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Definition of Trachylobium

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Trachylobium Hornemannianum
Copal Co"pal (k[=o]"pal; 277), [Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, a generic name of resins. --Clavigero.] A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verrucosum, and Hymen[ae]a Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. --Ure.

Meaning of Trachylobium from wikipedia

- Some authors place the African species in a separate monotypic genus, Trachylobium. In the Neotropics, Hymenaea is distributed through the Caribbean islands...
- a few authors isolate it into a separate monospecific genus Trachylobium as Trachylobium verrucosum. Copal resin from Hymenaea verrucosa is used in incense...
- schumanniana Harms C. whitfordii Elmer Limonia diphylla Houtt. Maniltoa carolinensis (Kaneh.) Hosok. Trachylobium verrucosum "sensu Engl., non Gaertn."...
- old-world species, H. verrucosum, which is placed in the Hymenaea sect. Trachylobium. The smooth ovary with a small stipe and wide nectariferous disc are...