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Aspidosperma album (Vahl) Benoist ex Pichon

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Araracanga
Other names

Further information

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Origin

Geographic Regions Central America; South America
States and Territories Guyana; French Guiana; Surinam; N-Brazil (Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); Venezuela (Bolívar, Delta Amacuro)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Gentianales
Family Apocynaceae
Genus Aspidosperma
Species album
Author citation (Vahl) Benoist ex Pichon
Scientific name Aspidosperma album (Vahl) Benoist ex Pichon

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 1
Beetle D
Termites M
Lithophagous molluscs D

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 3
Impregnability of the sapwood 3
Width of the sapwood s-m

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 800.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 950.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 1050.00 kg/m3

Appearances

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