Swartzia tomentosa
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Swartzia tomentosa DC. |
Panococo is a tree of the bean family, growing in Guyana, South America. Its wood is hard and durable. According to "The Treasury of Botany" published by Longmans, Green, and Co. of London in 1866 for John Lindley, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., an Emeritus Professor of Botany in University College, London, panacoco is a French name for Ormosia coccinea; also for Swartzia tomentosa. (This book is also available at the Harvard University Library Arnold Arboretum and has been digitized by Google Books.)