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Roseodendron donnell-smithii (Rose) Miranda

White mahogany; Gold tree

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English White mahogany; Gold tree
Español Primavera; palo blanco (MX)
Other names

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Venezuela (Bolívar); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Colombia (Córdoba); trop. Africa [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Ecuador [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Lamiales
Family Bignoniaceae
Genus Roseodendron
Species donnell-smithii
Author citation (Rose) Miranda
Scientific name Roseodendron donnell-smithii (Rose) Miranda

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood gelb/hell

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 0.42-0.48-0.54 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

White mahogany; Gold tree

, rift , ©Atlas Holz

White mahogany; Gold tree

Roseodendron donnell-smithii , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

White mahogany; Gold tree

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson