Taxon: Astronium graveolens Jacq.

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Common names:

• glassywood   (Source: F Guat ) – English (Belize)
  
• aroeira   (Source: J. D. Mitchell, p.c.) – Portuguese
  
• copaiva   (Source: Phytologia 16:129.) – Spanish
  
• gateado   (Source: Phytologia 16:129.) – Spanish
  
• jobillo   (Source: F Guat ) – Spanish
  
• palo de cera   (Source: Phytologia 16:129.) – Spanish
  
• palo de culebra   (Source: Phytologia 16:129.) – Spanish
  
• palo obrero   (Source: Phytologia 16:129.) – Spanish
  
• ronron   (Source: F Guat ) – Spanish
  
• goncalo alves   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Materials: wood   (timber fide F Guat; F Panama)
  

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Yucatan
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Northern South America: Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia - Beni; Colombia; Ecuador - Guayas, Morona-Santiago; Peru - Junin, San Martin

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85.
• Barkley, F. A. 1968. Anacardiaceae: Rhoideae: Astronium. Phytologia 16:128–131.
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• Dubs, B. 1998. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3. [= A. fraxinifolium Schott].
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador.
• Howard, R. A. 1973. The Enumeratio and Selectarum of Nicolaus von Jacquin. J. Arnold Arbor. 54:435–470.
• Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia.
• Mitchell, J. D. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Spichiger, R., ed. 1985–. Flora del Paraguay. [mentions].
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
• Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Astronium graveolens.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Astronium graveolens.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Astronium graveolens.

Check other web resources for Astronium graveolens Jacq.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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