Pernambuco wood (English spelling)

Japanese: Pernambuco wood(英語表記)Pernambucowood
Pernambuco wood (English spelling)

…A closely related dye plant is the brazilwood, which grows in Brazil and the West Indies. Its heartwood is called Pernambuco wood and is used in the same way as Sappan wood. C. coriaria (Jacq.) Willd., native to western Central and South America and the West Indies and cultivated in tropical regions, has fruits that contain 50% tannins. …

From [Brazilwood]

…A tall tree of the legume family native to the forests of the eastern coast of Brazil. Its wood is called Brazilwood or Pernambuco wood, and contains a red pigment called brazilian (C 16 H 12 O 5 ). The tree grows to a height of 30 m and a trunk diameter of 1 m.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Pernambuco wood" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…近縁の染料植物に,ブラジルや西インドに産するブラジルボクがある。これの心材をペルナンブコ木Pernambuco woodといい,蘇芳木と同様に用いる。また,中南米西部,西インド諸島原産で,熱帯各地で栽培されるC.coriaria (Jacq.) Willd.は,果実に50%のタンニンを含む。…

【ブラジルボク】より

…ブラジル東部海岸森林地帯原産のマメ科の高木。材をブラジル木あるいはペルナンブコ木Pernambuco woodといい,ブラジリンbrazilin(C16H12O5)という赤色の色素を含む。樹は高さ30m,幹の直径1mになる。…

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