Astronium graveolens is a species of hardwood tree in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Bolivia. Common names include glassywood, tigerwood, ronrón (Spanish), aroeira (Portuguese), and gonçalo alves (Portuguese), where it is grouped with two other species of Astronium.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Astronium graveolens 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
- Astronium fraxinifolium
- Cedrela odorata
- Ailanthus fordii
- Dracontomelon dao
- Spondias pinnata
- Canarium strictum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Astronium
- Species
- Astronium graveolens
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