Gonopterodendron arboreum
Palo santo
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| English | Palo santo | |
| Other names | B. arborea: verawood, Maracaibo lignum-vitae (trade); i guayacán (BO); bois de gaô¯ac (FR); guaico (IT); guayacán de bola (CO); bera, cuchivaro, vera aceituna (VE); B. sarmientoi: biocaô, ybira ocaô (AR); Argentine lignum-vitae, holy wood (US); |
Origin
| States and Territories | Venezuela (Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Carabobo, Falcon, Guarico?, Lara, Monagas?, Nueva Esparta?, Sucre, Zulia); Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, Córdoba, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Santander, Sucre, Valle) | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Zygophyllales | |||
| Family | Zygophyllaceae | |||
| Genus | Gonopterodendron | |||
| Species | arboreum | |||
| Author citation | (Jacq.) Godoy-Bürki | |||
| Scientific name | Gonopterodendron arboreum (Jacq.) Godoy-Bürki | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/zygbuarb.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | clearly recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Mit Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | braun und schwarz und grün | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC | |||
| Remarks | /D sehr auffällige Zeichnung (Streifen- und Federmuster) durch ausgeprägt engen Wechseldrehwuchs und wechselnde Richtung der Porenrillen /E very expressive figure (stripes and "feather"-like) due to pronounced interlocked grain in narrow zones and the diverging angle between vessel trajectories /F figure du bois très particulière (rubanée et plumetée) due ô un contrefil étroit et fort associé aux trajectoires divergentes des traces vasculaires /P figura fortemente listrada e plumosa devido a grã entrecruzada com zonas muito estreitas, realçada pelo ângulo divergente das linhas vasculares /S veteado pronunciado listado y plumoso debido al hilo entrecruzado con zonas muy angostas, realzado por el ángulo divergente de las lôneas vasculares | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 0.92-1.1 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Bark
, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Leaves
, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
Seed
, Seeds , ©Dennis Wilson
, Seeds , ©Dennis Wilson
, Seeds , ©Dennis Wilson
Branch
, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson