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CITESwoodID: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval

H.G. Richter, K. Gembruch, G. Koch

1. Abbreviations of names (three-digit internal database codes) in alphabetical order

ABL Dalbergia melanoxylon (African blackwood, Grenadill)
ACS Acosmium spp. (Lapachillo, Lapachín)
AFR Pericopsis elata (Afrormosia, Kokrodua)
AGA Agathis spp. (Kauri, Damar-minyak)
AKO Antiaris spp. (Ako)
ALE Fitzroya cupressoides (Alerce)
ALM Dipteryx oleifera (Almendro)
AMA Dalbergia spruceana (Amazonas Palisander, Amazon rosewood)
AMB Pterocarpus macrocarpus (Amboina)
AND Carapa guianensis (Andiroba)
ANG Araucaria angustifolia (Brasilkiefer, Parana pine)
ANI Chrysophyllum spp. (Aningré blanc)
AQU Aquilaria spp., Gyrinops spp. (Adlerholz, Eaglewood)
ARA Araucaria araucana (Pehuén, Pino araucano)
BOB Bobgunnia fistuloides, B. madagascariensis (Pau ferro, pau rosa)
BOS Guarea spp. (Bossé)
BPA Dalbergia cochinchinensis (Burma rosewood)
BRW Dalbergia oliveri (Burma rosewood)
BUB Guibourtia spp. (Bubinga, kevazingo)
CAM Dalbergia congestiflora (Camotillo)
CED Cedrela spp. (Cedro)
CHK Caesalpinia spp. (chakté viga)
CIP Pilgerodendron uviferum (Ciprés de las Guaitecas)
CLA Dalbergia bariensis, Dalbergia spp. (Burmese rosewood, Burma blackwood)
COC Dalbergia retusa, D. granadillo (Cocobolo)
EAS Osyris quadripartita (Ostafrikanisches Sandelholz, Eastafrican Sandalwood)
EBM Diospyros spp. Madagascar (Ébène de Madagascar)
ESC Dalbergia palo-escrito (Palo escrito)
GRA Platymiscium spp. (Granadillo)
GRE Chlorocardium rodiei (Greenheart)
GRR Dalbergia tucurensis, D. cubilquitzensis (Korallenpalisander, Panama rosewood)
HPA Dalbergia stevensonii (Honduras rosewood)
HUA Dalbergia odorifera (Huanghuali)
HYM Hymenaea spp. (Jatobá)
JEL Dyera costulata (Jelutong)
KAD Neolamarckia cadamba (Kadam)
KHA Khaya spp. (Khaya, African Mahogany)
KIN Dalbergia cearensis (Kingswood)
KOT Pterygota spp. (Kasah, Koto)
KPI Pinus koraiensis (Korea-Kiefer, Korean pine)
LAP Tabebuia spp. (Ipé, Lapacho)
LIM Terminalia superba (Limba)
MAA Fraxinus mandshurica (Mandschurische Esche, Manchurian ash)
MAH Swietenia spp. (Echtes Mahagoni, True Mahogany)
MAR Simarouba amara (Simaruba, Marupá)
MOO Quercus mongolica (Mongolische Eiche, Mongolian oak)
MOP Colophospermum mopane (Mopane)
MOR Machaerium scleroxylum (Santos Palisander, Morado)
MRO Dalbergia madagascariensis (Madagascar rosewood)
MRY Dalbergia greveana, Dalbergia spp. (Manary)
MPL Dalbergia louvelii, D. maritima (Madagascar rosewood)
MRO Dalbergia madagascariensis (Madagascar rosewood)
MUL Widdringtonia whytei (Mulanje cedar)
PAL Bulnesia sarmientoi (Palo santo)
PAR Aniba rosaeodora (Pau rosa)
PBR Caesalpinia echinata (pau brasil, fernambuc)
PCK Guaiacum spp. (Pockholz, Lignum Vitae)
PIQ Cordia glabrata (Louro preto, Piquana negra)
POD Podocarpus spp. (Podo, Maniu)
PUL Alstonia spp. (Pulai)
RAM Gonystylus spp. (Ramin)
RED Sequoia sempervirens (Redwood)
RIO Dalbergia nigra (Rio Palisander, Brazilian rosewood)
RSA Pterocarpus santalinus (Red sanders)
SAP Entandrophragma cylindricum (Sapeli)
SAT Brosimum rubescens (satiné)
SES Endospermum spp. (Sesendok)
SHI Dalbergia sissoo (Shisham)
SIP Entandrophragma utile (Sip, Utile)
SON Dalbergia latifolia (Indian rosewood, Sonokeling)
SOY Pterocarpus soyauxii (Padouk)
SWA Swartzia cubensis, Swartzia spp. (Katalox)
TAX Taxus spp. (Eibe, Yew)
TIA Entandrophragma angolense (Tiama)
TIN Pterocarpus tinctorius (African padouk, mukula)
TOO Toona spp. (Suren, Toon)
TUL Dalbergia decipularis (Bahia Rosenholz, Tulipwood)
VEN Pterocarpus erinaceus (Vène)
VER Bulnesia arborea (Vera)
VOA Dalbergia baronii (Madagascar rosewood, voamboana)

These internal three-digit codes are used to name the illustrations which allow the direct comparison between a CITES timber and the respective similar timbers. Hence, the illustration in the database comparing transverse sections of Ramin (Gonystylus spp.) and the very similar Marupá (Simarouba amara) bears the name “RAM-MAR.jpg” and can be called up under this name from the info as well as the graphics menu.

2. Alphabetical list of CITES timbers (in bold print) and respective similar timbers

Botanical Name Status Code
Aniba rosaeodora CITES PAR
Aquilaria spp., Gyrinops spp. CITES AQU
Araucaria araucana CITES ARA
Araucaria angustifolia similar ARA-ANG
Agathis spp. similar ARA-AGA
Bulnesia sarmientoi CITES PAL
Bulnesia arborea similar VER
Chlorocardium rodiei similar PAL-GRE
Guaiacum spp. (CITES) similar PAL-PCK
Handroanthus spp. similar PAL-LAP
Caesalpinia echinata CITES PBR
Caesalpinia spp. similar PBR-CHK
Brosimum rubescens similar PBR-SAT
Cedrela spp. CITES CED
Swietenia spp. CITES II CED-MAH
Toona spp. similar CED-TOO
Dalbergia bariensis, Dalbergia spp. CITES CLA
Dalbergia baronii CITES VOA
Dalbergia cearensis CITES KIN
Dalbergia cochinchinenesis CITES BPA
Dalbergia congestiflora CITES CAM
Dalbergia cubilquitzensis, D. tucurensis CITES GRR
Dalbergia decipularis CITES TUL
Dalbergia greveana, Dalbergia spp. CITES MRY
Dalbergia latifolia CITES SON
Dalbergia louvelii, D. maritima CITES MPL
Dalbergia madagascariensis CITES MRO
Dalbergia melanoxylon CITES ABL
Diospyros spp. CITES II p.p. ABL-EBM
Colophospermum mopane similar ABL-MOP
Swartzia cubensis similar DMEL_SWAR
Dalbergia nigra CITES I RIO
Cordia glabrata similar RIO-PIQ
Machaerium scleroxylum similar RIO-MOR
Platymiscium spp. (CITES p.p.) similar RIO-GRA
Dalbergia latifolia CITES II RIO-SON
Dalbergia spruceana CITES II RIO-AMA
Dalbergia stevensonii CITES II RIO-HPA
Dalbergia cubilquitzensis CITES II RIO-GRR
Dalbergia odorifera CITES HUA
Dalbergia oliveri CITES BRW
Dalbergia palo-escrito CITES ESC
Dalbergia retusa, D. granadillo CITES COC
Dalbergia sissoo CITES SHI
Dalbergia spruceana CITES AMA
Dalbergia stevensonii CITES HPA
Platymiscium spp. similar HPA-GRA
Dipteryx oleifera CITES ALM
Diospyros spp. (Madagascar) CITES EBM
Dalbergia melanoxylon CITES EBE_DMEL
Swartzia cubensis similar EBE_SWA
Fitzroya cupressoides CITES ALE
Sequoia sempervirens similar ALE-RED
Thuja plicata similar ALE-WRC
Fraxinus mandshurica CITES MAA
Gonystylus spp. CITES RAM
Alstonia spp. similar RAM-PUL
Antiaris spp. similar RAM-AKO
Chrysophyllum spp. similar RAM-ANI
Dyera costulata similar RAM-JEL
Endospermum spp. similar RAM-SES
Neolamarckia cadamba similar RAM-KAD
Pterygota spp. similar RAM-KOT
Simarouba amara similar RAM-MAR
Terminalia superba similar RAM-LIM
Guaiacum spp. CITES PCK
Bulnesia spp. (CITES p.p.) similar PCK-PAL-VER
Chlorocardium rodiei similar PCK-GRE
Handroanthus spp. similar PCK-LAP
Guibourtia spp. CITES BUB
Hymenaea spp. similar BUB_HYM
Osyris quadripartita CITES EAS
Pericopsis elata CITES AFR
Acosmium spp. similar AFR-ACS
Handroanthus spp. similar AFR-LAP
Pilgerodendron uviferum CITES CIP
Pinus koraiensis CITES KPI
Podocarpus spp. CITES POD
Pterocarpus erinaceus CITES VEN
Pterocarpus santalinus CITES RSA
Pterocarpus macrocarpus similar RSA-AMB
Pterocarpus soyauxii similar RSA-SOY
Pterocarpus tinctorius CITES TIN
Pterocarpus soyauxii similar TIN-SOY
Quercus mongolica CITES MOO
Swietenia spp. CITES MAH
Carapa guianensis similar MAH-AND
Cedrela odorata (CITES) similar MAH-CED
Entandrophragma angolense similar MAH-TIA
Entandrophragma cylindricum similar MAH-SAP
Entandrophragma utile similar MAH-SIP
Guarea spp. similar MAH-BOS
Khaya spp. similar MAH-KHA
Sextonia rubra similar MAH-WAN
Taxus spp. CITES TAX
Widdringtonia whytei CITES MUL

3. Country codes

The two-digit codes used in the character “4. Further trade and local names” as abbreviations of the country names where the respective species occurs, are adopted from ISO 3166 Code Lists – English Country Names and Code Elements. This list can be found on the ISO Web site www.iso.org.

In a few cases, when regions rather than individual countries are indicated, other abbreviations are used, for instance “cAm” for Central America.

Within the country Malaysia the need occasionally arises to distinguish between the two eastern states: Sabah (“MY-Sab”) and Sarawak (“MY-Swk”).


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