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CUERO DE SAPO (Gyranthera micrantha)

Trade Name

Cuero de Sapo

Scientific Name

Gyranthera micrantha W. Palacios, spp. nov. ined.

Family

BOMBACACEAE

Common Names

Cuero De Sapo (Ecuador)

Description Of The Tree

Botanical Description

The trees are reported to be large, reaching heights of up to 40 m, with trunk diameters of 150 cm. The boles are cylindrical and straight, with steep buttresses up to 5 m tall.

Natural Habitat

Gyranthera micrantha is frequently found at 800 to 1,000 m of altitude in valleys and also in flat areas. It prefers fertile soils.

Natural Distribution

This species occurs in Ecuador. It is reported to be especially abundant in the Zamora-Chinchipe and Pastaza areas.

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Wood Identification

Anatomic Description Of Wood

Vessel clusters common. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 200 micras or more (large). Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Occasionally apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Axial parenchyma in continuous tangential lines (included in reticulate and scalariform). Rays less than 4 per mm (rare). Rays storied. Larger rays more than 4 seriate.

Availability

Cites Status

Unrestricted

General Wood Description

Odor

The wood has no specific odor or taste.

Color

The sapwood is not distinct, the heartwood is pale brown color.

Grain

The grain is usually straight.

Texture

The texture is typically medium to coarse.

Luster

Luster is reported to be moderate.

Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)

5

Wood Physical Properties

Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)

0.40

Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)

0.43

Wood Chemical Properties

Wood Mechanical Properties

Workability

REFERENCED USES

End Uses Summary

PLYWOOD AND VENEER, faces

Panels, Veneers
  • 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Faces
  • 26 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO

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