Name of the largest country in South America and whose capital is Brasilia. It is one of the common names of a tree also known as Pernambuco. It is of the family Fabaceae and has by scientific name Paubrasilia echinata or Caesalpinea echinata . It is made of reddish wood (like an ember, hence the name).
1º_ The 'palo brasil' is the common name of the tree Caesalpinia echinata, which is found in America and that the Europeans baptized like this because its wood is "red as ember" . From it is extracted a red tincture called brazilina. 2º_ The Federative Republic of Brazil is a South American country, the largest in the subcontinent. Its name comes from the previous tree, in other times abundant on its Atlantic coasts.
