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Paubrasilia echinata (Brazilwood; Pau Brasil; Ibirapitanga)

Synonyms: Caesalpinia echinata (homotypic); Caesalpinia obliqua; Caesalpinia vesicaria (heterotypic); Guilandina echinata (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Caesalpinia echinata is a species of Brazilian timber tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. Common names include Brazilwood, Pernambuco tree (Portuguese: Pau-Brasil, Pau de Pernambuco; Tupi Ibirapitanga). This plant has a dense, orange-red heartwood that takes a high shine, and it is the premier wood used for making bows for stringed instruments. The wood also yields a red dye called brazilin, which oxidizes to brazilein.
View Wikipedia Record: Paubrasilia echinata

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Paubrasilia echinata

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Janka Hardness [2]  2820 lbf (1279 kgf) Very Hard
Specific Gravity [3]  0.89
Structure [4]  Tree

Predators

Neopinnaspis harperi (Harper scale)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 3Jérôme Chave, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Timothy R. Baker, Tomás A. Easdale, Hans ter Steege, Campbell O. Webb, 2006. Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2,456 neotropical tree species. Ecological Applications 16(6), 2356 - 2367
♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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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