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Cordia goeldiana Huber

Freijó

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Laurel blanco
English Freijó
Other names Freijo, frei jorge, freijó cinza, cordia preta (BR); cordia wood, jenny wood, South American walnut (US)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions South America
States and Territories French Guiana; N-Brazil (Amapa, Pará, Amazonas); Guyana

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Boraginales
Family Cordiaceae
Genus Cordia
Species goeldiana
Author citation Huber
Scientific name Cordia goeldiana Huber

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
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Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Color heartwood bis braun

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 2
Beetle D
Termites M
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 1
Impregnability of the sapwood 3
Width of the sapwood s

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 520.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 540.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 550.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Freijó

COGL , aufbau , ©Atlas Holz

Freijó

Cordia goeldiana , ©Dennis Wilson