Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Piscidia > Piscidia carthagenensis

Piscidia carthagenensis (stinkwood; Zopilocuavo; Dogwood; Frijolillo; Cachimbo; Ventura; Tatzungo; Palo Santo; Matapez; Cuchivan; Cahuirica; Barbasco De Agua Dulce; Barbasco Blanco; Barbasco; Arepo)

Synonyms:

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  None
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Shade Percentage [1]  80 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Medium-Low
Janka Hardness [3]  2630 lbf (1193 kgf) Very Hard
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Specific Gravity [5]  0.8
Structure [4]  Tree
Height [1]  30 feet (9.1 m)
Width [1]  30 feet (9.1 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Water Use [1]  Moderate to Low

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  
Palo Verde National Park II 46190 Costa Rica  
Reserva Biológica Lomas Barbudal Biological Reserve Ia 6552 Costa Rica  
Santa Rosa National Park II 95780 Costa Rica

Predators

Astraptes fulgerator (Skipper)[6]
Codatractus alcaeus[6]
Polygonus leo (Hammock Skipper)[6]
Polythrix asine[6]
Proteides mercurius (Mercurial Skipper)[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 4USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 5Jérôme 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
♦ 6Jorrit 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.
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