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Virola sebifera Aubl.

Light Virola

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Dalli
Deutsch Talgmuskatnussbaum
English Light Virola
Français Muscadier porte-suif
Italiano Talgmuskatnussbaum
Suomi Talgmuskatnussbaum
Norsk Talgmuskatnussbaum
Čeština Talgmuskatnussbaum
Español sangre de toro, Ayoco, Yopo (Warekena (es)), Ayuku, Guachinakua (Yekwana), Erika-bai-yek, Ibirkabá (Arekuna), Camaticaro, Camaticaro rojo, Carpeto, Cozoiba, Cuajo, Cuajo negro, Cuajo pequeño, Lancetillo, Masarico, Piassám, Sangrino blanco, Sangrito blanco, Tártago
Svenska Talgmuskatnussbaum
Polski Talgmuskatnussbaum
Український Talgmuskatnussbaum
Român Talgmuskatnussbaum
Русский Talgmuskatnussbaum
Български Talgmuskatnussbaum
EESTI Talgmuskatnussbaum
日本語 Talgmuskatnussbaum
Other names Baboen; Chocatillo; Yayamadou (Créole), Virola (Kali'na), Baboun, Djadja, Ajamadou, Grand bouchi-moulomba, Yayamadou de marécage, Suriname: l'appelle Baboenhout (Hollandais du Suriname), Guyana: Hill dalli (Créole), Dalli (Arawak), Warushiran (Caribe)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions South America; Caribbean
States and Territories Honduras; Costa Rica; Peru; Nicaragua; Ecuador; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Panama; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Guainía, Guaviare, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Santander, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés, Vichada); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia); Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Magnoliales
Family Myristicaceae
Genus Virola
Species sebifera
Author citation Aubl.
Scientific name Virola sebifera Aubl.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braunrot

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 5
Beetle S
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs S
Remarks Nicht beständig gegen Lyctus

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 1-2
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood x

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 400.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 440.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 480.00 kg/m3

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