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''Dalbergia cearensis'', with
common name
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s Brazilian kingwood, kingwood, Bois de Violette, and violetwood,
is a small tree
endemic
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to
Brazil
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.
It is native to the states of
Bahia
Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...
,
Ceará
Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...
,
Paraíba
Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba ...
,
Pernambuco
Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ...
, and
Piauí
Piaui (, ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region. The state has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.7% of the Brazilian GDP.
Piaui has the shortest coastline of any coastal Brazilian state at 66&n ...
,
Legume Web: ''Dalbergia cearensis''
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It is the source of kingwood, a classic furniture wood.
Vernacular names
Brazilian common names include ''Jacaranda-cega-macho'', ''Jacaranda-violeta'', ''Miolo-de-negro'', and ''Pau-violeta''.[
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References
cearensis
Endemic flora of Brazil
Flora of Bahia
Flora of Paraíba
Flora of Pernambuco
Environment of Ceará
Environment of Piauí
Trees of Brazil
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