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Nomenclature. Family: FABACEAE-FABOIDEAE. Other trade relevant species: from tropical Central and South America (species important to the timber industry are printed in bold): Dipteryx alata, D. charapilla, D. ferrea, D. lacunifera, D. micrantha, D. odorata, D. oleifera, D. polyphylla, D. punctata, D. rosea, D. tetraphylla. Synonym(s): Dipteryx panamensis (Pittier) Record & Mell. Further trade and local names: Dipteryx odorata: kumaru, aipo, krapabosi, Tonka bean (GY); kumaru, katulimia (SR); sarrapio, yape (VE); almendrillo, choiba, sarrapia (CO); almendrillo (BO); gaiac de Cayenne, faux gaiac, tonka (FR, GF); shihuahuaco, charapilla (PE); champanha, cumarurana, cumarú-ferro, cumarú roxo, feijão coco, muirapaye (BR); „Brazilian teak‘ (US). Dipteryx oleifera: almendro de montaña, almendro amarillo (PA); eboe (CR). Code according to DIN EN 13556: DXOD.
CITES(EU) status of protection. Listed in Annex II(B).
Geographic distribution. Mexico and Central America, tropical South America. Dipteryx oleifera: from Costa Rica to northern Colombia; Dipteryx odorata and other species: Venezuela south to Paraguay.
Growth rings, colour, grain, etc. Growth ring boundaries indistinct or absent. Heartwood basically brown, red, purple. Sapwood distinct from heartwood colour. Fresh heartwood yellowish to red to violet-brown, later darkening to yellowish-brown to olive-brown, sometimes with streaks. Odour indistinct or absent. Wood heavy and hard (0,75–0.90–1.10 g/cm3). Surface oily, or not oily. Interlocked grain present.
Hardwood vs softwood. Vessels (pores) present (= hardwood).
Vessels (pores). Wood diffuse-porous. Vessels (pores) in multiples; commonly in short (2–3 vessels) radial rows. Vessels medium to large (100–200 µm); few (5–10). Tyloses absent. Other deposits in heartwood vessels (pores) present.
Axial parenchyma. Axial parenchyma present; not banded. Other macroscopically visible types of axial parenchyma: aliform lozenge type.
Rays. Rays narrow. Large rays commonly less than 1 mm high.
Storied structure. Storied structure present. Tiers regular (horizontal or slightly inclined); 2–3 per axial millimetre.
Physical and chemical tests. Heartwood not fluorescent (Dipteryx oleifera). Water extract not fluorescent (Dipteryx oleifera); colour shade of water extract colourless to brown (Dipteryx oleifera). Ethanol extract not fluorescent (Dipteryx oleifera); colour shade of ethanol extract colourless to brown (Dipteryx oleifera). Froth test positive (Dipteryx oleifera). Splinter burns to partial ash (Dipteryx oleifera); colour of ash bright white (Dipteryx oleifera).
Additional information. • Transverse section + wood surface. tangential surface, natural size. 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’.
