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Carapa surinamensis Miq.

crapwood

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Andiroba
English crapwood
Français carapa rouge
Other names carapa rouge (FR, GF), crapwood (GB, US, CA), cedro macho (CR), mas balo (CO), figueroa (EC), krappa (SR), camacari, yandiroba (BR); bateo (PA); C. grandifolia: African crabwood (wAfr, GB), mugueto (CG); C. procera: African crabwood (wAfr, GB), kowi (LR), okoto (CG, CD)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions Central America; South America
States and Territories Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Guinea; Mali; SW-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Central African Republic; Ghana; ?Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; NW-Angola; Uganda; Rwanda; Burundi; ?Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Amazonas); Honduras [I]; Java [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Sapindales
Family Meliaceae
Genus Carapa
Species surinamensis
Author citation Miq.
Scientific name Carapa surinamensis Miq.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
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Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Color heartwood bis braun

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 3to4
Beetle S
Termites M
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 3
Impregnability of the sapwood n/a
Width of the sapwood s

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 610.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 620.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 640.00 kg/m3

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