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Peltogyne, commonly known as purpleheart, violet wood, amaranth and other local names (often referencing the colour of the wood) is a genus of 23 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae; native to tropical rainforests of Central and South America; from Guerrero, Mexico, through Central America, and as far as south-eastern Brazil. [2]
Paulownia tomentosa, common names princess tree, [1] empress tree, or foxglove-tree, [2] is a deciduous hardwood tree in the family Paulowniaceae, native to central and eastern China and the Korean Peninsula. [3] [4] It is an extremely fast-growing tree with seeds that disperse readily [5] and is considered an invasive exotic species in North ...
Lakawood. Dalbergia parviflora. Lakawood, or laka wood ( Malay: kayu laka ), is a reddish aromatic heartwood used as incense in China, India and South East Asia. [1] It also had a number of other uses in the past, for example as a dye and for medicinal purposes. The name lakawood can refer to the wood of different plants, such as Acronychia ...
Traditionally, the standard colors in Chinese culture are black, red, cyan ( 青; qīng ), white, and yellow. Respectively, these correspond to water, fire, wood, metal, and earth, which comprise the 'five elements' ( wuxing) of traditional Chinese metaphysics. Throughout the Shang, Tang, Zhou and Qin dynasties, China's emperors used the Theory ...
Wuxing originally referred to the five major planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Mars, Venus), which were with the combination of the Sun and the Moon, conceived as creating five forces of earthly life. This is why the word is composed of Chinese characters meaning "five" ( 五; wǔ) and "moving" ( 行; xíng ). "Moving" is shorthand for ...
Wood is the first phase of Wu Xing when observing or discussing movement or growth. Wood is the lesser yang character of the Five elements, giving birth to Fire. It stands for springtime, the east, the planet Jupiter, the color green, windy weather, and the Azure Dragon (Qing Long) in Four Symbols . Blue and cyan-type colors also represent wood.
Acacia carnei Maiden. Acacia carneorum, also referred to as purple-wood wattle, needle wattle, dead finish or by its former scientific name, Acacia carnei, [3] is a plant species in the genus Acacia . It occurs in small populations in far north-west New South Wales and South Australia.
Hints About Today's NYT Connections Categories on Sunday, June 23. 1. Similar to "tone it down!" 2. Slight sickness. 3. Related to a certain animal. 4. They can all share the same second.