Virola surinamensis (Rol.) Warb.
Light Virola; Toucan Tree; Wild Cedar; Wild Nutmeg (Trinidad & Tobago); Wild nutmeg
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Dalli | |
| Deutsch | Virola | |
| English | Light Virola; Toucan Tree; Wild Cedar; Wild Nutmeg (Trinidad & Tobago); Wild nutmeg | |
| Français | Muscadier Sauvage; Muscadier fou (Lesser Antilles); | |
| Italiano | Virola | |
| Suomi | Virola | |
| Norsk | Virola | |
| Čeština | Virola | |
| Español | Palo santo negro; Cajuca | |
| Svenska | Virola | |
| Polski | Virola | |
| Український | Virola | |
| Român | Virola | |
| Русский | Virola | |
| Български | Virola | |
| EESTI | Virola | |
| 日本語 | Virola | |
| Other names | Baboen |
Further information
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| COL | ||
| Wikipedia | ||
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Origin
| Geographic Regions | South America; Caribbean | |||
| States and Territories | Bolivia (La Paz, Pando); Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Chocó, Valle, Vaupés); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Peru; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Panama; Martinique [I]; Trinidad; Tobago; N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Monagas, Sucre) | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Magnoliales | |||
| Family | Myristicaceae | |||
| Genus | Virola | |||
| Species | surinamensis | |||
| Author citation | (Rol.) Warb. | |||
| Scientific name | Virola surinamensis (Rol.) Warb. | |||
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 | ||
Appearances
Bark
VLXX , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Leaves
VLXX , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
VLXX , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
VLXX , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
VLXX , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson