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Maclura tinctoria (L.) D. Don ex Steud.

Fustic; moral; Fustic; Fustic Tree; Fustictree; yellow wood (US)

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Moral
Deutsch Echter Fustic, Kubaholz
English Fustic; moral; Fustic; Fustic Tree; Fustictree; yellow wood (US);
Français Bois d'Orange; murier de tinturies, bois jaune (FR);
Italiano Echter Fustic, Kubaholz
Suomi Echter Fustic, Kubaholz
Norsk Echter Fustic, Kubaholz
Čeština Echter Fustic, Kubaholz
Español Escambron de madera; palo naranjo; tata jyva, tata-yva (PY); mora amarilla (AR); moral fino, sota (EC); mora (NI); brazil, mora, morillo (CR); mora, mora amarilla, palo mora (BO); dinde, dinde fustete, avinge, palo amarillo, palo moro, moral fustete, morita, palo de mora (CO); insira caspi, limulana (PE); mora, moral amarillo (VE); palo negro (GT); mora, moral, palo de mora, chichiti, lun-da-e-quec, fustic, mora amarilla, moral liso, mora lisa, moral de clavo, moradilla, palo moral, moral amarillo, yaga-huil, ya-hui, tzitzi, tzitzil, chijchijtli, palo amarillo (MX); mora, moral de loma (CU);
Svenska Echter Fustic, Kubaholz
Polski Echter Fustic, Kubaholz
Український Echter Fustic, Kubaholz
Român Echter Fustic, Kubaholz
Русский Echter Fustic, Kubaholz
Български Echter Fustic, Kubaholz
EESTI Echter Fustic, Kubaholz
日本語 Echter Fustic, Kubaholz
Other names Dinde; Mora; Palo Naranjo (Trinidad & Tobago); Palo de mora

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Central America; South America; Caribbean
States and Territories Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; El Salvador; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Peru; Cayman Isl.; Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. Thomas); Barbados; Grenada; Martinique; Saint Lucia; Tobago; Trinidad; Curaçao; Isla Margarita; Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, Salta, Formosa, Misiones); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Alto Paraná, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari); Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Ecuador; Guyana; Panama; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Pernambuco, Bahia); C-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); Venezuela (Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia, Yaracuy); Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Rosales
Family Moraceae
Genus Maclura
Species tinctoria
Author citation (L.) D. Don ex Steud.
Scientific name Maclura tinctoria (L.) D. Don ex Steud.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/mormatin.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun und gelb

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 1
Beetle D
Termites D
Lithophagous molluscs n/a
Remarks /D Splint weiss bis gelblich; Kernholz hell gelb im frischen Zustand, zu braun bis kupferfarben nachdunkelnd /E sapwood white to yellowish; heartwood bright yellow when fresh, upon exposure changing to brown or russet /F aubier blanc ô  jaunâtre; bois de coeur jaune vif ô  l'état frais, devenant brun ou cuivré ô  la lumière /P alburno crema esbranquiçada; cerne amarelo em estado verde, sob exposição escurecendo a castanho cobre /S albura de color blanquizo a amarillento; duramen amarillo en estado verde, oscurecendo bajo exposición a marrón cobrizo

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 3-4
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 750.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 890.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 960.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Bark

Fustic;  moral;  Fustic;  Fustic Tree;  Fustictree;  yellow wood (US)

MCTT , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Fustic;  moral;  Fustic;  Fustic Tree;  Fustictree;  yellow wood (US)

MCTT , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Fustic;  moral;  Fustic;  Fustic Tree;  Fustictree;  yellow wood (US)

MCTT , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Thorns

Fustic;  moral;  Fustic;  Fustic Tree;  Fustictree;  yellow wood (US)

MCTT , Thorns , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Fustic;  moral;  Fustic;  Fustic Tree;  Fustictree;  yellow wood (US)

MCTT , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson