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n. - Small genus of shrubs or small trees of tropical and subtropical America.

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  • Shrub species are beginning to show more frequently including Discaria longispina, Baccharis articulata (carquejilla), Geoffroea decorticans (chañar), Prosopis caldenia...
  • Mimosoideae leguminosae of the genera Prosopis and Acacia are generally predominant, accompanied by other "chaco type" genera such as Jodina, Celtis, Schinus, Geoffroea,...
  • De Geoffroea inermi ejusque cortice medicamento anthel - mintico Dissertatio inaug.
  • Esmeralda (Bertholletia excelsa), and the Geoffroea of the Amazon, yields the finest almonds of all South America.
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