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Tipuana tipu, also known as tipa, rosewood and pride of Bolivia, is a South American tree.

Species

Pride of Bolivia

species

FamilyFabaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Uruguay
Observations5,441

General: Polhill (1981d: 233-242) placed Tipuana in tribe Use: Tipuana tipu (Benth.) Kuntze (tipu, rosewood, racehorse

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
40
With media
20
Family
Fabaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, MO, UFRGS, ESALQ, FUNED, UNESP-FCA
Recorded in
Honduras, Estados Unidos De America, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Brasil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Dalbergieae
Image
Tipuana tipu.jpg
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Commons category
Tipuana
taxon name
Tipuana
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Tipuana
taxon common name
地板檀属
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Physical characteristics
  • Invasiveness
  • Insects
  • References

Tipuana tipu, also known as tipa, rosewood and pride of Bolivia, is a South American tree.

== Taxonomy == It is the only member of the genus Tipuana. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade within the Dalbergieae.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tipuana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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