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Qualea rosea Aubl.

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Mandioquera
Français Gonfolo
Other names Gronfolo

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions South America
States and Territories N-Brazil (Acre); Surinam; French Guiana

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Vochysiaceae
Genus Qualea
Species rosea
Author citation Aubl.
Scientific name Qualea rosea Aubl.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braunrot

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 3
Mushrooms laboratory 1
Beetle S
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs S m

Impregnability according to EN 350

Impregnability of heartwood 2
Impregnability of the sapwood n/a

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 650.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 750.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 850.00 kg/m3

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