Xylocarpus granatum
Cannonball mangrove, cedar mangrove, puzzlenut tree
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| English | Cannonball mangrove, cedar mangrove, puzzlenut tree | |
| Français | Milnéa, Palméa | |
| Other names | mangove cedar, pussur wood (GB); tabigi (PH); kra buun, ta buun (TH); niri, n. batu, nyirih gundik (ID); kyana, kyatnan, pinle-on (MM); Touho ihwaiu, en xârâcùù tiarèxöné, en drubéa-Yaté Téogni1. À Mayotte, elle est appelée en shimaore mgodzo bole et en shibushi karutsi antalaoutsi be2. |
Further information
| Intkey | ||
| COL | ||
| Wikipedia | ||
| FSC | ||
| Xylotheque |
Origin
| States and Territories | New Caledonia (incl. Loyalty Isl.); Australia (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, N-Queensland); Java; Bismarck Arch.; Sumatra; Thailand; Viet Nam; Cambodia; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Borneo; Brunei; Sulawesi; Moluccas; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Philippines (Luzon to Mindanao); Palawan; Solomon Isl.; Sri Lanka; Fiji (incl. Vanua Balavu & Lakeba Islands); peninsular Malaysia (all coasts); Singapore; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Truk, Moen, Dublon, Tol, Fefan, Udot, Pohnpei, Kosrae); Rotuma Isl.; Palau (Babeldaob, Koror); Tonga (Tongatapu, Vava'u); Andaman Isl. (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (Ayeyarwady, Rakhine, Taninthayi); India (West Bengal, Orissa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Daman & Diu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala); Bangladesh; China (Hainan); Seychelles; S-Somalia; SE-Kenya; NE-Tanzania; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); Madagascar; Mozambique; South Africa [I] (KwaZulu-Natal [I]) | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Sapindales | |||
| Family | Meliaceae | |||
| Genus | Xylocarpus | |||
| Species | granatum | |||
| Author citation | J. Koenig | |||
| Scientific name | Xylocarpus granatum J. Koenig | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/melxylmi.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | indistinct or not recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Mit Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | braun und rot | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC | |||
Appearances
Bark
, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Leaves
, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
Flower
Xylocarpus granatum ,
Xylocarpus granatum ,
, micro, sepüerated fibres-m ,
Branch
, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson