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Machaerium brasiliense

Machaerium brasiliense · Fabaceae

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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 (20)
Corroboration (20 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

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

    • Primary study deOliveira2021: de Oliveira, M. D., & Giongo, M. (2022). Relationship between moisture content and flammability of Cerrado species in Southern Tocantins. Floresta, 52, 122-130.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site deOliveira2021-1; sampling october.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 2668.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 2677.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 94”

          FLAMITS record 2686.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 88”

          FLAMITS record 2695.

        • “time to flaming (s): 1.87”

          FLAMITS record 2704.

        • “time to flaming (s): 4.26”

          FLAMITS record 2713.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9.91”

          FLAMITS record 2722.

        • “time to flaming (s): 12.08”

          FLAMITS record 2731.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 2812.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 2821.

        • “flammability value: 2”

          FLAMITS record 2830.

        • “flammability value: 1”

          FLAMITS record 2839.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “burning duration (s): 9.01”

          FLAMITS record 2740.

        • “burning duration (s): 11.65”

          FLAMITS record 2749.

        • “burning duration (s): 10.88”

          FLAMITS record 2758.

        • “burning duration (s): 6.72”

          FLAMITS record 2767.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “flame height (cm): 51.1”

          FLAMITS record 2776.

        • “flame height (cm): 35.9”

          FLAMITS record 2785.

        • “flame height (cm): 22.04”

          FLAMITS record 2794.

        • “flame height (cm): 19.92”

          FLAMITS record 2803.

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

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Machaerium brasiliense (Machaerium brasiliense). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/machaerium-brasiliense/. Last verified 2026-08-25.