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Hilairanthus germinans (L.) Cornejo

Black Mangrove; Native Oak (Jamaica); Limewood; grey mangrove; white mangrove tree (AU; GB)

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Schwarze Mangrove
English Black Mangrove; Native Oak (Jamaica); Limewood; grey mangrove; white mangrove tree (AU; GB);
Français Palétuvier blanc (Fr. W.I.); Palétuvier
Italiano Schwarze Mangrove
Suomi Schwarze Mangrove
Norsk Schwarze Mangrove
Čeština Schwarze Mangrove
Español mangle negro; Palo de sal, Culumata (Cent. Amer.)
Svenska Schwarze Mangrove
Polski Schwarze Mangrove
Український Schwarze Mangrove
Român Schwarze Mangrove
Русский Schwarze Mangrove
Български Schwarze Mangrove
EESTI Schwarze Mangrove
日本語 Schwarze Mangrove
Other names bina, tivar, madaipattai (IN); upattha, nalla mada (LK); api api ludat, api api daun bulat, udat (MY); hai lan ci (CN); Mangle bobo (W.I.)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Global
States and Territories USA (Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas); Bermuda; Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; El Salvador; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas (Abaco, Andros, Cat, Crooked, Drunkenmans, Easter, Exuma, Fortune, Frozen, Grand Bahama, Great Abaco, Great Exuma, Great Guana, Great Harbour, Gun, Hummingbird, Inagua, Long, Mariguana, New Providence, North Bimini, Salt, Ship Channel, South Bimini, South East, Tonay, Wells); Turks and Caicos Isl.; Cuba (incl. Isla de la Juventud); Cayman Isl. (Grand Cayman, Little Cayman); Jamaica; Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti); Puerto Rico (incl. Culebra Isl., Ratones Isl., Vieques Isl.); Virgin Isl. (Buck, Jost Van Dyke, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Tobago; Trinidad; Bonaire; Curaçao; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Chocó, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Sucre, Valle); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador (El Oro, Guayas, Manabi); Galapagos (Santa Cruz); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; Barbuda; Antigua; St. Kitts; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Vincent; Grenadines; Grenada; N-Brazil (Amapa, Pará); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Ceara, Bahia); SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná); Mauritania; Mali; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Genus Hilairanthus
Species germinans
Author citation (L.) Cornejo
Scientific name Hilairanthus germinans (L.) Cornejo

Habitus

Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
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Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Mit Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun/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 0.56-0.8 kg/m3

Appearances