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Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Español Arbol de la gallina; Cajuil cimarron Madrono; Gallina; Maricao; Nance; Palo gallina; Paralejo; Paralejo blanco (Puerto Rico); Peralejo (Dominican Republic) Maricao cimarron; Peralejo blanco; Peralejo colorado; Peralejo comun; Peralejo de sabana [Tsucuba]; Savanna Serrette (Trinidad & Tobago)
Other names

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Cuba; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Barbados; Trinidad; Curaçao; Isla Margarita; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Belize; Panama; Colombia; Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Honduras; S-Brazil (Paraná); Paraguay (Canindeyu); Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Amazonas, Acre, Pará, Tocantins); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Pernambuco, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malpighiales
Family Malpighiaceae
Genus Byrsonima
Species crassifolia
Author citation (L.) Kunth
Scientific name Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Wood

Byrsonima crassifolia , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson