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Brosimum guianense
About
Brosimum guianense, called snakewood, letterwood, leopardwood, and amourette, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Brosimum, native to southern Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, and tropical South America. A tree reaching 40 m (130 ft), its heartwood can command a price of $30 per kg.
- Family
- Moraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Brosimum guianense
- Slug
- brosimum-guianense
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Brosimum
- Species
- guianense
- Wikidata QID
- Q965837
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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