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Myrocarpus frondosus

Synonyms: Leptolobium punctatum; Myrocarpus frondosus f. paraguariensis; Myrocarpus paraguariensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Myrocarpus frondosus, the Ibirá-Payé, Incienso, or Qu, is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Myrocarpus frondosus

Attributes

Janka Hardness [2]  3440 lbf (1560 kgf) Very Hard
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Specific Gravity [3]  0.8
Structure [1]  Tree

Predators

Brachyteles arachnoides (muriqui)[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 Southern Muriquis in Continuous Brazilian Atlantic Forest, Mauricio Talebi, Alexandre Bastos, and P. C. Lee, International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 26, No. 5, October 2005, pp. 1175-1187
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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