''Brosimum parinarioides'', also called ''leite de amapá'', is an evergreen tree which grows in the semi-arid to humid tropical lowlands of South America. It can reach a height of up to 32 m.
Uses
''Brosimum parinarioides'' can be used in
carbon farming
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, as it is a
canopy tree in
rainforests
Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainforest ...
.
It is used for medicinal purposes, as an edible milk, and for its wild harvested nuts.
''Brosimum parinarioides'' can be used as an adulterant of
balata. (Balata is "a gum or latex made from tree sap and resembling rubber" which can be made into
gaskets
image:gaskets.jpg, Some seals and gaskets
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,
chewing gum
Chewing gum is a soft, cohesive substance designed to be chewed without being swallowed. Modern chewing gum is composed of gum base, sweeteners, softeners/plasticizers, flavors, colors, and, typically, a hard or powdered polyol coating. Its te ...
, or a
gutta-percha
Gutta-percha is a tree of the genus ''Palaquium'' in the family Sapotaceae. The name also refers to the rigid, naturally biologically inert, resilient, electrically nonconductive, thermoplastic latex derived from the tree, particularly from ' ...
substitute.)
References
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Perennial protein crops
parinarioides
Plant milk
Taxa named by Adolpho Ducke