A large Central American tree (Hymenaea courbaril) with hard, dense wood and sweet-smelling flowers, related to the locust tree.
From Spanish guapinol, derived from Nahuatl (Aztec) or other Mesoamerican indigenous language; the plant was known to native peoples long before Spanish contact.
Guapinol wood is so dense and durable it was used for everything from indigenous ceremonial objects to colonial shipbuilding—literally weighing down history!
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