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Similar Astronium, Astronium balansae, Astronium graveolens, Goncalo alves, Myracrodruon urundeuva | ||
Astronium fraxinifolium spiegmann chopin garner
Astronium fraxinifolium is a timber tree, which is native to Amazon Rainforest, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. Common names include kingwood, locustwood, tigerwood, and zebrawood. It is known in Portuguese as Goncalo alves. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. It is also used to make hardwood such as Tigerwood.
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