''Brosimum parinarioides'', also called ''leite de amapá'', is an evergreen tree which grows in the semi-arid to humid tropical lowlands of South America. It can reach a height of up to 32 m.
Uses
''Brosimum parinarioides'' can be used in
carbon farming
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, as it is a
canopy tree in
rainforests
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.
It is used for medicinal purposes, as an edible milk, and for its wild harvested nuts.
''Brosimum parinarioides'' can be used as an adulterant of
balata. (Balata is "a gum or latex made from tree sap and resembling rubber" which can be made into
gaskets
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,
chewing gum
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, or a
gutta-percha
Gutta-percha is a tree of the genus ''Palaquium'' in the family Sapotaceae, which is primarily used to create a high-quality latex of the same name. The material is rigid, naturally biologically Chemically inert, inert, resilient, electrically n ...
substitute.)
References
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Perennial protein crops
parinarioides
Plant milk
Taxa named by Adolpho Ducke