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Brauna Tree
Braúna or Brauna may refer to: * the name of the timber from the Brazilian tree ''Melanoxylum brauna'' Schott (fam. Fabaceae) * an alternative name for quebracho wood from ''Schinopsis'' spp (fam. Anacardiaceae) in Brazil * Braúna Braúna is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 mill ..., a municipality in São Paulo, Brazil * 1411 Brauna, a Main belt asteroid {{Disambig ...
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Melanoxylum
''Melanoxylum'' is the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ... for a yellow-flowered, Brauna tree of Brazil. References Cassieae Fabaceae genera {{Caesalpinioideae-stub ...
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Quebracho Tree
Quebracho is a common name in Spanish to describe very hard (density 0.9–1.3) wood tree species. The etymology of the name derived from ''quiebrahacha'', or ''quebrar hacha'', meaning "axe-breaker". Species There are at least three similar commercially important tree species that grow in the Gran Chaco region of South America. * the quebracho ** ''Schinopsis lorentzii'' (Syn.: ''Schinopsis marginata'' Engl., ''Schinopsis haenkeana'' Engl.); of the family Anacardiaceae; North Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia; (the red quebracho, quebracho), ''quebracho-colorado santiagueño'', ''red quebracho santiagueño'', ''quebracho santiagueño'' (also known as ''quebracho cor(o)nillo'', ''cor(o)nillo'', ''quebracho macho'', ''quebracho negro'' or ''moro'', ''quebracho rojo'', ''quebracho bolí'', ''horco quebracho'', ''quebracho serrano'', ''quebracho montano'', ''quebracho crespo'', ''quebracho del cerro'', ''quebracho colorado de las sierras'' o ''del cerro'' and ''quebracho cordobés ...
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Schinopsis
''Schinopsis'' is a genus of South American trees in the family Anacardiaceae, also known by the common names quebracho, quebracho colorado and red quebracho. In Brazil it is known as ''baraúna'' or ''braúna''. Description The species within this genus inhabit different regions of the Gran Chaco ecoregion including parts of northern Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. In Brazil it can be found as a component of the Caatinga in the northwestern region. The name is in recognition of the hardness of the wood from the Spanish ''quiebra-hacha'' ("axe-breaker"). It also distinguishes the species from the "white ''quebracho''" trees of the unrelated genus ''Aspidosperma''. ''Schinopsis'' is the exclusive food plant of the moth '' Coleophora haywardi''. Species * ''Schinopsis balansae'' (common name: ''quebracho colorado chaqueño'') * ''Schinopsis boqueronensis'' * ''Schinopsis brasiliensis'' * ''Schinopsis cornuta'' * ''Schinopsis haenkeana'' * ''Schinopsis heterophylla'' (co ...
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Braúna
Braúna is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... The population is 5,741 (2020 est.) in an area of 195 km². The elevation is 401 m. References Municipalities in São Paulo (state) {{SaoPauloState-geo-stub ...
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