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Virola surinamensis (Baboonwood)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Virola surinamensis, known commonly as baboonwood and chalviande, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is found in Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. It has also been naturalized in the Caribbean. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Virola surinamensis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Virola surinamensis

Attributes

Janka Hardness [2]  540 lbf (245 kgf) Very Soft
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [3]  0.42
Structure [1]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carara National Park II 12983 Costa Rica  
Corcovado National Park 115845 Costa Rica  
Reserva Biológica Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve Ia 24641 Costa Rica  

Predators

External References

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
♦ 3Properties of Imported Tropical Woods, B. FRANCIS KUKACHKA, U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Howe, HF, EW Schupp, and LC Westley. 1985. Early consequences of seed dispersal for a Neotropical tree (Virola surinamensis) Ecology 66:781-791
♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 7THE FOOD HABITS OF THREE ALLOCHTHONOUS FEEDING CHARACOIDS IN FRENCH GUIANA, Boujard T., Sabatier D., Rojas-Beltran R., Prevost M.F., Renno Jean-François, Rev. Ecol. (Terre Vie),vol. 45, 1990 p. 247-258
♦ 8Diet of the Chaco Chachalaca, Sandra M. Caziani and Jorge J. Protomastro, The Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 106, No. 4 (Dec., 1994), pp. 640-648
♦ 9Notes on Occurrence and Feeding of Birds at Crater Mountain Biological Research Station, Papua New Guinea, Andrew L. Mack and Debra D. Wright, EMU Vol. 96, 89-101, 1996
♦ 10Erard C., Théry M., Sabatier Daniel. (1991). Régime alimentaire de Tinamus major (Tinamidae), Crax alector (Cracidae) et Psophia crepitans ((Psophiidae), en forêt guyanaise. Gibier Faune Sauvage, 8, 183-210.
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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