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Platymiscium pleiostachyum
Macawood (Platymiscium pleiostachyum, also called Platymiscium parviflorum) is a tropical timber tree of the pea family native to Central America. It is grown mainly as a shade-tolerant forest or landscape tree in warm, humid lowland climates, not as a houseplant.
Platymiscium parviflorum, synonym Platymiscium pleiostachyum, is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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