| Haematoxylum brasiletto | |
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| Fluted trunk | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Genus: | Haematoxylum |
| Species: | H. brasiletto
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| Binomial name | |
| Haematoxylum brasiletto H.Karst [1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Haematoxylum boreale S. Watson [2] | |
Haematoxylum brasiletto, or Mexican logwood, is a species of tropical hardwood tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is known in its native Mexico and Guatemala as "palo de brasil" or "palo de tinto". The timber is used to make bows for stringed instruments, the manufacture of dyes and in ethnobotany.[3]
- ^ Haematoxylum brasiletto H. Karst. Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "Haematoxylum brasiletto". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
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