Cordia sebestena
Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Canalete | |
| Deutsch | Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia | |
| English | Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia | |
| Français | Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia | |
| Italiano | Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia | |
| Suomi | Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia | |
| Norsk | Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia | |
| Čeština | Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia | |
| Español | Cereza amarilla | |
| Svenska | Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia | |
| Polski | Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia | |
| Український | Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia | |
| Român | Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia | |
| Русский | Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia | |
| Български | Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia | |
| EESTI | Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia | |
| 日本語 | Geiger Tree; Geranium Tree; Scarlet Cordia | |
| Other names | Anaconda |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | South America | |||
| States and Territories | USA [I] (Florida [I]); Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cayman Isl.; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; North America; Isla Margarita; Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Yucatan); Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (Guana [I], St. Croix [I], St. John [I], St. Thomas [I], Tortola [I], Virgin Gorda [I]); Anguilla; Antigua; Barbados; Barbuda; Grenadines; Guadeloupe (incl. La Désirade Isl.); Martinique; Montserrat; St. Barthélémy; St. Eustatius; St. Kitts; Saint Lucia; St. Martin/St. Maarten; Belize; N-Colombia (Atlántico, Bolívar, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Norte de Santander, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Sucre); Panama; Venezuela [I]; Nicaragua; Guatemala; Honduras; Panama; Costa Rica; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; New Caledonia [I]; tropical Africa [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Benin [I]; Marshall Isl. [I] (Kwajalein [I]); N-Line Isl. [I] (Kiritimati [I]); Palau [I] (Koror [I], Pohnpei [I]); Phoenix Isl. [I] (Kanton [I]); Guam [I]; India [I]; Pakistan [I]; Bangladesh [I] | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Boraginales | |||
| Family | Cordiaceae | |||
| Genus | Cordia | |||
| Species | sebestena | |||
| Author citation | L. | |||
| Scientific name | Cordia sebestena L. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 1 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | M | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 1 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 2 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | s | |||
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 | 900.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 970.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
Cordia sebestena , ©Dennis Wilson
Bark
, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson