Biology:Ormosia coccinea
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Short description: Species of legume
| Ormosia coccinea | |
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| Huayruro seeds | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Ormosia |
| Species: | O. coccinea
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| Binomial name | |
| Ormosia coccinea (Aubl.) Jacks.
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| Synonyms | |
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Robinia coccinea Aubl. | |
Ormosia coccinea is a plant that grows throughout the South Eastern North American countries, and all throughout South America. It produces beautiful red seeds with one black spot covering one-third of its surface. These seeds are used for jewelry and other decorative purposes.
The seeds are known as wayruru (Aymara,[1] also spelled huayruro, huayruru, wayruro) in Peru, where villagers believe them to be powerful good luck charms[citation needed], and nene or chumico in Costa Rica. A French name is panacoco, but this more often applies to Swartzia tomentosa.
File:Ormosia coccinea jewellery.jpg
Necklance made of Ormosia coccinea seeds with small black beads between them
References
- ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202830/http://www.aymara.ucb.edu.bo/html/diccionario/castellano%20aymara/ap.html. Retrieved January 19, 2015. (see: Pepa)
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2226715 entry
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