Caesalpinia echinata


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Related to Caesalpinia echinata: Guilandina echinata, Pau-brasil
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Noun1.Caesalpinia echinata - tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
Caesalpinia, genus Caesalpinia - small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana
brazilwood - heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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Growth of Brazil wood seedlings (Caesalpinia echinata Lam.), submitted to five levels of shading.
Muniz, "Non-destructive estimation of pernambuco (Caesalpinia echinata) clear wood properties using near infrared spectroscopy," Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, vol.
Caesalpinia echinata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T33974A9818224.
Changes in soluble carbohydrates during storage of Caesalpinia echinata LAM.
3b), and a round and central orifice in Caesalpinia echinata (Fig.
[38], studying five remaining populations of Caesalpinia echinata, observed that 28.4% of the genetic variability is due to geographical differences between groups, with 29.6% of the variability occurring among groups and 42% among individuals.