The trees also make hard resins that are used to manufacture varnish, especially the resin from Hymenaea courbaril (jatobá) in Brazil. (wikipedia.org)
Hymenaea courbaril has been used as a model organism to study the effect of increased CO2 concentration on the rate of photosynthesis in neotropical regions. (wikipedia.org)
Hymenaea courbaril is a very important species in programmes of recuperation of degraded rain forests in the Neotropics. (wikipedia.org)
1875 to 2018), jatobá ( Hymenaea courbaril L.) (1840 to 2018) and roxinho Peltogyne paniculata Benth. (cabi.org)
note that the leguminous Hymenaea courbaril L. tree, commonly known as jatoba, which grows to a height of 20-30 meters with a trunk diameter of 200 cm, is "a late secondary/climax species that is one of the most important trees in mature tropical forests of the Americas. (co2science.org)
In the words of the authors, "under the climatic conditions forecasted on the basis of the present carbon dioxide emissions, Hymenaea courbaril should establish faster in its natural environment and might also serve as an efficient mechanism of carbon sequestration within the forest. (co2science.org)
Andrade VHF (2015) Modelos de crecimiento para Hymenaea courbaril L. e Handroanthus serratifolius (Vahl) S.O.Grose em floresta de terra firme utilizando análise de anéis de crescimento. (springer.com)
Brazilian Cherry (Hymenaea courbaril), also known as Jatoba, can vary in color from a lighter orange-brown to a darker reddish-brown, which tends to become darker with age. (woodcraft.com)
Mexican Copal Powder-Pure-Hymenaea Courbaril-Mexico-For incense and Art-Sustainable harvest. (apothecarysgarden.com)
and if functional traits are good predictors of survival and growth of planted seedlings of four tree species, Astronium graveolens (RonRon), Dalbergia retusa (Cocobolo), Hymenaea courbaril (Guapinol), and Thouinidium decandrum (Sardino). (slu.se)
Of the fourteen living species in the genus, all but one are native to the tropics of the Americas, with one additional species (Hymenaea verrucosa) on the east coast of Africa. (wikipedia.org)
Most species of Hymenaea are large trees and they are primarily evergreen. (wikipedia.org)
Resin from the extinct species Hymenaea protera is the source of Dominican amber, while the extinct Hymenaea mexicana produced the resin which is the source of Mexican amber. (wikipedia.org)
22 species are accepted: †Hymenaea allendis Hymenaea altissima Ducke Hymenaea aurea Y.T.Lee & Langenh. (wikipedia.org)
Extinct Animé, an oleo-resin from Hymenaea species. (wikipedia.org)
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The resin that is produced in Brazil is known as South American copal, and Hymenaea verrucosa is the source of the valuable Zanzibar copal. (wikipedia.org)
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ex Paes Hymenaea velutina Ducke Hymenaea verrucosa Gaertn. (wikipedia.org)