Cordia gerascanthus
Spanish elm
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Canalete | |
| English | Spanish elm | |
| Other names | Baria; Baria comun; Baria negra; Baria prieta; Capa prieto; Caparo; Muneco (Dominican Republic); Palo de rosa del pais; Panchallon; Varia [Tsucuba]; Varia negra |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | South America | |||
| States and Territories | Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Belize; Guatemala; Nicaragua; El Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Puerto Rico; Jamaica; Haiti; Philippines [I]; Borneo [I]; São Tomé [I] | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Boraginales | |||
| Family | Cordiaceae | |||
| Genus | Cordia | |||
| Species | gerascanthus | |||
| Author citation | L. | |||
| Scientific name | Cordia gerascanthus L. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 1 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | M | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 1 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 2 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | s | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 800.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 900.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 970.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
Cordia gerascanthus , ©MundoForestal-Costa Rica
Bark
, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson