Astronium fraxinifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Astronium
Species:
A. fraxinifolium
Binomial name
Astronium fraxinifolium

Astronium fraxinifolium is a timber tree, which is native to Amazon Rainforest, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. Common names include kingwood,[1] locustwood,[1] tigerwood,[1] and zebrawood.[1] It is known in Portuguese as Gonçalo-alves. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. It is also used to make hardwood such as tigerwood.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Astronium fraxinifolium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 November 2014.


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