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Phyllostylon rhamnoides (Poiss.) Taub.

Baitoa

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Baitoa
Español Baitoa; Boj de Santo Domingo [Tsucuba]; Jatia
Other names San Domingo boxwood, West Indian boxwood (GB, US); bois blanc (DO); bois blanc (HT); jatia (CU); seron, cerón (MX); membrillo (VE); gurigica, pao branco (BR); palo lanza, p. blanco, p. amarillo, ibirá-catá, tala grande (PY, AR)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Caribbean; South America; Topical areas
States and Territories Mexico (Campeche, Colima, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Colombia (Cesar, La Guajira, Magdalena); Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; C-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); Venezuela (Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Zulia); Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucuman); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Central, Concepcion, Paraguari)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Rosales
Family Ulmaceae
Genus Phyllostylon
Species rhamnoides
Author citation (Poiss.) Taub.
Scientific name Phyllostylon rhamnoides (Poiss.) Taub.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/ulmphbra.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood gelb/hell

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 0.82-0.92 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Baitoa

Phyllostylon rhamnoides , ©Dennis Wilson