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Haematoxylum brasiletto (Campeche; Brasil; Palo De Brasil; Palo Brasil; Espinita)

Synonyms: Caesalpinia brasiletto; Haematoxylon boreale; Haematoxylon brasiletto; Haematoxylum boreale

Wikipedia Abstract

Haematoxylum brasiletto, or Mexican logwood, is a species of tropical hardwood tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is known in its native Mexico and Guatemala as "palo de brasil" or "palo de tinto". The timber is used to make bows for stringed instruments, the manufacture of dyes and in ethnobotany.
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Attributes

Specific Gravity [1]  0.95

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Palo Verde National Park II 46190 Costa Rica  
Santa Rosa National Park II 95780 Costa Rica

Predators

Dactylaspis calcarata[2]
Iguana iguana (Common Green Iguana)[3]
Steatococcus morrilli[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1WOOD SPECIFIC GRAVITY IN SPECIES FROM TWO TROPICAL FORESTS IN MEXICO, Josefina Barajas-Morales, IAWA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 8 (2), 1987 143-148
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 3Optimal foraging of a herbivorous lizard, the green iguana in a seasonal environment, Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt, Oecologia (1993) 95: 246-256
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0