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Ptaeroxylon obliquum (sneezewood)

Synonyms: Harrisonia lentiscoides; Kirkia lentiscoides; Ptaeroxylon utile; Rhus obliqua (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Ptaeroxylon obliquum is the botanical name for the sneezewood tree. It is native to Southern Africa, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. It is the only species in the genus Ptaeroxylon.
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Attributes

Janka Hardness [1]  3080 lbf (1397 kgf) Very Hard

Predators

Crithagra scotops (Forest Canary)[2]
Papilio demodocus (Esper citrus swallowtail)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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