Brosimum guianense
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Brosimum |
| Species: | B. guianense
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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.[2][3] A tree reaching 40 m (130 ft), its heartwood can command a price of $30 per kg.[4]
Figure on heartwood
Amourette was once the main wood used for bow frogs
Leaves and twig
Close up of adaxial surface of leaf
Close up of abaxial surface of leaf
Bole
Latex oozing from wound
Section of unripe fruit
Ripe fruit
Seeds
References[]
- ^ Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 7: 172 (1913)
- ^ a b "Brosimum guianense (Aubl.) Huber ex Ducke". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Brosimum guianense amourette". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Scholz, Gunthard; Liebner, Falk; Koch, Gerald; Bues, Claus-Thomas; Günther, Björn; Bäucker, Ernst (2007). "Chemical, anatomical and technological properties of Snakewood [Brosimum guianense (Aubl.) Huber]". Wood Science and Technology. 41 (8): 673–686. doi:10.1007/s00226-007-0149-2. S2CID 449954.
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Categories:
- Brosimum
- Flora of Southeastern Mexico
- Flora of Southwestern Mexico
- Flora of Veracruz
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of Trinidad and Tobago
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of western South America
- Flora of Brazil
- Plants described in 1913
- Moraceae stubs