Copaifera (kopafera)

[NL., Flowering Branch of Copaifera officinal is. cinalis, of Venezuela and Central America; and C. Martii and C. Guianensis, of Guiana and northern Brazil. The wood of C. Martii, known as purpleheart, is of a beautiful purple color when freshly cut, and has great strength and durability. The African species yield various kinds of copal. cope po e es similar properties.-2. A Brazilian tree, Strychnos Pseudo- Quina, the bark of which is largely used in Brazil as a febrifuge. copal in, cop a line (kō'pal-in), n. [