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Paubrasilia echinata is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. [4] [5] It is a Brazilian timber tree commonly known as Pernambuco wood or brazilwood [6] (Portuguese: pau-de-pernambuco, pau-brasil; [6] Tupi: ybyrapytanga [7]) and is the national tree of Brazil. [5]
Paubrasilia, commonly called Pernambuco or Brazilwood, is the most sought-after material for the bows of classical stringed instruments, because of its effects on the tones they produce. [6] Blackwood (Tasmanian/Australian). [7] Walnut is often used for the backs and sides of guitars and mandolin family instruments. [8]
The brazilwood tree, which gives Brazil its name, has dark, valuable wood and provides red dye. The Tupi speakers' agriculture was key in their cooperation with the Portuguese during the pre-colonial period. During this time, the primary objective of the Portuguese in the region was to harvest and export Brazilwood.
Cruiser C Tamandaré (center) escorted by the Fletcher-class destroyers Pará (D-27), Paraíba (D-28), Paraná (D-29) and Pernambuco (D-30) in 1961, during the Lobster War. The Lobster War , a conflict that occurred between 1961 and 1963, was centered on the illegal capture of lobsters by French fishing boats in territorial waters off the coast ...
In Portuguese, brazilwood is called pau-brasil, with the word brasil commonly given the etymology "red like an ember", formed from brasa ('ember') and the suffix -il (from -iculum or -ilium). [32] It has alternatively been suggested that this is a folk etymology for a word for the plant related to an Arabic or Asian word for a red plant. [ 33 ]
The longtime building where Hen Feathers and a few other businesses used to be at the northeast corner of Douglas and Rock Road was demolished this week to make room for a new 7 Brew Coffee.
The Pernambuco interior forests lie inland from the Pernambuco coastal forests, extending from sedimentary plateaus near the coast up the eastern slopes of the Borborema Plateau. In the northern portion of the ecoregion, the interior forests lie close to the coast, just behind the coastal Rio Piranhas mangroves and Atlantic coast restingas .
The brothers also are about 90% complete with another new center called the Hawthorne Court at 12938 E. 21st St. just east of 127th Street. Paul Suellentrop said that’s close to churches and ...