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Licania octandra (Hoffmanns. ex Roem. & Schult.) Kuntze

Grigri; caraipé

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Grigri; caraipé
Other names anauerá, caraipé, turiuva (BR); anaura, grigri, fengoe (SM); kautaballi, konoko (GY); zapote (CR, MX, PE); carbonero (PE, CO, VE)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions South America; Topical areas
States and Territories Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Ceara, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); Venezuela (Amazonas, Barinas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Merida, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia); Peru; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Córdoba, Meta)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malpighiales
Family Chrysobalanaceae
Genus Licania
Species octandra
Author citation (Hoffmanns. ex Roem. & Schult.) Kuntze
Scientific name Licania octandra (Hoffmanns. ex Roem. & Schult.) Kuntze

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 0.88-1.13 kg/m3

Appearances