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Heliocarpus americanus L.

(Amores secos

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English (Amores secos
Other names apeyva, yvyra pire hu, tapika guasu (PY); amores secos (AR); moho (US); balsa pancho, llausa mora, yarisa (BO); majao (BZ)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions South America
States and Territories Peru; Ecuador; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Trinidad; Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia); Panama; Costa Rica; Mexico (Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Belize; Nicaragua; Guatemala; Honduras; Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman); S-Brazil (Paraná); Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari, San Pedro); SE-Brazil (São Paulo); Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Martinique [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae
Genus Heliocarpus
Species americanus
Author citation L.
Scientific name Heliocarpus americanus L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/tilhepop.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 hell und braun

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 300.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 300.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 300.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

(Amores secos

Heliocarpus americanus , ©Dennis Wilson