Handroanthus serratifolius (Vahl) S. O. Grose
Cogwood; Greenheart; arcwood; bastard lignum vitae (US); Yellow Poui (Trinidad & Tobago)
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Ipé | |
| Deutsch | Ipé | |
| English | Cogwood; Greenheart; arcwood; bastard lignum vitae (US); Yellow Poui (Trinidad & Tobago) | |
| Français | ébène verte; arahonie (GF); ebéne vert (GF) | |
| Italiano | Ipé | |
| Suomi | Ipé | |
| Norsk | Ipé | |
| Čeština | Ipé | |
| Español | arco (CO), canuguate (CO), guyacán (CO) | |
| Svenska | Ipé | |
| Polski | Ipé | |
| Український | Ipé | |
| Român | Ipé | |
| Русский | Ipé | |
| Български | Ipé | |
| EESTI | Ipé | |
| 日本語 | Ipé | |
| Other names | taiy (PY); groenheart (SR); Poui; Tajibo amarillo |
Origin
| States and Territories | Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia); Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santander, Vichada); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná); Ecuador; Peru; Jamaica [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); Cuba [I]; Trinidad; Tobago; Fiji [I]; India [I] | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Lamiales | |||
| Family | Bignoniaceae | |||
| Genus | Handroanthus | |||
| Species | serratifolius | |||
| Author citation | (Vahl) S. O. Grose | |||
| Scientific name | Handroanthus serratifolius (Vahl) S. O. Grose | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 1 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | D | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | D | |||
| Remarks | /D Holz mit bitterem Geschmack, Sägespäne können Irritation der Haut hervorrufen (Berni 1982) /E wood with bitter taste, sawdust can cause skin irritation (Berni 1982) /F bois avec un goô»t amer; la sciure cause des irritations cutanées (Berni 1982) /P madeira com um gosto amargo, a serragem pode causar irritação da pele (Berni 1982) /S madera con gusto amargo, polvo de aserrôo puede producir irritación en la piel (Berni 1982) | |||
Impregnability
(according to EN 350)
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | n/a | |||
| Width of the sapwood | s-m | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 900.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 1050.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 1150.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Areas of application
| Decking |
Appearances
Wood
TBXX , aufbau , ©Bollinger Furniere
Bark
TBXX , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Flowers
TBXX , Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson
TBXX , Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson
TBXX , Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson