ON THIS PLANT
Astronium graveolens is a species of flowering tree in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Bolivia. Common names include glassywood, ronrón (Spanish), and aroeira (Portuguese). This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Astronium
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Glassywood
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