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Paubrasilia echinata is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. It is a Brazilian timber tree commonly known as brazilwood (pau-brasil; Tupi: ybyrapytanga) and is the national tree of Brazil. 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 historically important red dye called brazilin, which oxidizes to brazilein. The name pau-brasil was applied to certain species of the genus Caesalpinia in the medieval

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Centrolobium microchaete is a species of flowering plant. It was first described by George Bentham, and given its exact name by Haroldo Cavalcante de Lima. Centrolobium microchaete is part of the genus Centrolobium, and the family Fabaceae. This species is distributed in Brazil.

Tachigali vulgaris is a tree species native to South America, predominantly found in the Amazon region and Brazilian Cerrado. It belongs to the Fabaceae family and exhibits nitrogen fixation through bacteria of the Rhizobium genus. Its wood displays annual growth rings, which is uncommon for species in tropical regions. Currently, the species is being studied for use in forest plantations and the regeneration of degraded areas. The Tachi or carvoeiro, as it is commonly called, is a pioneering species with rapid growth and few nutritional requirements, adapted to nutrient-poor soils and hot

Tachigali densiflora, synonym Sclerolobium densiflorum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in the Alagoas, Bahia, and Pernambuco states of Brazil. T. densiflora has recently suffered from severe habitat declines and is ranked near threatened by the IUCN.

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Grazielodendron riodocensis is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade within the Dalbergieae. It is the only member of the genus Grazielodendron. It is only found in eastern Brazil. The genus name of Grazielodendron is in honour of Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912–2003), a Brazilian botanist, and also "'dendron" (δένδρον) which is the Greek word for "tree". The Latin specific epithet of riodocensis refers Rio Doce or Doce River in Brazil. Grazielodendron

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Staminodianthus is a genus of trees (family Fabaceae) found in South America. It includes three species of trees, from small trees to six meters tall to large trees up to 40 m tall. They are native to the Amazon Basin of northern Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela, where they grow in humid non-flooded terra-firme forests on sandy or sandy loam soils, gallery forests, and highland savannas. A dichotomous key for the species is available.

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