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Metopium brownei (Jacq.) Urb.

Chechén; ; Burn wood

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Chechén; ; Burn wood;
Français Bois mulatre
Español Chicharron; Chicharron cimarron; Cochinila; Cochinilla; Cotinilla; Guao; Mulatre (Dominican Republic); boxcheché, kabal-chechen, palo de rosa (MX)
Other names

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Caribbean
States and Territories Colombia (San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina); Cuba; Jamaica; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Belize; Aruba; Bonaire; Curaçao; Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan); Honduras; Navassa Isl.

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Sapindales
Family Anacardiaceae
Genus Metopium
Species brownei
Author citation (Jacq.) Urb.
Scientific name Metopium brownei (Jacq.) Urb.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Mit Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun/rot/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 0.73-0.81-0.89 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Chechén; ; Burn wood

Metopium brownei , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

Chechén; ; Burn wood

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson