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Anacardium excelsum (Bertero & Balb.) Skeels

Espavel

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Espavel
Other names espavé, e. acajou, (cAm); caracolô­, merey (CO, VE); mijao, mijagua (VE); wild cashew (BZ); cajú açú, cajú da mata (BR); marañón (EC); nariz (CU); cashou, merekeballi (GY); akajoe, hoeboedi (SR)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Caribbean
States and Territories Costa Rica; Ecuador; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Quindío, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Nicaragua; Honduras; Venezuela (Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Merida, Nueva Esparta, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia); Cuba [c]
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Sapindales
Family Anacardiaceae
Genus Anacardium
Species excelsum
Author citation (Bertero & Balb.) Skeels
Scientific name Anacardium excelsum (Bertero & Balb.) Skeels

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/anaanexc.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun bis gelb

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 0.38-0.5 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Espavel

Anacardium excelsum , ©Dennis Wilson

Espavel

Anacardium excelsum , ©MundoForestal-Costa Rica