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Brazilian Ironwood botanical plate
Plate · drawn for the register, 2026Libidibia ferrea
Tree

Brazilian Ironwood

Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L.P.Queiroz
Northeastern Brazil

A shrub or tree of the legume family from the seasonally dry forests of north-eastern Brazil, where it is known as pau-ferro (iron wood) or jucá. In English it is called Brazilian ironwood or leopard tree.

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1on the estate
1carrying a tag
0sponsored
FamilyFabaceae
Spanish namePalo fierro
Also known asLeopard tree, Palo fierro
Native toNorth-eastern Brazil, in the seasonally dry tropics
TagGarden areaZonePlantedStatusSponsoredNote
152South Hill EastB16 June 2016Healthy—

0 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.

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