Brosimum guianense

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

Brosimum guianense
Ripe and unripe fruit
Botanical illustration
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
Synonyms[2]
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

References
  1. Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 7: 172 (1913)
  2. "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.
  3. "Brosimum guianense amourette". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  4. 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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