Heliocarpus americanus
(Amores secos
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| English | (Amores secos | |
| Other names | apeyva, yvyra pire hu, tapika guasu (PY); amores secos (AR); moho (US); balsa pancho, llausa mora, yarisa (BO); majao (BZ) |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | South America | |||
| States and Territories | Nicaragua; Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia); Honduras; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); S-Brazil (Paraná); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Ecuador; Costa Rica; Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman); Panama; Peru; Belize; Martinique [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Trinidad; Guatemala; SE-Brazil (São Paulo); Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari, San Pedro) | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Malvales | |||
| Family | Malvaceae | |||
| Genus | Heliocarpus | |||
| Species | americanus | |||
| Author citation | L. | |||
| Scientific name | Heliocarpus americanus L. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/tilhepop.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | indistinct or not recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | without color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | hell und braun | |||
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 | 300.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 300.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 300.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
Heliocarpus americanus , ©Dennis Wilson