Brosimum guianense

Species of plant in the genus Brosimum

Brosimum guianense

Ripe and unripe fruit
Botanical illustration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Rosales
Family:  | Moraceae
Genus:  | Brosimum
Species:  |

B. guianense

Binomial name
Brosimum guianense

(Aubl.) Huber ex Ducke[2]

Synonyms[3]

List

*     * Alicastrum guianense (Aubl.) Kuntze
* Brosimum aubletii Poepp. & Endl.
* Brosimum discolor Schott
* Brosimum lecointei Ducke
* Brosimum palmarum Standl.
* Brosimum panamense (Pittier) Standl. & Steyerm.
* Brosimum rotundatum Standl.
* Brosimum tessmannii Mildbr.
* Brosimum velutinum (S.F.Blake) Ducke
* Piratinera discolor (Schott) Pittier
* Piratinera guianensis Aubl.
* Piratinera lecointei Ducke
* Piratinera lemeei Benoist
* Piratinera mollis Killip
* Piratinera panamensis Pittier
* Piratinera scabridula S.F.Blake
* Piratinera velutina S.F.Blake

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.[3][4] A tree reaching 40 m (130 ft), its heartwood can command a price of $30 per kg.[5]

* 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

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1. ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI); IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Brosimum guianense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61810395A146780654. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T61810395A146780654.en. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
2. ^ Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 7: 172 (1913)
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ "Brosimum guianense amourette". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
5. ^ 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 449954.673-686&rft.date=2007&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/s00226-007-0149-2&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:449954#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Scholz&rft.aufirst=Gunthard&rft.au=Liebner,+Falk&rft.au=Koch,+Gerald&rft.au=Bues,+Claus-Thomas&rft.au=Günther,+Björn&rft.au=Bäucker,+Ernst&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Brosimum+guianense" class="Z3988">

Taxon identifiers

Brosimum guianense|

* Wikidata: Q965837
* Wikispecies: Brosimum guianense
* BOLD: 223829
* CoL: 5WQVZ
* EoL: 491543
* FNA: 242431710
* GBIF: 7374879
* GRIN: 320203
* iNaturalist: 83252
* IPNI: 582693-1
* IRMNG: 10691944
* ITIS: 506550
* IUCN: 61810395
* NCBI: 241868
* Open Tree of Life: 806715
* PfaF: Brosimum guianense
* Plant List: kew-2683607
* PLANTS: BRGU2
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:582693-1
* RHS: 157247
* Tropicos: 21300523
* WFO: wfo-0000572409

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