[Native name in Guiana.] A small tree of Brazil and Guiana, Humirium floribundum, the wood of which, turanira-wood, is used for rafters; its bark is greatly esteemed as a perfume, and when wounded a fragrant yellow balsam, termed in Brazil balsam of Umiri, flows from it. See also quot. 1884.
1862. List Contrib. Brit. Guiana to Lond. Exhib., in Veness, El Dorado (1866), App. 136. Turanira, Touranero, or Bastard Bully-tree (Humirium floribundum, Mart.). Used for framing timber, spokes, &c.
1884. Miller, Plant-m., Turanira-wood, the wood of Bumelia retusa.
