EPPO Global Database

Maclura tinctoria(CRPTI)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-22

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CRPTI
  • Preferred name: Maclura tinctoria
  • Authority: Steudel

Notes

Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America. Cultivated as a dye plant (especially for army uniforms). Introduced in west Africa


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Chlorophora tinctoria (Linnaeus) Bentham & Hooker

Common names
Name Language
dyer's mulberry English
fustic English
fustic mulberry English
old fustic English
yellow-wood English
Färbermaulbeerbaum German
gelbes Brasilholz German
Gelbholzbaum German
bois jaune French
bwa dowanj French
mûrier des teinturiers French
escambrón de madera Spanish
fustete Spanish (ES)
fustic Spanish (HN)
mora amarilla Spanish
mora macho Spanish
palo amarillo Spanish (HN)
palo de mora Spanish (HN)
fustik Italian
moro dei tintori Italian
amarelinho Portuguese (BR)
amora-branca Portuguese (BR)
amoreira Portuguese (BR)
taíuva Portuguese (BR)
tajuva Portuguese (BR)