Alkanna.—Dyer's Bugloss.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Caesalpinia echinata Lam.
Engl.: brazilwood, Fernambuco wood, ibirapitanga, Nicaragua wood, pau brazil, peach wood, Pernambuco wood.
Bot. syn.: Guilandia echinata (Lam.) Sprengel.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Trunk, cut open to show the red wood inside. Rio de Janeiro bot.g., Brazil. Planted. 2001-02-13.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
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