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| === Coronilla wood ===
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| [[Image:raizcoronilla.jpg|left|thumb|<center>Coronilla root, Eastern Uruguay</center>]]
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| [[Image:coronillapipe.jpg|right|thumb|<center>Coronilla pipe, [[Pedro Ferrizzo]]</center>]]
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| The Coronilla (''scutia buxifolia'') is a stout, short and thorny tree. It is very common in the hills and riverside forest of Southern Brazil, Uruguay and Northern Argentina. It has a very slow growth rate, just 2 millimetres by year. Its wood is hard and heavy, very appreciated for firewood.
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| Coronilla roots are unearthing when the riverbed is low. They are used for wood-carving, especially pipe-carving. It is considered an ideal material for this issue because pipes made by coronilla lignite don’t burn, heat or crack.
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| == '''Pipe makers by location''' == | | == '''Pipe makers by location''' == |