Summary
Place of publication:
Encycl. 1:461. 1785
Verified:
10/03/2001
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Conservation Status
- CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
Reference(s)
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
- Borges, L. A. et al. 2009. Phenology, pollination, and breeding system of the threatened tree Caesalpinia echinata lam. (Fabaceae), and a review of studies on the reproductive biology in the genus. Flora 204:111-130.
- Burkart, A. E. Las leguminosas Argentinas - silvestres y cultivadas, ed. 2. 1952
- Cannon, J. & M. Cannon. Dye plants and dyeing. The Herbert Press & The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1994
- Cardoso, M. A. et al. 1998. High genetic differentiation among remnant populations of the endangered Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Leguminosae, Caesalpinoideae). Molec. Ecol. 7:601-608.
- CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
- Faria, S. M. de et al. 1984. Levantamento da nodulação de Leguminosas florestais nativas na região sudeste do Brasil. Pesq. Agropecu. Brasil. 19:143-153 (special issue).
- Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
- Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008
- Lewis, G. P. Caesalpinia. A revision of the Poincianella-Erythrostemon group. 1998 152-158.
- Lewis, G. P. 1994. pers. comm.
- Lewis, G. P. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Caesalpinoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 17 Jan.
- Lewis, G. P. Legumes of Bahia. 1987
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
- Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
- National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Ulibarri, E. A. 1996. Sinopsis de Caesalpinia y Hoffmannseggia (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) de sudamérica. Darwiniana 34:315.
- Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
- Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
Brazilwood – peachwood – Pernambuco-wood – Portuguese
pau-Brasil – pau-Pernambuco – Portuguese (Brazil)
brasileto – ibirapitanga – orabutã – pau-de-Pernambuco – pau-rosado – Swedish
bresilja –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Alagoas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Bahia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Espirito Santo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Paraiba | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Pernambuco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio Grande do Norte | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Santa Catarina | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
Native
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Santa Catarina]
Cultivated
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Cuba
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Lewis, G. P. Caesalpinia. A revision of the Poincianella-Erythrostemon group. 1998 152-158. |
Materials | tannin/dyestuff | | Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961 |
Materials | wood | | Lewis, G. P. Caesalpinia. A revision of the Poincianella-Erythrostemon group. 1998 152-158. |
Medicines | folklore | | Lewis, G. P. Caesalpinia. A revision of the Poincianella-Erythrostemon group. 1998 152-158. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=8286.
Accessed 20 September 2024.