Brosimum

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Brosimum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Moraceae Genus: Brosimum Sw.
Species
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Brosimum is a genus of plants in the family Moraceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.

Selected species

• Brosimum acutifolium
• Brosimum alicastrum
• Brosimum costaricanum
• Brosimum discolor
• Brosimum gaudichaudii
• Brosimum guianense
• Brosimum ovatifolium
• Brosimum parinarioides
• Brosimum potabile
• Brosimum rubescens
• Brosimum utile

Uses

Brosimum alicastrum was used by the Maya civilization for its edible nut. The dense wood of Brosimum Paraense is used for decorative woodworking for its vividly colored scarlet wood also known as satine bloodwood.

References

• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Brosimum
• Baker, Mark (2004). "Wood for Woodturners". Sussex: Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications. ISBN 1-86108-324-6.