''Symphonia globulifera'', commonly known as boarwood,
is a timber tree abundant in Central America, the Caribbean, South America and Africa. This plant is also used as a
medicinal plant
Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Plants synthesize hundreds of chemical compounds for various functions, including Plant defense against h ...
and
ornamental plant
Ornamental plants or ''garden plants'' are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars th ...
.
Common names
Common trade names of the wood of the ''Symphonia globulifera'' are: chewstick, chestick, manni, manil, azufre, and Árbol de Leche Maria.
Distribution
''Symphonia globulifera'' is abundant in the Americas (from Mexico and the Caribbean south to Ecuador) and Africa (from Liberia east to Uganda and south to Angola).
Population genetics
''S. globulifera'' is highly
structured
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across
Mesoamerica
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and the
Caribbean
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, while the eastern foothills of the
Andes
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show little diversity.
See also
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List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil
References
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globulifera
Trees of Northern America
Trees of South America
Trees of Africa
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