THE MOST COMMON BRAZILIAN TREES FOUND IN OUR CITY STREETS AND PARKS:

1. Caesalpinia echinata is a species of Brazilian timber tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. Common names include Brazilwood, Pau-Brasil, Pau de Pernambuco and Ibirapitanga (Tupi). This plant has a dense, orange-red heartwood that takes a high shine, and it is the premier wood used for making bows for string instruments. The wood also yields a red dye called brazilin, which oxidizes to brazilein.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesalpinia_echinata#Etymology)

2. Tabebuia is a neotropical genus of about 100 species^[1] in the tribe Tecomeae of the family Bignoniaceae. The species range from northern Mexico and southern Florida south to northern Argentina, including the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti) and Cuba. The generic name is derived from words used for the trees by the indigenous peoples of Brazil.^[2]
Well-known common names include Ipê, Poui, trumpet trees and pau d'arco.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabebuia#Gallery_of_Tabebuia_flowers)

Caraíba/ Yellow Ipê
"Tabebuia caraiba"


Tabebuia Rósea-alba/ White Ipê

Pink Ipê
Tabebuia impetiginosa
3. Caesalpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Membership within the genus is controversial, with different publications including anywhere from 70 to 165 species, depending largely on the inclusion or exclusion of species alternately listed under genera such as Hoffmannseggia. It contains tropical or subtropical woody plants. The generic name honors the botanist, physician and philosopher Andrea Cesalpino (1519-1603).^[3]
The name Caesalpinioideae at family level, or Caesalpinioideae at the level of subfamily, is based on this generic name.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesalpinia)

4. Butia eriospatha is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is found only in Brazil

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butia_eriospatha)

5. Tibouchina (pronounced /ˌtɪbuːˈkaɪnə/,^[1] syn. Lasiandra DC.) is a genus of about 350 species of neotropical plants in the family Melastomataceae. They are trees, shrubs or subshrubs growing 0.5–25 m tall, and are known as "glory bushes" or sometimes "glory trees". They are native to rainforests of Mexico, the West Indies, and South America, especially Brazil and also GreyStone, in Boynton Beach, FL. The name comes from an adaptation of the native Guiana term for these shrubs.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibouchina)