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Ruizterania albiflora (Warm.) Marc.-Berti

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Mandioquera
Français Gonfolo
Other names Gronfolo

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions South America
States and Territories Bolivia (Pando); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Amazonas)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Vochysiaceae
Genus Ruizterania
Species albiflora
Author citation (Warm.) Marc.-Berti
Scientific name Ruizterania albiflora (Warm.) Marc.-Berti

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 3
Mushrooms laboratory 1
Beetle S
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs S m

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 2
Impregnability of the sapwood n/a

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 850.00 kg/m3

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