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Internal ID UUID64400ba2a57c9262438506
Scientific name Astronium fraxinifolium
Authority Schott
First published in Syst. Veg. 4(2): 404 (1827)

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Astronium fraxinifolium is a timber tree native to the Amazon Rainforest, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. It is known by many common names, such as kingwood, locustwood, tigerwood, and zebrawood, and in Portuguese as Gonçalo-alves. This plant is mentioned in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius and is used to make hardwood such as tigerwood.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Astronium fraxinifolium f. mollissimum Mattick Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 1003 (1934)
Astronium fraxinifolium f. pilosum Mattick Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 1004 (1934)
Astronium graveolens var. brasiliense Engl. Fl. Bras. 12(2): 399 (1876)

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Language Common/alternative name
Chinese 斑纹漆
Chinese 白蜡斑纹漆
Chinese 白蠟斑紋漆

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Name Authority First published in
Astronium fraxinifolium var. glabrum Engl. Monogr. Phan. 4: 456 (1883)

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Northern South America
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000554983
Tropicos 1300083
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69236-1
The Plant List kew-2664117
Open Tree Of Life 211496
NCBI Taxonomy 289699
IPNI 69236-1
iNaturalist 184431
GBIF 7321614
Freebase /m/0267cvf
EOL 5614228
USDA GRIN 401565
Wikipedia Astronium_fraxinifolium

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Biochar and Seed Priming Technique with Gallic Acid: An Approach toward Improving Morpho-Anatomical and Physiological Features of Solanum melongena L. under Induced NaCl and Boron Stresses Shumaila, Ullah S, Shah W, Hafeez A, Ali B, Khan S, Ercisli S, Al-Ghamdi AA, Elshikh MS ACS Omega 26-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10763624
doi:10.1021/acsomega.3c01720
PMID:38173954
Carbon Storage in Different Compartments in Eucalyptus Stands and Native Cerrado Vegetation Ribeiro FP, Gatto A, de Oliveira AD, Pulrolnik K, Valadão MB, Araújo JB, de Carvalho AM, Ferreira EA Plants (Basel) 24-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10386474
doi:10.3390/plants12142751
PMID:37514365
Bio-Prospecting of Crude Leaf Extracts from Thirteen Plants of Brazilian Cerrado Biome on Human Glioma Cell Lines Silva VA, Rosa MN, Gomes IN, Vital PD, Alves AL, Evangelista AF, Longato GB, Carloni AC, Oliveira BG, Pinto FE, Romão W, Rezende AR, Araújo AA, Oliveira LS, Souza AA, Oliveira SC, Ribeiro RI, Reis RM Molecules 01-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9921846
doi:10.3390/molecules28031394
PMID:36771057
Comparative Seeds Storage Transcriptome Analysis of Astronium fraxinifolium Schott, a Threatened Tree Species from Brazil Pereira Neto LG, Rossini BC, Marino CL, Toorop PE, Silva EA Int J Mol Sci 10-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9696909
doi:10.3390/ijms232213852
PMID:36430327
The anti‐Trypanosoma activities of medicinal plants: A systematic review of the literature Nekoei S, Khamesipour F, Habtemariam S, de Souza W, Mohammadi Pour P, Hosseini SR Vet Med Sci 29-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9677405
doi:10.1002/vms3.912
PMID:36037401
Biomass residues improve soil chemical and biological properties reestablishing native species in an exposed subsoil in Brazilian Cerrado Soto Boni T, Pujol Pereira EI, Avelino Santos A, Rodrigues Cassiolato AM, Maltoni KL PLoS One 27-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9236270
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0270215
PMID:35759494
Tryptophan and Biogenic Amines in the Differentiation and Quality of Honey Borges CV, Nunes A, Costa VE, Orsi RD, Basilio LS, Monteiro GC, Maraschin M, Lima GP Int J Tryptophan Res 26-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9152190
doi:10.1177/11786469221102098
PMID:35656455
Landscape barriers to pollen and seed flow in the dioecious tropical tree Astronium fraxinifolium in Brazilian savannah Manoel RO, Rossini BC, Cornacini MR, Moraes ML, Cambuim J, Alcântara MA, Silva AM, Sebbenn AM, Marino CL PLoS One 02-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8336915
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0255275
PMID:34339479
Bioprospecting of Natural Compounds from Brazilian Cerrado Biome Plants in Human Cervical Cancer Cell Lines Rosa MN, e Silva LR, Longato GB, Evangelista AF, Gomes IN, Alves AL, de Oliveira BG, Pinto FE, Romão W, de Rezende AR, Araújo AA, Oliveira LS, de M. Souza AA, Oliveira SC, de A. Ribeiro RI, Silva VA, Reis RM Int J Mol Sci 25-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8036847
doi:10.3390/ijms22073383
PMID:33806119
Incorporation of Nonyl 3,4-Dihydroxybenzoate Into Nanostructured Lipid Systems: Effective Alternative for Maintaining Anti-Dermatophytic and Antibiofilm Activities and Reducing Toxicity at High Concentrations Costa-Orlandi CB, Serafim-Pinto A, da Silva PB, Bila NM, Bonatti JL, Scorzoni L, Singulani JD, dos Santos CT, Nazaré AC, Chorilli M, Regasini LO, Fusco-Almeida AM, Mendes-Giannini MJ Front Microbiol 05-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7290161
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.01154
PMID:32582096
Local Knowledge and Conservation Priorities of Medicinal Plants near a Protected Area in Brazil da Silva NF, Hanazaki N, Albuquerque UP, Almeida Campos JL, Feitosa IS, Araújo ED Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 03-Feb-2019
PMCID:PMC6378045
doi:10.1155/2019/8275084
PMID:30854016
Analysis of the Variability of Therapeutic Indications of Medicinal Species in the Northeast of Brazil: Comparative Study Ferreira Macedo JG, de Menezes IR, Alves Ribeiro D, de Oliveira Santos M, Gonçalves de Mâcedo D, Ferreira Macêdo MJ, Vilar de Almeida B, Souza de Oliveira LG, Pereira Leite C, de Almeida Souza MM Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 23-Apr-2018
PMCID:PMC5937548
doi:10.1155/2018/6769193
PMID:29849720
Nanostructured lipid system as a strategy to improve the anti-Candida albicans activity of Astronium sp. Bonifácio BV, Ramos MA, da Silva PB, Negri KM, de Oliveira Lopes É, de Souza LP, Vilegas W, Pavan FR, Chorilli M, Bauab TM Int J Nanomedicine 10-Aug-2015
PMCID:PMC4536841
doi:10.2147/IJN.S79684
PMID:26300640
Local health practices and the knowledge of medicinal plants in a Brazilian semi-arid region: environmental benefits to human health Zank S, Peroni N, de Araújo EL, Hanazaki N J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 23-Feb-2015
PMCID:PMC4429820
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-11-11
PMID:25972007
To move or to evolve: contrasting patterns of intercontinental connectivity and climatic niche evolution in “Terebinthaceae” (Anacardiaceae and Burseraceae) Weeks A, Zapata F, Pell SK, Daly DC, Mitchell JD, Fine PV Front Genet 28-Nov-2014
PMCID:PMC4247111
doi:10.3389/fgene.2014.00409
PMID:25506354

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