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Alfaroa

Alfaroa
Photo: Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Juglandaceae (Walnut family)
Grows as
Tree

About

Alfaroa is a genus of evergreen trees in the Juglandaceae family of the Fagales, growing in montane and submontane tropical rain forests in Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. The wood is characterized by solid pith, pink heartwood, and vessels with scalariform perforations, as well as simple perforations.

Other Alfaroa plants

Alfaroa costaricensis · Alfaroa guanacastensis · Alfaroa guatemalensis · Alfaroa hondurensis · Alfaroa manningii · Alfaroa mexicana · Alfaroa williamsii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alfaroa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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