Bulnesia sarmientoi (Bulnesia sarmientoi)
Description
Bulnesia is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The wood of some - particularly B. arborea and B. sarmientoi - is traded as verawood (colloquially "vera") or "lignum vitae". They are close relatives of the "true" lignum vitae trees of genus Guaiacum.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Zygophyllales
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Family: Zygophyllaceae
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Genus: Bulnesia
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