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Chlorocardium rodiei (R. H. Schomb.) Rohwer, H. G. Richt. & van der Werff

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Greenheart
Other names bebeere, tugul (GY), Demerara groenhart, sipiroe (SR), viruviru (VE), Demerara greenheart, black-, brown-, yellow-, white- (GB)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions South America
States and Territories Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Laurales
Family Lauraceae
Genus Chlorocardium
Species rodiei
Author citation (R. H. Schomb.) Rohwer, H. G. Richt. & van der Werff
Scientific name Chlorocardium rodiei (R. H. Schomb.) Rohwer, H. G. Richt. & van der Werff

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Mit Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun/grün

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 1
Beetle D
Termites D
Lithophagous molluscs D

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 4
Impregnability of the sapwood 2
Width of the sapwood s

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 980.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 1030.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 1150.00 kg/m3

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