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Jacaranda acutifolia Humb. & Bonpl.

Copaia

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Copaia
Other names copaia (trade); gobaia, foeti-i (SR);, caroba, amchi ponga, arabisco; parapar (BR); tarco, jacaranda (AR); cupay, chingale; gualandai, gualandayo (EC, PA)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Caribbean
States and Territories Peru; Java [I]; Myanmar [I]; India [I]; Mexico [I] (Chiapas [I], etc.)
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Lamiales
Family Bignoniaceae
Genus Jacaranda
Species acutifolia
Author citation Humb. & Bonpl.
Scientific name Jacaranda acutifolia Humb. & Bonpl.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/bigjacop.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 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 0.3-0.52 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Copaia

Jacaranda acutifolia , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

Copaia

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson