Mora (plant)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| (unranked): | Dimorphandra Group A |
| Genus: | Mora Benth. (1839) |
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Mora is a genus of large trees in the subfamily
Caesalpinaceae of the order Fabales
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There are six
dicot seeds, in the instance of M. oleifera being up to seven inches (18 cm) in length, six inches (15 cm) in breadth and three inches (7.6 cm)in thickness,[4][5] and a weight of up to 2.2 pounds (1,000 grams).[6] These very large beans develop out of tiny flowers with a pistel only one millimeter wide [7] involving a growth of over 2,000,000 fold. The beans of Mora spp. are edible if boiled, and are also the source of a red dyestuff.[8] The species M. excelsa is one of the few rainforest trees to grow in pure stands.[9]
- Mora abbottii Britton & Rose — cola tree, coi, col (Caribbean)
- Mora ekmanii (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Caribbean)
- Mora excelsa Benth. — nato, nato rojo, mora (Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
- Mora gonggrijpii (Kleinhoonte) Sandwith — Moraboekea (Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
- Mora oleifera (Hemsl.) Ducke (Panama, Colombia)
- Mora paraensis (Ducke) Ducke — pracuuba (Brazil)
Some of the species are important for timber production. Mora excelsa and Mora gonggrijpii are also known as nato, and are commonly used in guitar body and neck construction.
References
- ^ a b Mora R.H.Schomb. ex Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- hdl:10568/90658.
- JSTOR 2256464.
- ^ http://www.inbio.ac.cr/bims/ubi/plantas/ubiespejo/ubiid2143&find.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ Elbert L. Little and Robert G. Dixon, "Arboles Comunes de la Provincia de Esmerelda" (Rome: UNFAO, 1969)p. 222.
- ^ Daniel H. Janzen, "Costa Rican Natural History" (Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press,1983) p. 281
- ^ Encyclopedia Britanica (1970 edition ) Volume 13 page 911
- ^ O.N. Allen and Ethel K. Allen, "The Leguminosae" (Madison: Univ. Wisconsin Press) pp. 445-446
- ^ Ivan T. Sanderson and David Loth, "Ivan Sanderson's Book of Great Jungles" (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965) p. 116.
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