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Nomenclature. Family: BORAGINACEAE. Synonym(s): Gerascanthus glabrata, Lithocardium glabratum. Further trade and local names: japunaqui (BO); claraíba, claraibeira, peteribi, uruá (BR). Code according to DIN EN 13556: none.
CITES(EU) status of protection. Not protected.
Similar timbers. Easily mistaken for Dalbergia nigra (CITES I) and Dalbergia spruceana (CITES II).
Geographic distribution. Tropical South America, southern Brazil, and temperate South America. Central Brazil (Mato Grosso) and neighbouring Bolivia.
Growth rings, colour, grain, etc. Growth ring boundaries distinct (demarcated by marginal parenchyma (often discontinuous) bands). Heartwood basically brown; with streaks (nearly black). Sapwood distinct from heartwood colour. Wood heavy and hard (0.75–0.85 g/cm3). Interlocked grain present.
Hardwood vs softwood. Vessels (pores) present (= hardwood).
Vessels (pores). Wood diffuse-porous. Vessels (pores) arranged in no specific pattern; in multiples; commonly in short (2–3 vessels) radial rows and in clusters. Vessels small to medium (60–110–140 µm); few (5–10). Tyloses present. Other deposits in heartwood vessels (pores) present (yellowish brown).
Axial parenchyma. Axial parenchyma present; banded. Parenchyma bands exclusively marginal (or seemingly marginal); narrow. Other macroscopically visible types of axial parenchyma: diffuse-in-aggregates, vasicentric, and confluent.
Rays. Rays narrow. Large rays commonly less than 1 mm high.
Storied structure. Storied structure absent.
Physical and chemical tests. Heartwood not fluorescent. Water extract not fluorescent; colour shade of water extract colourless to brown. Ethanol extract fluorescent (yellowish green); colour shade of ethanol extract colourless to brown. Froth test weakly positive. Splinter burns to partial ash; colour of ash white to grey.
Additional information. See also: Informationsdienst Holz Merkblatt Nr. 55. • Transverse section + wood surface. Cordia glabrata (Louro preto, Piquana negra). Transverse section ca. 10x. Radial surface, natural size.
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Cite this publication as: ‘Richter, H.G., Gembruch, K., and Koch, G. 2014 onwards. CITESwoodID: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. In English, French, German, and Spanish. Version: 4th April 2023. www.delta-intkey.com’.
