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Peltophorum dubium · Fabaceae · all Peltophorum records · also called Peltophorum dubium · 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

Introduced / established
2 sourced range or established records. This is not an invasive warning.

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.

Native and introduced range evidence

These are exact U.S. botanical-area records from the cited range source. Native and introduced describe biogeographic relationship, not fire performance or planting approval. Doubtful and extinct rows stay visible but do not count as current presence.

Current native

0

exact source areas

Current introduced

1

exact source area

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

1 introduced source area · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • Florida (FL)

The lossless worldwide derivative is retained once in the research corpus; object pages repeat only exact U.S. areas needed by the local lens. The JSON twin carries the same page assertions.

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 (8)
Corroboration (8 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

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

    • Primary study DeFreitas2014: De Freitas Rocha, M. A., & Landesmann, A. (2016). Combustion properties of Brazilian natural wood species. Fire and Materials, 40, 219-228.

      Shared row context: plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DeFreitas2014-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 99.55”

          FLAMITS record 2202.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 1650.42”

          FLAMITS record 2206.

        • “percentage rate of mass loss (%/s): 0.05”

          FLAMITS record 2207.

        • “total heat release (MJ/m²): 63.5”

          FLAMITS record 2274.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 65”

        FLAMITS record 2203; Consumability measurement.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 85”

          FLAMITS record 2204.

        • “temperature at smouldering (°C): 352”

          FLAMITS record 2205.

      • “smouldering duration (s): 1360.5”

        FLAMITS record 2263; Sustainability measurement.

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Same genus in the directory · the Peltophorum group page
  • peltophorum (Peltophorum pterocarpum — awaiting evidence)

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

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Peltophorum dubium (Peltophorum dubium). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/peltophorum-dubium/. Last verified 2026-08-25.