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Nomenclature. Family: FABACEAE-FABOIDEAE. Further trade and local names: maevalafika, mahitsoririna, manantombobitse, manarimboraka, manipika, mendoravina, tainakanga (MG); faux rose (FR); palisandro de Caliatour (ES). Code according to DIN EN 13556: none.
CITES(EU) status of protection. Listed in Annex II(B).
Similar timbers. A similar wood structure and color possess Dalbergia comoriensis, D. humbertii, D. mollis, D. neoperrieri, D. peltieri, D. purpurascens.
Geographic distribution. Madagascar & other islands. Western Madagascar.
Growth rings, colour, grain, etc. Growth ring boundaries distinct. Heartwood basically brown, purple; with streaks. Sapwood distinct from heartwood colour. Odour indistinct or absent. Wood heavy and hard (0.93–1.10 g/cm3). Interlocked grain present, or absent.
Hardwood vs softwood. Vessels (pores) present (= hardwood).
Vessels (pores). Wood ring-porous, or semi-ring-porous; earlywood pore ring uniseriate (frequently discontinuous). Vessels (pores) in multiples; commonly in short (2–3 vessels) radial rows, or in radial rows of 4 or more. Vessels small (latewood: 30–50–75 µm), or large (earlywood: 130–200–300 µm); very few (earlywood), or few (latewood). Tyloses absent. Other deposits in heartwood vessels (pores) present.
Axial parenchyma. Axial parenchyma present; banded and not banded. Parenchyma bands not (only) marginal; narrow. Other macroscopically visible types of axial parenchyma: diffuse-in-aggregates, aliform lozenge type, aliform winged, confluent (forming many short and wavy bandlets).
Rays. Rays narrow. Large rays commonly less than 1 mm high.
Storied structure. Storied structure present. Tiers regular (horizontal or slightly inclined), or irregular; 6 per axial millimetre.
Physical and chemical tests. Heartwood not fluorescent. Water extract not fluorescent; colour shade of water extract colourless to brown. Ethanol extract weakly fluorescent (dull orange); colour shade of ethanol extract colourless to brown. For the "burning splinter test" sufficient material was not available; therefore these characters are not coded.
Additional information. • Transverse section + wood surface. Radial surface, natural size. Transverse section ca. 10x.
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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’.
