Brosimum guianense
| Brosimum guianense | |
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| Ripe and unripe fruit | |
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| 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 | |
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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. A tree reaching 40 m (130 ft), its heartwood can command a price of $30 per kg.
- 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
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