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Astronium graveolens

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Wikipedia Abstract

Astronium graveolens is a species of flowering tree in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Bolivia. Common names include Glassywood, Ronrón (Spanish), and Aroeira (Portuguese). This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
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Attributes

Janka Hardness [1]  2160 lbf (980 kgf) Hard
Specific Gravity [2]  0.79

Predators

Amazona farinosa (Mealy Parrot)[3]
Amazona finschi (Lilac-crowned Parrot)[4]
Amazona oratrix (Yellow-headed Parrot)[5]
Pionus maximiliani (Scaly-headed Parrot)[6]
Saguinus oedipus (cotton-top tamarin)[7]

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Citations

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♦ 1Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 2Wood Technology Transfer Fact Sheets U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service
♦ 3PARROT CLAYLICKS: DISTRIBUTION, PATTERNS OF USE AND ECOLOGICAL CORRELATES FROM A PARROT ASSEMBLAGE IN SOUTHEASTERN PERU, ALAN TRISTRAM KENNETH LEE, dissertation for DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, Manchester Metropolitan University, November 2010
♦ 4LILAC-CROWNED PARROT DIET AND FOOD RESOURCE AVAILABILITY: RESOURCE TRACKING BY A PARROT SEED PREDATOR, KATHERINE RENTON, The Condor 103:62–69 (2001)
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6Diet of the Scaly-headed Parrot (Pionus maximiliani) in a Semideciduous Forest in Southeastern Brazil, Mauro Galetti, BIOTROPICA 25(4): 419-425 1993
♦ 7Proyecto Tití
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0