Simarouba amara
bitterwood (US); Boardwood
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Marupa | |
| Deutsch | Simaruba | |
| English | bitterwood (US); Boardwood; | |
| Français | Acajou blanc; Bois blanc; | |
| Italiano | Simaruba | |
| Suomi | Simaruba | |
| Norsk | Simaruba | |
| Čeština | Simaruba | |
| Español | Simaruba; Marupá; hualaja (PE) | |
| Svenska | Simaruba | |
| Polski | Simaruba | |
| Український | Simaruba | |
| Român | Simaruba | |
| Русский | Simaruba | |
| Български | Simaruba | |
| EESTI | Simaruba | |
| 日本語 | Simaruba | |
| Other names | soemaroepa (SR, NL);Maruba (Lesser Antilles) |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | South America | |||
| States and Territories | Antigua; Barbados; Dominica; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; St. Kitts; Saint Lucia; St. Vincent; Tobago; Trinidad; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro); Ecuador; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Panama; Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro); Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Bolívar, Caquetá, Chocó, Córdoba, Guainía, Guaviare, Meta, Putumayo, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Valle, Vichada); Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan) | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Sapindales | |||
| Family | Simaroubaceae | |||
| Genus | Simarouba | |||
| Species | amara | |||
| Author citation | Aubl. | |||
| Scientific name | Simarouba amara Aubl. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/simsiama.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 | gelb bis 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 | 0.38-0.48-0.55 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
SMAM , wood ,
SMAM , wood, label ,
Leaves
SMAM , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
SMAM , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson