Alkanna.—Dyer's Bugloss.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Caesalpinia violacea (MIller) Standley.
Engl.: brasiletto, Brazil wood, Fernambuco wood, Pernambuco wood.
Bot. syn.: Brasilettia violacea (Miller) Britton & Rose, Caesalpinia brasiliensis Sw., Caesalpinia cubensis Greenman, Peltophorum brasiliense (L.) Urban, Robinia violacea Miller.
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