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''Mora'' is a genus of large trees in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the legume family Fabaceae, (or in some classifications the family Caesalpinaceae of the order Fabales). There are seven to ten species, all native to lowland rainforests in northern South America, southern Central America and the southern Caribbean islands. These are large, heavily buttressed rainforest trees up to 130 feet (40 meters) in height (to 200 feet (61 meters) in the case of M. excelsa ). The genus is particularly noteworthy for the exceptional size of its beans, which are commonly acknowledged to be the largest known dicot seeds, in the instance of M megistosperma being up to seven inches (18 cm) in length, six inches (15 cm ) in breadth and three inches (8 cm)in thickness,〔http://www.inbio.ac.cr/bims/ubi/plantas/ubiespejo/ubiid2143&find.html〕〔Elbert L. Little and Robert G. Dixon, "Arboles Comunes de la Provincia de Esmerelda" (Rome: UNFAO, 1969)p. 222.〕 and a weight of up to 2.2 pounds (1000 grams).〔Daniel H. Janzen, "Costa Rican Natural History" (Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press,1983) p. 281〕 The beans of Mora spp. are edible if boiled, and are also the source of a red dyestuff.〔O.N. Allen and Ethel K. Allen, "The Leguminosae" (Madison: Univ. Wisconsin Press) pp. 445-446〕 The species M. excelsa is one of the few rainforest trees to grow in pure stands.〔Ivan T. Sanderson and David Loth, "Ivan Sanderson's Book of Great Jungles" (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965) p. 116.〕 *''Mora abbottii'': Caribbean *''Mora ekmanii'': Caribbean *''Mora excelsa'': Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela *''Mora gonggrijpii'': Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela *''Mora megistosperma'': Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia *''Mora oleifera'': Panama, Colombia *''Mora paraensis'': 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== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mora (plant)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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