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Ceiba speciosa (A. St.-Hil., A. Juss. & Cambess.) Ravenna

paneira (US)

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English paneira (US)
Español Ceiba orquidea; flor de mayo
Other names Samu'ú

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Misiones, Santa Fe); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Caaguazu, Central, Cordillera, Guaira); N-Brazil (Pará); NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul); Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Panama; Costa Rica; Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, Tolima, Valle); Ecuador; Peru; Cuba [c]; Hispaniola [c]; Puerto Rico [c]
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae
Genus Ceiba
Species speciosa
Author citation (A. St.-Hil., A. Juss. & Cambess.) Ravenna
Scientific name Ceiba speciosa (A. St.-Hil., A. Juss. & Cambess.) Ravenna

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood 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 250.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 300.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Bark

paneira (US)

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

paneira (US)

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Thorns

paneira (US)

, Thorns , ©Dennis Wilson