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Nomenclature. Family: MORACEAE. Synonym(s): Brosimum paraensis Huber, B. lanciferum Ducke. Further trade and local names: muirapiranga, amapá amargoso, a. rana, pau rainha, falso pau brasil (BR); satinwood (GY); satiné rouge, s. rubane, siton paya (GF); satijnhout, doekaliballi (SR); bloodwood, satinwood (GB); ferolia, legno satino (IT); palo de oro (ES). Code according to DIN EN 13556: BSRB.
CITES(EU) status of protection. Not protected.
Similar timbers. Because of a similar appearance the wood is marketed in Brazil in exchange for 'pau brasil' (Caesalpinia echinata, CITES II), occasionally also under this name.
Geographic distribution. Tropical South America. Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Colombia, Brazil (Roraima, Para, Amazonas, Acre, Rondonia, Mato Grosso), Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolivar).
Growth rings, colour, grain, etc. Growth ring boundaries indistinct or absent. Heartwood basically brown, red, purple (color of red wine); with streaks. Sapwood distinct from heartwood colour. Odour indistinct or absent. Wood heavy and hard (0.75–1.05 g/cm3). Surface not oily. 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. Vessels medium to large; very few to few (3–6). Tyloses present. Other deposits in heartwood vessels (pores) present (dark reddish brown).
Axial parenchyma. Axial parenchyma present; not banded. Other macroscopically visible types of axial parenchyma: aliform winged and confluent. The aliform axial parenchyma is hardly visible in the heartwood due to lack of color contrast; however, it is distinct in sapwood.
Rays. Rays narrow. Large rays commonly less than 1 mm high.
Storied structure. Storied structure absent.
Physical and chemical tests. Heartwood fluorescent (dark blue). Water extract fluorescent (intensively light blue); colour shade of water extract colourless to brown (nearly colorless). Ethanol extract fluorescent (blue); colour shade of ethanol extract colourless to brown, or red, or purple (color of red wine). Froth test weakly positive. Splinter burns to full ash; colour of ash white to grey.
Additional information. • Transverse section + wood surface. Brosimum rubescens (Satiné). 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’.
