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Aspidosperma peroba Saldanha

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Other names Peroba rosa

Further information

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Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions South America
States and Territories NE-Brazil (Bahia, Alagoas); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); Argentina (Misiones); S-Brazil (Paraná); Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazu, Canindeyu); Peru; Colombia (Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Cesar, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Sucre, Tolima); Venezuela (Merida, Zulia); Honduras [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Gentianales
Family Apocynaceae
Genus Aspidosperma
Species peroba
Author citation Saldanha
Scientific name Aspidosperma peroba Saldanha

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 3v
Common furniture beetle (Anobium) n/a
Termites S

Impregnability according to EN 350

Impregnability of heartwood 3
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood s

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 800.00 kg/m3

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