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Picrasma crenata

Picrasma crenata
Photo: Alan Hentz, CC BY 4.0
Family
Simaroubaceae (Simaroub family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
E. & S. Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
Climate
wet tropical

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Picrasma crenata, the pau-amargo, pau-tenente or tenente-josé, is a tree species in the family Simaroubaceae, native to Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. In Brazil, it grows in the Atlantic Forest in the regions of Nordeste (in Bahia state), Sudeste (in Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states) and Sul (in Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul states).

Other Picrasma plants

Bitterwood · Picrasma javanica · Nigaki · Picrasma

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

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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