Astronium fraxinifolium
Encyclopedia
Astronium fraxinifolium (Goncalo alves) is a timber tree, which is native to Amazon Rainforest
, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga
, and Cerrado
vegetation
in Brazil
. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis
by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
. It is also used to make hardwood
such as Tigerwood
.
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga
Caatinga
Caatinga is a type of vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in the northeastern part of Brazil. The name "Caatinga" is a Tupi word meaning "white forest" or "white vegetation"...
, and Cerrado
Cerrado
The Cerrado, is a vast tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil, particularly in the states of Gioas and Minas Gerais...
vegetation
Vegetation
Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region; it refers to the ground cover provided by plants. It is a general term, without specific reference to particular taxa, life forms, structure, spatial extent, or any other specific botanical or geographic characteristics. It is broader...
in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis
Flora Brasiliensis
Flora Brasiliensis is a book published between 1840 and 1906 by the editors Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, August Wilhelm Eichler, Ignatz Urban and many others...
by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
. It is also used to make hardwood
Hardwood
Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees . It may also be used for those trees themselves: these are usually broad-leaved; in temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous, but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen.Hardwood contrasts with softwood...
such as Tigerwood
Tigerwood
Tigerwood may refer to several species of trees:* Coula edulis, a tree species native to tropical western Africa from Sierra Leone to Angola* Lovoa trichilioides, a tree species found in Africa* Goncalo alves, several species found in Brazil...
.
See also
- List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil
- List of plants of Atlantic Forest vegetation of Brazil
- List of plants of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil
- List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil
- Official list of endangered flora of BrazilOfficial list of endangered flora of BrazilThis is the official list of endangered flora of Brazil. It is published in Portaria 37-N de 3 de abril de 1992 by IBAMA.- Categories :...