Fabaceae
Brazilwood
Paubrasilia echinata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Paubrasilia
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Common names
By language (34)
- Arabic
- خشب البرازيل, بقم, عندم
- arz
- خشب البرازيل
- Catalan
- Fusta del Brasil
- Chinese
- 巴西红木, 巴西木, 巴西苏木, 巴西紅木, 巴西蘇木
- Czech
- Sapan ježatý
- Danish
- Brasiltræ
- Dutch
- Brazielhout, Pernambukhout
- English
- Brazilwood, Pau brasil, Brazil-wood, Pernambuco
- Esperanto
- Brazil-arbo
- Estonian
- Siiltsesalpiinia
- Finnish
- Brasiliankesalpinia, Brasilianpuu, Brasilpuu
- French
- Bois de Pernambouc, Bois-brésil, Pau-Brasil, Pau-brazil
- Galician
- Pau brasil
- Georgian
- Ბრაზილიური ხე
- German
- Brasilholz, Fernambuk, Pau brasil, Pau-Brasil
- Hawaiian
- ʻIpilapikana
- Hebrew
- ברזיל, עץ הברזיל
- Icelandic
- Brasilíutré
- Italian
- Pau brasil
- Japanese
- ブラジルボク, Paubrasilia, パウ・ブラジル, フェルナンブコ, ブラジルウッド, ブラジルノキ, ブラジル木, ペルナンブコ
- Korean
- 브라질나무, 캐살피니아 에키나타, 브라질 나무, 파우 브라질
- Malay
- Pokok Ibirapitanga
- mzn
- برزیل دار
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Brasiltre
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Brasiltre
- Occitan
- Pernamboc
- Persian
- درخت برزیل, برزیلوود
- Polish
- Brezylka ciernista
- Portuguese
- Pau Brasil, Pau-brasil, Arabutã, Ibirapiranga, Pau-rosado
- Russian
- Цезальпиния ежовая, Бразильское красное дерево, Пау-бразил, Пернамбук, Фернамбук, Фернамбуко, Фернамбуковое дерево, Цезальпиния шиповатая
- Slovenian
- Brazilski les, Pražiljka
- Spanish
- Palo Brasil, Palo-brasil, Pau Brasil
- Swedish
- Bresilja, Caesalpina echinata
- Ukrainian
- Фернамбукове дерево
Synonyms
- Caesalpinia echinata Lam.
- Caesalpinia obliqua Vogel
- Caesalpinia vesicaria Lam.
- Caesalpinia vesicaria Vell.
- Guilandina echinata (Lam.) Spreng.
Flowers
- In flower
- September to October, December (from 80 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Henrique Bitencourt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gabriel Cardoso Fialho, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Filipi Miranda Soares, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Valentino Liberali, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: César Camara, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Afren at Portuguese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Edivan Rodrigues, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Paula Romano, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: mauroguanandi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andreoni Lilian Cristine, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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.