Tervuren Xylarium Wood Database

Familia: Fabaceae

Subfamilia: Mimosoideae

Species name according to: Archivos do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro 3: 76-77, t. 4. 1922.

Accepted standard name: this name is accepted

Pictures from external sites

herbarium images herbarium images macroscopic photographs of wood

Wood characteristics from external sites

http://tropix.cirad.fr/ame/angelimver.pdf http://tropix.cirad.fr/america/angelimver.pdf

Features and microscopic photographs from Inside Wood database

http://insidewood.lib.ncsu.edu/description?descid=2857

Local and/or commercial names

Name	Language	Country	Source
Angelim falso	portuguese	trade name	http://www.tools-portal.com/de/werkstoffe/holz_inhalt.asp
Angelim ferro	portuguese	trade name	http://www.tools-portal.com/de/werkstoffe/holz_inhalt.asp
angelim-pedra	portuguese	Brazil	http://www.cepen.com.br/arvore_nat_list.htm#A%20Lista
angelim-pedra	portuguese	trade name	http://www.tools-portal.com/de/werkstoffe/holz_inhalt.asp
angelim-pedra-verdadeiro	portuguese	Brazil	http://www.downloads.myw.com.br/pdf/bosque_para_sempre/cap_12apendice.pdf
angelim-vermelho	portuguese	Brazil	http://www.cepen.com.br/arvore_nat_list.htm#A%20Lista
Faveira grande	portuguese	trade name	http://www.tools-portal.com/de/werkstoffe/holz_inhalt.asp
Faveira preta	portuguese		Coster (1993)
faveira-dura	portuguese	Brazil	http://www.cepen.com.br/arvore_nat_list.htm#A%20Lista
faveira-ferro	portuguese	Brazil	http://www.cepen.com.br/arvore_nat_list.htm#A%20Lista
Gurupa		trade name	http://www.tools-portal.com/de/werkstoffe/holz_inhalt.asp
Parakwa			Coster (1993)

Specimens available at the Tervuren Xylarium

Tw11133

Tw16959

Tw24699 Tw30685 Tw42669 Tw54024 Tw57285