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Hilairanthus germinans (L.) Cornejo

Black Mangrove; Native Oak (Jamaica); Limewood; grey mangrove; white mangrove tree (AU; GB)

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Schwarze Mangrove
English Black Mangrove; Native Oak (Jamaica); Limewood; grey mangrove; white mangrove tree (AU; GB);
Français Palétuvier blanc (Fr. W.I.); Palétuvier
Italiano Schwarze Mangrove
Suomi Schwarze Mangrove
Norsk Schwarze Mangrove
Čeština Schwarze Mangrove
Español mangle negro; Palo de sal, Culumata (Cent. Amer.)
Svenska Schwarze Mangrove
Polski Schwarze Mangrove
Український Schwarze Mangrove
Român Schwarze Mangrove
Русский Schwarze Mangrove
Български Schwarze Mangrove
EESTI Schwarze Mangrove
日本語 Schwarze Mangrove
Other names bina, tivar, madaipattai (IN); upattha, nalla mada (LK); api api ludat, api api daun bulat, udat (MY); hai lan ci (CN); Mangle bobo (W.I.)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Global
States and Territories St. Kitts; Sierra Leone; Jamaica; Nicaragua; Bonaire; Montserrat; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Gambia; Benin; Honduras; Ghana; Curaçao; Mauritania; St. Martin/St. Maarten; Turks and Caicos Isl.; Angola; Galapagos (Santa Cruz); Anguilla; St. Vincent; Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti); Liberia; Antigua; S-Brazil (Paraná); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Ceara, Bahia); Ecuador (El Oro, Guayas, Manabi); N-Brazil (Amapa, Pará); Costa Rica; Cuba (incl. Isla de la Juventud); Grenadines; Barbuda; Virgin Isl. (Buck, Jost Van Dyke, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro); French Guiana; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Chocó, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Sucre, Valle); Grenada; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Togo; Martinique; Cameroon; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Senegal; El Salvador; Tobago; Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Panama; Belize; Mali; Congo [Brazzaville]; Trinidad; Surinam; St. Barthélémy; Gabon; Bahamas (Abaco, Andros, Cat, Crooked, Drunkenmans, Easter, Exuma, Fortune, Frozen, Grand Bahama, Great Abaco, Great Exuma, Great Guana, Great Harbour, Gun, Hummingbird, Inagua, Long, Mariguana, New Providence, North Bimini, Salt, Ship Channel, South Bimini, South East, Tonay, Wells); Nigeria; Guatemala; Bermuda; Puerto Rico (incl. Culebra Isl., Ratones Isl., Vieques Isl.); Guyana; USA (Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas); São Tomé; Cayman Isl. (Grand Cayman, Little Cayman); Guadeloupe; Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Yaracuy, Zulia); Ivory Coast

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Genus Hilairanthus
Species germinans
Author citation (L.) Cornejo
Scientific name Hilairanthus germinans (L.) Cornejo

Habitus

Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/aviaviof.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Mit Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun/hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 0.56-0.8 kg/m3

Appearances