Copaifera
(from Copaiba, the Brazilian name for the balsam of Capevi, and fero, to bear; trees producing the balsam of Capevi). ORD. Leguminosae. Stove evergreen trees. Flowers generally white, disposed in panicles. Leaves impari-pinnate; leaflets coriaceous. They thrive in a sandy loam. Cuttings of firm shoots will root in sand, in March, if placed in heat, under a glass. There are about a dozen species (two of which are tropical African, and the rest tropical American), the best-known and most important being C. officinalis.
C. Jacquini (Jacquin's). A synonym of C. officinalis. C. officinalis (officinal). Balsam of Copaiba. l. with two to five pairs of ovate, incurved, unequal-sided, bluntly acuminated leaflets, full of pellucid dots. h. 20ft. West Indies and tropical America, 1774. SYN. C. Jacquini.