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Lafoensia pacari · Lythraceae · also called Lafoensia pacari · Wikipedia

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Form
tree
Region
Brazil
Rated in
Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

Listed without a rating (6)
Corroboration (6 rows from 1 source)

  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    6 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study Fonseca2021: Fonseca, F. M., da Silva Junior, J. G., de Cerqueira Jacobs, R., Kovalsyki, B., Batista, A. C., de Souza Ferreira, T., & Tetto, A. F. (2021). Inflamabilidade de espécies arbóreas para utilização em cortinas de segurança na interface urbano-rural. Biodiversidade, 2, 32-42.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Fonseca2021-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 19.7”

          FLAMITS record 3442.

        • “temperature at flaming (°C): 354.6”

          FLAMITS record 3454.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 50”

          FLAMITS record 3458.

        • “flammability value: 3”

          FLAMITS record 3462.

      • “flaming duration (s): 15”

        FLAMITS record 3446; Sustainability measurement.

      • “flame height (cm): 11.2”

        FLAMITS record 3450; Combustibility measurement.

Fire-resistant trees instead

post oak
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Quercus rubra Gambel oak
Quercus gambelii American basswood
Tilia americana oak
Quercus spp. Dahurian larch
Larix gmelinii

Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Lafoensia pacari (Lafoensia pacari). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/lafoensia-pacari/. Last verified 2026-08-25.