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Dipteryx tetraphylla (Dutch Tonka Bean; Tonka Bean; Coumarou; Tonquin Bean; Tonquin; Tonkabohne; Tonka; Taquin Butter; Sarrapia; Rumara; Muirapaye; Koemaroe; Katoelimia; Karapa Bossi; Guayac; Gaiac; Cumaru Verdadeiro; Cumaru)

Synonyms: Coumarouna odorata var. tetraphylla (homotypic); Coumarouna tetraphylla (homotypic); Cumaruna tetraphylla (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Dipteryx odorata (commonly known as "cumaru" or "kumaru") is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. The tree is native to Central America and northern South America. Its seeds are known as tonka beans (sometimes tonkin beans or tonquin beans). They are black and wrinkled and have a smooth, brown interior. They have a strong fragrance similar to sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum) due to their high content of coumarin.
View Wikipedia Record: Dipteryx tetraphylla

Attributes

Janka Hardness [2]  3540 lbf (1606 kgf) Very Hard
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [2]  1.08
Structure [1]  Tree

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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
♦ 3Artibeus jamaicensis, Jorge Ortega and Iván Castro-Arellano, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 662, pp. 1–9 (2001)
♦ 4THE IMPORTANCE OF SOLITARY BEES ON THE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF TIMBER TREES AT THE TAPAJÓS NATIONAL FOREST, BRAZIL, Márcia Motta Maués, Milene Silva de Souza, Milton Kanashiro, Solitary Bees – Conservation, Rearing and Management for Pollination, International Workshop on Solitary Bees and Their Role in Pollination, held in Beberibe, Ceará, Brazil, in April 2004, pp. 241-254
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 6Diet of the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in the Tabaro River valley, southern Venezuela, Leonardo A. Salas and Todd K. Fuller, Can. J. Zool. 74: 1444-1451 (1996)
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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