Sandpaper tree (Curatella americana)
Curatella americana is a tree or shrub native to tropical American savannas. Its rough, sandpaper-like leaves are used for scrubbing, and it thrives in dry, poor soils.
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Synonyms
Curatella cambaiba A.St.-Hil.
Curatella glabra Spruce ex Benth.
Curatella grisebachiana Eichler
Taxonomy
- kingdomPlantae
- divisionTracheophyta
- classMagnoliopsida
- orderDilleniales
- familyDilleniaceae
- genusCuratella
- speciesCuratella americana