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Virola sebifera (virola)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Virola sebifera,also known as Myristica sebifera, common names ucuúba-do-cerrado and red ucuuba, is a type of tree from the family Myristicaceae, from Central America and South America (Costa Rica to northern Brazil). It is found in evergreen forests and savannas up to about 1,400 m (4,600 ft) in altitude.
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Attributes

Janka Hardness [2]  480 lbf (218 kgf) Very Soft
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [3]  0.5
Structure [1]  Tree

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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
♦ 3Wood specific gravity of trees and forest types in the southern Peruvian Amazon, Deborah W. Woodcock, ACTA AMAZONICA 30(4): 589-599. 2000
♦ 4The sugar composition of fruits in the diet of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in tropical humid forest in Costa Rica, Pablo Riba-Hernández, Kathryn E. Stoner and Peter W. Lucas, Journal of Tropical Ecology (2003) 19:709–716
♦ 5DISPERSAL OF A NEOTROPICAL NUTMEG (VIROLA SEBIFERA) BY BIRDS, HENRY F. HOWE, The Auk 98: 88-98. January1981
♦ 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
♦ 7del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 8TOCO TOUCAN FEEDING ECOLOGY AND LOCAL ABUNDANCE IN A HABITAT MOSAIC IN THE BRAZILIAN CERRADO, José Ragusa-Netto, ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 19: 345–359, 2008
♦ 9Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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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