calabura

• Substantivo que designa uma árvore perenifólia tropical americana de crescimento rápido, com flores brancas e frutos brancos comestíveis; a casca fornece fibra sedosa usada para cordas e a madeira é valorizada para tonéis.

A noun referring to a fast-growing tropical American evergreen tree with white flowers and edible white fruit, whose bark yields a silky fiber used for cordage and whose wood is valued for staves.

1. Tropical treeC2formal

   A fast-growing tropical American evergreen tree with white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; its bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and its wood is valuable for staves.

   Árvore tropical

   • The calabura tree is commonly found in tropical regions of the Americas.
   • Farmers harvest the sweet, white fruit of the calabura for local markets.
   • The bark of the calabura is processed to make strong, silky cordage.

   Sinônimosstrawberry tree