ON THIS PLANT
Astronium fraxinifolium is a hardwood timber tree, which is native to Amazon rainforest, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. Common names include kingwood, locustwood, tigerwood, and zebrawood. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. It is grouped with two other species of Astronium under the Portuguese name Gonçalo alves, also known as tigerwood.
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Tigerwood en Zebrawood en Kingwood en Locustwood
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