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Eperua falcata (Bootlace Tree; Itoeli Walaba; Zwarte Walaba; White Wallaba; Waraba; Wapa Huileux; Wapa Gras; Wallaba; Tamoeno Pale-o; Soft Wallaba; Sand Wallaba; Rosa De Montana; Mahomillo Negro; Carota; Bylhout; Biouolou Wata; Bioudou; Baboen Walaba; Apa Roxo)

Synonyms: Dimorpha falcata (homotypic); Panzera falcata (homotypic)

Attributes

Janka Hardness [2]  2040 lbf (925 kgf) Hard
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [3]  0.72
Structure [1]  Tree

Predators

Alouatta seniculus (red howler monkey)[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 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
♦ 3Jérôme Chave, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Timothy R. Baker, Tomás A. Easdale, Hans ter Steege, Campbell O. Webb, 2006. Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2,456 neotropical tree species. Ecological Applications 16(6), 2356 - 2367
♦ 4Diet of the Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus) in French Guiana, C. Julliot and D. Sabatier, International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 14, No. 4, 1993, pp. 527-550
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