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Nomenclature. Family: LAURACEAE. Synonym(s): Nectandra rubra, Ocotea rubra. Further trade and local names: puxurí-rana (BR); determa (GY); taparin, bewana, tetroema, wonae (SR); grignon, g. franc (FR); red louro (GB). Code according to DIN EN 13556: OCRB.
CITES(EU) status of protection. Not protected.
Similar timbers. Easily mistaken for Swietenia spp. (CITES II).
Geographic distribution. Tropical South America. Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Maranhão), Venezuela (Bolivar), Peru, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana.
Growth rings, colour, grain, etc. Growth ring boundaries indistinct or absent. Heartwood basically brown, red. Sapwood distinct from heartwood colour. Wood of medium weight (0.5–0.6 g/cm3). Interlocked grain present.
Hardwood vs softwood. Vessels (pores) present (= hardwood).
Vessels (pores). Wood diffuse-porous. Vessels (pores) arranged in no specific pattern, or a diagonal pattern; in multiples; commonly in short (2–3 vessels) radial rows, or in radial rows of 4 or more. Vessels medium to large (100–160–230 µm); few (4–9). Tyloses present. Other deposits in heartwood vessels (pores) absent.
Axial parenchyma. Axial parenchyma present; not banded. Other macroscopically visible types of axial parenchyma: vasicentric.
Rays. Rays narrow. Large rays commonly less than 1 mm high.
Storied structure. Storied structure absent.
Physical and chemical tests. Heartwood not fluorescent (only the tyloses fluoresce yellowish orange). Water extract not fluorescent; colour shade of water extract colourless to brown. Heartwood extractives not leachable by water. Ethanol extract not fluorescent; colour shade of ethanol extract red. Splinter burns to partial ash; colour of ash white to grey.
Additional information. See also: Informationsdienst Holz Merkblatt Nr. 66. • Transverse section + wood surface. Sextonia rubra (Louro vermelho, Wane). Transverse section ca. 10x. Wood 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’.
