''Kielmeyera coriacea'' (pau santo) is a
medicinal plant native to
Cerrado and
Pantanal vegetation
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in
Brazil
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. It is also used as a
honey plant.
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coriacea
Endemic flora of Brazil
Trees of Brazil
Flora of the Cerrado
Medicinal plants of South America
Taxa named by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
Plants described in 1825
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