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Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don

Copaia; Black poui

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Copaia; Black poui;
Español Flamboyán azul; Jacaranda
Other names gobaia, foeti-i (SR); tarco, jacaranda (AR); cupay, chingale; gualandai, gualandayo (EC, PA)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Argentina [I]; Brazil [I]; South Africa [I] (widespread); Eswatini [Swaziland] [I]; São Tomé [I]; Gabon [I]; Mozambique [I]; Zimbabwe [I]; Cameroon [I]; Guinea [I]; Benin [I]; Congo [Brazzaville] [I]; Namibia [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Panama [I]; Taiwan [I]; Peru [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Jamaica [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I]); Isla Margarita [I]; Colombia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Ecuador [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Fiji [I]; New Caledonia [I]; W-Java [I]; India [I]; Nepal [I]; Thailand [I]; Pakistan [I]; Philippines [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Marshall Isl. [I] (Jaluit [I]); Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Hawaii [I] (Oahu [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Mexico [I]; USA [I] (Florida [I]); Canary Isl. [I] (La Palma [I], Tenerife [I]); Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Honduras [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Lamiales
Family Bignoniaceae
Genus Jacaranda
Species mimosifolia
Author citation D. Don
Scientific name Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/bigjacop.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 gelb/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 0.3-0.52 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Copaia; Black poui

Jacaranda mimosifolia , ©Dennis Wilson

Copaia; Black poui

Jacaranda mimosifolia , ©MundoForestal-Costa Rica

Bark

Copaia; Black poui

, Bark, (PAL) ©Hansueli Schmid ,

Copaia; Black poui

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Copaia; Black poui

, Label, (PAL) ©Hansueli Schmid ,

Twigs

Copaia; Black poui

, Twigs , ©Dennis Wilson

Flowers

Copaia; Black poui

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson