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Brazil raintree

Brunfelsia pauciflora

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Panama.January 3, February 0, March 1, April 7, May 2, June 3, July 1, August 4, September 3, October 10, November 37, December 1.
Panama72
Colombia28
Costa Rica25
United States22
Provincia de Panamá21
Provincia de Chiriquí20
South Africa19
Puerto Rico16
KwaZulu-Natal15
Brazil13

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordernightshades, bindweeds, gooseweeds, and allies · Solanales
Familynightshade family · Solanaceae
Genusraintrees · Brunfelsia

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Brazil raintree with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.