Peltogyne venosa (M.Vahl) Benth.
Purpleheart
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Pau Roxo | |
| Deutsch | Amarant | |
| English | Purpleheart | |
| Français | Amarant | |
| Italiano | Amarant | |
| Suomi | Amarant | |
| Norsk | Amarant | |
| Čeština | Amarant | |
| Español | Amarant | |
| Svenska | Amarant | |
| Polski | Amarant | |
| Український | Amarant | |
| Român | Amarant | |
| Русский | Amarant | |
| Български | Amarant | |
| EESTI | Amarant | |
| 日本語 | Amarant | |
| Other names | Amarant, Violettholz (DE); purpleheart, amarant, violetwood (GB, GY, US); bois purpre, b. violet (FR); purpurheart (NL); koroborelli, merawayana, saka (GY); guarabu, jatobazinho, pau roxo, roxinho (BR); dastan, kocolorelli, malako (SR); tananeo (CO); palo de rosa, p. morado (MX) |
Further information
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Origin
| Geographic Regions | Central America; South America | |||
| States and Territories | Brazil; French Guiana; Guyana; Surinam; Venezuela | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Fabales | |||
| Family | Fabaceae | |||
| Genus | Peltogyne | |||
| Species | venosa | |||
| Author citation | (M.Vahl) Benth. | |||
| Scientific name | Peltogyne venosa (M.Vahl) Benth. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/caepgysp.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | violett | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 2to3 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | D | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
Impregnability
(according to EN 350)
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 1 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | s | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 830.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 860.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 880.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
PGXX , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere
Peltogyne venosa , ©Dennis Wilson