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Schizolobium parahyba (Zorra; Tambor; Gavilan; Plumillo; Guanacaste; Chapulaltapa)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Schizolobium amazonicum is a tree species in the Fabaceae family. It is present in the lowland Amazon forest of Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
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Attributes

Janka Hardness [2]  450 lbf (204 kgf) Very Soft
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Specific Gravity [2]  0.348
Structure [1]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carara National Park II 12983 Costa Rica  
Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve VI 921676 Ecuador  
Palo Verde National Park II 46190 Costa Rica  
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Reserva Karen Mogensen F. Nature Reserve 1866 Costa Rica  
Sierra del Divisor Reserve Zone 3652986 Peru      

Predators

Amazona albifrons (White-fronted Parrot)[4]
Amazona auropalliata (Yellow-naped Parrot)[4]
Ara chloropterus (Red-and-green Macaw)[5]
Brotogeris jugularis (Orange-chinned Parakeet)[4]
Planococcus lilacinus (citrus mealybug)[6]

Consumers

Shelter for 
Ara macao (Scarlet Macaw)[7]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4FORAGING ECOLOGY OF PARROTS IN A MODIFIED LANDSCAPE: SEASONAL TRENDS AND INTRODUCED SPECIES, GREG D. MATUZAK, M. BERNADETTE BEZY, AND DONALD J. BRIGHTSMITH, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(2):353–365, 2008
♦ 5PARROT 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
♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 7Current Status and Conservation of the Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) in the Osa Conservation Area (ACOSA), Costa Rica, Fiona Dear, Christopher Vaughan and Adrián Morales Polanco, Research Journal of the Costa Rican Distance Education University Vol. 2(1): 7-21, June, 2010
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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