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Hymenaea courbaril
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Hymenaea courbaril, the courbaril or West Indian locust, is a hardwood tree common in the Caribbean and Central and South America. As lumber it is frequently used to make furniture, flooring, and decoration. Its hard fruit pods have an edible dry pulp surrounding the seeds. Its sap, called animé, is used for incense, perfume, and varnish.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Hymenaea courbaril
- Slug
- hymenaea-courbaril
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Hymenaea
- Species
- courbaril
- Wikidata QID
- Q2234016
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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