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== Description == | == Description == | ||
A tropical hard wood from Melanoxylon braunia Schot native to South America. Garauna produces a dark brown wood that has been sold as brazilwood. [ | A tropical hard wood from Melanoxylon braunia Schot native to South America. Garauna produces a dark brown wood that has been sold as brazilwood. [[Caffeine]] is extracted from the garauna berry. | ||
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 15:12, 15 January 2014
Description
A tropical hard wood from Melanoxylon braunia Schot native to South America. Garauna produces a dark brown wood that has been sold as brazilwood. Caffeine is extracted from the garauna berry.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Melanoxylon braunia Schot. (brazilwood); braúna (Port.)
Authority
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Website address 1 Comment: http://www.ciagri.usp.br/planmedi/pm0100.htm