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Brazilian rosewood

Dalbergia nigra (Vell.) Allemão ex Benth.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Dalbergia

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Brazilian rosewood: Leaves of Dalbergia nigra (Brazilian rosewood), specimen from greenhouse of Thuenen-Institute of wood research, Hamburg, Germany
Photo: SybilKaesedick, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (16)
Arabic
ساسم أسود
arz
ساسم اسود
Bulgarian
Бразилско розово дърво
Chinese
巴西黑檀, 黑檀, 巴西黑黄檀, 巴西玫瑰木, 巴西黑黃檀
English
Brazilian rosewood, Bahia rosewood, Rio rosewood, Caviuna, Jacarandá da Bahia
Esperanto
Brazila jakarando
Finnish
Brasilianpalisanteri
German
Rio-Palisander
Hebrew
סיסם ברזילאי
Hungarian
Rio paliszander
Italian
Palissandro Rio
Japanese
ブラジリアン・ローズウッド, ブラジリアンローズウッド
Korean
브라질흑황단, 브라질리언 로즈우드, 하카란다
Portuguese
Jacarandá-da-bahia, Caviúna
Slovenian
Brazilska dalbergija
Spanish
Jacarandá De Brasil

Synonyms

  • Amerimnon nigrum (Vell.) Kuntze
  • Drepanocarpus microphyllus Wawra
  • Miscolobium nigrum Allemao
  • Miscolobium nigrum (Vell.) Allemão
  • Pterocarpus niger Vell.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.