, Gonçalves MC, Bezerra RM, Junior PO, Kanzaki LI | Springerplus | 05-Aug-2013 |
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