Hymenaea (genus)

Scope note: Genus containing 14 living species and several extinct species of trees, most native to tropical America, but at least one native to the east coast of Africa. The trees are used for edible fruits, leaves to make tea, a dense wood used in making ships and furniture, thick bark to make canoes, seeds containing large amounts of a highly viscous polysaccharide used for food, paper, cosmetic and pharmaceutical, and hard resins used for varnish. Resin is gathered from living trees and as found in the ground, deposited by lost specimens of living species or extinct species.

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