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Aspidosperma polyneuron Müll. Arg.

Peroba rosa

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Peroba rosa
English Peroba rosa
Other names palo rosa, yvyraro mi, peroba (PY); palo rosa (AR); peroba, perova, peroba amargosa, peroba-rajada, peroba-açu, sobro, peroba comum, peroba-do-rio, peroba-paulista, peroba-mirim, peroba-miúda (BR)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions South America; Temperate areas
States and Territories NE-Brazil (Bahia, Alagoas); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); Argentina (Misiones); S-Brazil (Paraná); Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazu, Canindeyu); Peru; Colombia (Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Cesar, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Sucre, Tolima); Venezuela (Merida, Zulia); Honduras [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Gentianales
Family Apocynaceae
Genus Aspidosperma
Species polyneuron
Author citation Müll. Arg.
Scientific name Aspidosperma polyneuron Müll. Arg.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood rot

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 3v
Beetle n/a
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs n/a

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 3
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood s

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 650.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 750.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 800.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Peroba rosa

ASXX , aufbau , ©Atlas Holz

Peroba rosa

Aspidosperma polyneuron , ©Dennis Wilson