''Ormosia coccinea'' is a plant that grows throughout the South Eastern
North America
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n countries, and all throughout
South America. It produces beautiful red seeds with one black spot covering one-third of its surface. These seeds are used for jewelry and other decorative purposes.
The seeds are known as ''wayruru'' (
Aymara,
[ (see: ''Pepa'')] also spelled ''huayruro, huayruru, wayruro'') in
Peru, where villagers believe them to be powerful good luck charms, and ''nene'' or ''chumico'' in
Costa Rica
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. A
French
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name is ''panacoco'', but this more often applies to ''
Swartzia tomentosa
''Swartzia panacoco'', known as panococo or Brazilian ebony, is a tree of the bean family, growing in Guyana, South America. Its wood is hard and durable. The heartwood ranges from an olive brown to a near black color and can have lighter or da ...
''.
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Various species
coccinea
Trees of Peru
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