Agonandra brasiliensis (Portuguese common name: pau-marfim) is a timber tree native to Amazon rainforest and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. This plant is Brazilian wood export, and it is often used for flooring and furniture, specially chair production.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Agonandra brasiliensis being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Agonandra racemosa
- Opilia amentacea
- Casearia tremula
- Olax dissitiflora
- Bunchosia glandulosa
- Schoepfia brasiliensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Santalales
- Family
- Opiliaceae
- Genus
- Agonandra
- Species
- Agonandra brasiliensis
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