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Hieronyma oblonga (Tul.) Müll.Arg.

Pilón

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Pilón
Other names llorón colorado, nancito (CR); aguacatillo, coral, quindu cacao, carne asada, torrito, trompillo (VE), mascarey (EC); pilón (trade, cAm); suradan, suradanni (GY); candelo, chuguaco, pantano, plátano, zapatero (CO); urucurana, margonçalo, aricurona, pau de quina (BR); cajuela, sagua, rosita (CU); palo de sangre (PE); nascary (EC); soradan, tilokenoeroe, ananiwana, tarroema, okotjo, piento bolltrie (SR); curtidor (HN)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions South America; Caribbean
States and Territories Mexico Southwest; Mexico Southeast; Belize; Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Trinidad and Tobago; French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela; Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Brazil West-Central; Brazil Northeast; Brazil Southeast; Brazil North; Brazil South; Paraguay

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malpighiales
Family Phyllanthaceae
Genus Hieronyma
Species oblonga
Author citation (Tul.) Müll.Arg.
Scientific name Hieronyma oblonga (Tul.) Müll.Arg.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun/rot

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 0.52-0.7 kg/m3

Appearances