Schinopsis brasiliensis
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Schinopsis brasiliensis is a species of flowering plant in the cashew family known by the common names baraúna or braúna.Cardoso, M. P., et al. (2005). [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14786410512331330684#preview A new alkyl phenol from Schinopsis brasiliensis.] Natural Product Research 19(5) 431-33.
This species is native to Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay."Schinopsis brasiliensis". Plants of the World Online. Accessed 15 July 2020. [http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70994-1] It is a component of the Caatinga ecoregion in northwestern Brazil{{cite journal |last=Dantas |first=B.F. |display-authors=etal |year=2008 |title=Biochemical changes during imbibition of Schinopsis brasiliensis Engl. seeds |journal=Revista Brasileira de Sementes |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=214–9|doi=10.1590/S0101-31222008000200027 |doi-access=free }} and the Chiquitano dry forests ecoregion of eastern Bolivia and adjacent portions of Brazil.{{WWF ecoregion|name=Chiquitano dry forests|id=nt0212}}
Taxonomy
It was first named and described in 1876 by Adolf Engler.{{Cite web |title=Schinopsis brasiliensis {{!}} International Plant Names Index |url=https://www.ipni.org/n/70994-1 |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=www.ipni.org}}
Description
Schinopsis brasiliensis can grow up to {{convert|12|m|ft}} tall with a trunk diameter of 60 centimeters.{{cite web |last=Saraiva |first=A.M. |display-authors=etal |url=http://www.fbioyf.unr.edu.ar/ricifa/Resumenes2010/Biotecnologia/Egito%204.pdf |title=Quantitative analysis of Schinopsis brasiliensis Engl. extract when incorporated into oil-in-water microemulsion |access-date=2012-08-10 |archive-date=2015-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122021402/http://www.fbioyf.unr.edu.ar/ricifa/Resumenes2010/Biotecnologia/Egito%204.pdf |url-status=dead }}
Uses
This tree has a hard, sturdy wood which is used in construction. Because of its harvesting for this purpose, the tree is considered an endangered species.
Two species of mite have been noted to live on this tree, Calacarus torulus and Shevtchenkella schinopsidis.{{cite journal |last1=Navia |first1=D. |first2=C.H.W. |last2=Flechtmann |year=1999 |doi=10.1080/01647959908684151 |title=Two new Eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Schinopsis brasiliensis Engl. (Anacardiaceae) from Brazil |journal=International Journal of Acarology |volume=25 |pages=183–8 |issue=3 |bibcode=1999IJAca..25..183N }}
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