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Araroba
Araroba Ar`a*ro"ba, n. [Tupi.] 1. Goa powder. 2. A fabaceous tree of Brazil (Centrolobium robustum) having handsomely striped wood; -- called also zebrawood.
araroba
Goa powder Go"a pow"der [So called from Goa, on the Malabar coast, whither it was shipped from Portugal.] A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained.

Meaning of araroba from wikipedia

- Araroba powder, also known as Bahia powder and Goa powder, is a drug occurring in the form of a yellowish-brown powder, varying considerably in tint,...
- medication. Another treatment from around the same time was application of Araroba powder. The most common term for the infection, "ringworm", is a misnomer...
- Hohenthal, Jr., W. D. 1954. Notes on the Shucurú Indians of Serra de Ararobá, Pernambuco, Brazil. Revista do Museu Paulista (Nova Série) 8. 93-164....
- caboclos de Urubá: nota etnográfica. Da Silva, Paulo Roberto. 2017. Serra De Ararobá, Berço Da Indústria Pernambucana. Revista Eletrônica Nova Roma. Recife...
- (island of Marajo), 1665, merged into Maranhão Xingu, 1685, within Maranhão Ararobá, 1690, within Pernambuco São Paulo and Minas de Ouro, 1709, renamed from...
- Paraíba. Loukotka (1968) reports the most recent locations as the Serra Ararobá and Cimbres. Loukotka (1968) considers Xukuru to form a small family with...
- Clade: Vataireoids Genus: Vataireopsis Ducke (1932) Species Vataireopsis araroba (Aguiar) Ducke Vataireopsis iglesiasii Ducke Vataireopsis speciosa (Aguiar)...