An engraving depicting Brazil Wood (Caesalpina):

An engraving depicting Brazil Wood (Caesalpina): a red dye vas extracted from the heart of the tree, the only commercially useful part. When the Portuguese controlled Brazil, they created a crown monopoly. the tree was known in Brazil, as Pao de Raihan or Queen's Wood. From John Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum or The Theater of Plantes'. London, 1640

1640 Botanicum Commercially Controlled Extracted Horticulture Monopoly Parkinson Plantes Theatrum Useful

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