Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Malvales > Malvaceae > Spirotheca > Spirotheca codazziana

Spirotheca codazziana (silk floss tree)

Synonyms: Spirotheca trilobata

Attributes

Janka Hardness [1]  670 lbf (304 kgf) Soft
Specific Gravity [2]  0.39

Predators

Nipaecoccus nipae (coconut mealybug)[3]
Philephedra tuberculosa[3]
Pionus maximiliani (Scaly-headed Parrot)[4]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Phyllostomus discolor (pale spear-nosed bat)[5]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 2Jérôme 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
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4Diet of the Scaly-headed Parrot (Pionus maximiliani) in a Semideciduous Forest in Southeastern Brazil, Mauro Galetti, BIOTROPICA 25(4): 419-425 1993
♦ 5Phyllostomus discolor, Gary G. Kwiecinski, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 801, pp. 1–11 (2006)
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