The breadnut (B. alicastrum) was used by the Maya civilization for its edible nut. The dense vividly colored scarlet wood of B. paraense is used for decorative woodworking.[2]B. guianense, or snakewood, has a mottled snake-skin pattern, and is among the densest woods, with a very high stiffness; it was the wood of choice for making of bows for musical instruments of the violin family until the late 18th century, when it was replaced by the more easily worked brazilwood (Paubrasilia echinata). Plants of this genus are otherwise used for timber, building materials, and in a cultural context.
^ ab. Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
brosimum, genus, plants, family, moraceae, native, tropical, regions, americas, guianense, parts, drawingscientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheophytesclade, angiospermsclade, eudicotsclade, rosidsorder, rosalesfamily, moraceaetribe, dorsteniea. Brosimum is a genus of plants in the family Moraceae native to tropical regions of the Americas BrosimumBrosimum guianense parts drawingScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade RosidsOrder RosalesFamily MoraceaeTribe DorstenieaeGenus BrosimumSw 1 SpeciesSeveral see textSynonymsAlicastrum P BrowneBrosimopsis S MooreGalactodendron KunthPiratinera Aubl 1 The breadnut B alicastrum was used by the Maya civilization for its edible nut The dense vividly colored scarlet wood of B paraense is used for decorative woodworking 2 B guianense or snakewood has a mottled snake skin pattern and is among the densest woods with a very high stiffness it was the wood of choice for making of bows for musical instruments of the violin family until the late 18th century when it was replaced by the more easily worked brazilwood Paubrasilia echinata Plants of this genus are otherwise used for timber building materials and in a cultural context Contents 1 Accepted species 1 1 Formerly placed here 2 Footnotes 3 ReferencesAccepted species editBrosimum acutifolium tamamuri Brosimum alicastrum Sw breadnut Maya nut ramon Spanish Brosimum costaricanum Liebm Brosimum gaudichaudii Trecul Mama cadela Brosimum glaucum Taub Brosimum glaziovii Taub Brosimum guianense Aubl Huber snakewood B aubletii Brosimum lactescens S Moore C C Berg Brosimum longifolium Ducke Brosimum melanopotamicum C C Berg Brosimum multinervium C C Berg Brosimum parinarioides Ducke Brosimum parinarioides ssp amplicoma Ducke C C Berg B amplicoma Brosimum parinarioides ssp parinarioides Brosimum potabile Brosimum rubescens Taub Satine bloodwood Brosimum utile Kunth Pittier B galactodendron 3 Formerly placed here edit Pseudolmedia spuria Sw Griseb as B spurium Sw 3 Footnotes edit a b Genus Brosimum Sw Germplasm Resources Information Network United States Department of Agriculture 2009 01 16 Retrieved 2010 11 23 Baker 2004 a b GRIN Species Records of Brosimum Germplasm Resources Information Network United States Department of Agriculture Archived from the original on 2009 01 20 Retrieved 2010 11 23 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brosimum nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Brosimum Baker Mark 2004 Wood for Woodturners Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications Sussex ISBN 1 86108 324 6 nbsp This Moraceae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brosimum amp oldid 1191276571, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
