title: Brosimum guianense
text: # Brosimum guianense
  
  Brosimum guianense, called snakewood, letterwood, leopardwood, and amourette, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Brosimum, native to southern Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, and tropical South America. A tree reaching 40 m (130 ft), its heartwood can command a price of $30 per kg.
  
  * Figure on heartwood
  * Amourette was once the main wood used for bow frogs
  * Leaves and twig
  * Close up of adaxial surface of leaf
  * Close up of abaxial surface of leaf
  * Bole
  * Latex oozing from wound
  * Section of unripe fruit
  * Ripe fruit
  * Seeds
  