Tervuren Xylarium Wood Database

Familia: Fabaceae

Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae

Species name according to: Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 7: 376. 1821.

Accepted standard name: this name is accepted

Synonyms

Copaiba guianensis Kuntze; Copaifera beyrichii Hayne ex Baker; Copaifera bijuga Hayne; Copaiva guianensis (Desf.) E.H.L. Krause;

Pictures from external sites

herbarium images herbarium images

Wood characteristics from external sites

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

Features and microscopic photographs from Inside Wood database

http://insidewood.lib.ncsu.edu/description?descid=1246

Local and/or commercial names

Name	Language	Region	Country	Source
Hoepelhout	dutch		trade name	http://www.tools-portal.com/de/werkstoffe/holz_inhalt.asp

Specimens available at the Tervuren Xylarium

Tw22108

Tw22109

Tw22110

Tw25476