Terminalia buceras (L.) Wright
Black olive; Gregory wood; Ucar; Water gregre; oxhorn; "shady lady" (US); bullet tree (BZ); bullet tree, black olive tree, gregorywood (or gregory wood), Antigua whitewood, oxhorn bucida
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| Deutsch | Pukté | |
| English | Black olive; Gregory wood; Ucar; Water gregre; oxhorn; "shady lady" (US); bullet tree (BZ); bullet tree, black olive tree, gregorywood (or gregory wood), Antigua whitewood, oxhorn bucida | |
| Français | bois gris-gris, b. margot, grignon | |
| Italiano | Pukté | |
| Suomi | Pukté | |
| Norsk | Pukté | |
| Čeština | Pukté | |
| Español | Cacho de toro, olivo negro (MX); pocte (GT); mareón (PA); búcaro, júcaro (VE); úcar (PR); | |
| Svenska | Pukté | |
| Polski | Pukté | |
| Український | Pukté | |
| Român | Pukté | |
| Русский | Pukté | |
| Български | Pukté | |
| EESTI | Pukté | |
| 日本語 | Pukté | |
| Other names |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Caribbean | |||
| States and Territories | USA [I] (Florida [I]); Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Antigua; Barbados; Barbuda; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; St. Vincent; Isla Margarita; Nicaragua; Belize; Colombia (San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina); Ecuador; Panama; Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Honduras; Trinidad & Tobago [I] | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Myrtales | |||
| Family | Combretaceae | |||
| Genus | Terminalia | |||
| Species | buceras | |||
| Author citation | (L.) Wright | |||
| Scientific name | Terminalia buceras (L.) Wright | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/combubu.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | clearly recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | braun/hell/grün | |||
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 | 0.85-1.0-1.1 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
Terminalia buceras , ©Dennis Wilson
Bark
, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Leaves
, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
Branch
, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson
, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson
, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson