Common name
English: Brazilwood
German: Brasilholz
Portuguese: Pau-brasil
English: Brazilwood
German: Brasilholz
Portuguese: Pau-brasil
Kingdom: Plantae (2595)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2107)
Order: Fabales (237)
Family: Fabaceae (237)(family description)
Genus: Caesalpinia (6)
Epithet: echinata Lam. (1)
Synonym: Guilandina echinata (Lam.) Spreng.
echinata => set with prickles or spines (echinus, a hedgehog, or a prickle)
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: yellow
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