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Cordia dodecandra DC.

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Canalete
Other names

Further information

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Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions South America
States and Territories Belize; Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Honduras; El Salvador

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Boraginales
Family Cordiaceae
Genus Cordia
Species dodecandra
Author citation DC.
Scientific name Cordia dodecandra DC.

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

, 100x75mm , ©Hansueli Schmid

Cordia dodecandra , ©Bollinger Furniere

Flowers

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson