How to identify Brazilian Ironwood
Identify Brazilian Ironwood by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Very hard, dense wood (Brazilian ironwood).
- Confirm leaf type: Bipinnately compound (doubly divided, fern-like).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm it sits within the Caesalpiniaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Brazilian Ironwood.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Caesalpinia ferrea
- Genus
- Caesalpinia
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Tree
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Bipinnately compound (doubly divided, fern-like)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Brazilian Ironwood itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Brazilian Ironwood itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Brazilian Ironwood
Brazilian Ironwood (Caesalpinia ferrea) is a tree in the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Brazilian Ironwood belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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