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'''''Brosimum''''' is a [[genus]] of plants in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Moraceae]], native to [[tropical]] regions of the [[Americas]].

The [[Breadnut]] (''B. alicastrum'') was used by the [[Maya civilization]] for its edible nut. The dense vividly colored scarlet wood of [[Satine Bloodwood]] (''[[Brosimum paraense|B. paraense]]'') is used for decorative woodworking<ref>Baker (2004)</ref>. Plants of this genus are otherwise used for [[timber]], building materials, and in a cultural context.

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Brosimum (Greek, edible). Moraceae. A genus of 8 species of large trees of Trop. Amer., yielding edible fr. : fls. monoecious, or rarely dioecious, inside or on the outside of a fig-like receptacle. B. Alicastrum, Swartz, is the bread-nut of Jamaica, but it is not grown within the U. S., except in most of the botanic gardens. It bears round yellow fr., about an inch in diam., containing a single large seed, which is edible after roasting. The tree has shining lance-elliptic entire Lvs. Prop, by cuttings of young wood in a bell-jar with bottom heat.
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==Cultivation==


===Propagation===


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==Species==
Selected species:
* ''[[Brosimum acutifolium]]''<!-- RevBrasPsiquiat28:277. -->
* ''[[Brosimum alicastrum]]'' &ndash; [[Breadnut]], Maya Nut, ''ramón'' ([[Spanish (language)|Spanish]])
* ''[[Brosimum costaricanum]]''
* ''[[Brosimum discolor]]''
* ''[[Brosimum gaudichaudii]]'' <small>Trecul</small> &ndash; [[Mama-cadela]]
* ''[[Brosimum glaucum]]'' <small>Taub.</small>
* ''[[Brosimum glaziovii]]'' <small>Taub.</small><!-- "glazioui" is lapsus -->
* ''[[Brosimum guianense]]'' <small>(Aubl.) Huber</small> &ndash; "[[snakewood]]" (= ''B. aubletii<!-- Poepp. & Endl.-->)
* ''[[Brosimum ovatifolium]]''
* ''[[Brosimum paraense]]'' &ndash; [[Satine Bloodwood]]
* ''[[Brosimum parinarioides]]'' <small>Ducke</small>
** ''Brosimum parinarioides'' ssp. ''amplicoma'' <small>(Ducke) C.C.Berg</small> (= ''B. amplicoma''<!-- Ducke -->)
** ''Brosimum parinarioides'' ssp. ''parinarioides''
* ''[[Brosimum potabile]]''
* ''[[Brosimum rubescens]]'' <small>Taub.</small><!-- Caldasia27:89. --> (= ''B. paraense''<!-- Huber -->)
* ''[[Brosimum utile]]'' <small>(Kunth) Pittier</small> (= ''B. galactodendron<!--  D.Don ex Sweet -->)

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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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