Tropic Timber : species

TEAK Guyana

Well-formed tree to a height of 150 ft and diameters to 5 ft but more commonly to 3 ft Boles are clear for 60 to 80 ft over heavy buttresses.

PURPLEHEART

Trees grow to heights of 170 ft with diameters to 4 ft, but usually 1.5 to 3 ft; boles are straight, cylindrical, and clear 60 to 90 ft above buttresses up to 12 ft. high.

TATAJUBA

Rather infrequent occurrence in the Guianas and the Brazilian Amazon. A large, well-formed, unbuttressed canopy tree with a flat, umbrella-shaped crown. The trees are generally 20 to 24 in. in diameter, and 90 to 100 ft in height. The bole is cylindrical and 60 to 70 ft high. Bark, when cut, yields large quantities a sweet, sticky latex. Unseasoned heartwood is yellow, often streaked with brown, becoming lustrous golden-brown to russet on exposure.

JONGO KABBES

Sometimes to a height of 125 ft with trunk diameters to 6 ft, commonly to 3 ft, boles have narrow high buttresses and may be clear for 70 ft.

JABOTY

Trees to heights of 100 ft. sometimes attaining 200ft; with diameter to 100 cm. Clear stems extend to 60 or 70 ft. light to heavily buttressed. Heartwood light brown, sometimes pink brown, more or less dark, sometimes with red or purplish shades.

BERG GRONFOLO

Trees to heights of 100 ft, sometimes attaining 200 ft; with diameters to 25 in., reaching 40 in. occasionally. Clear stems extend to 60 or 70 ft. Light to heavily buttressed.

DON CEDAR

A large tree 100 to 160 ft tall with a trunk diameter of 5 to 9 ft. Trees felled in Huanuco Province of Peru were up to 4 ft in diameter with merchantable heights of 4 ft and more.

PARTRIDGE WOOD

Evergreen, unbuttressed, moderate-sized trees; diameters of 20 to 28 in., heights of 90 to 120 ft, and clear boles 60 to 70 ft long are not uncommon.

GELE KABBES

Sometimes to a height of 125 ft with trunk diameters to 6 ft, commonly to 3 ft, boles have narrow high buttresses and may be clear for 70 ft.

KOPIE

A large buttressed, semi-deciduous, canopy tree; grows to a height of 130 ft and with diameters to 36 in., but usually 20 to 24 in.

MERIE

Heights 90 to 120 ft with long cylindrical clear bole 60 to 70 ft; commonly 20 to 28 in. in diameter, occasionally up to 48 in.

FUNGU

Varies with species: Heights range from 65 to 110 ft, well-formed boles may be clear for 50 to 60 ft in the larger trees. Diameters commonly 16 to 24 in., often to 36 in. Some species are buttressed or stilt-rooted.

BOSMAHONIE

Mature trees are from 50 to 75 ft tail, with a well-formed trunk sometimes 36 in. in diameter, clear of branches for 35 ft.

INGIEPIPA

Up to 120 ft high with trunk diameters 3 to 4 ft; boles are well formed above the stout buttresses.

KWATA PATU

Size varies with species but may reach height of 130 ft with straight cylindrical boles clear to 60 ft and more, diameters of 5 to 6 ft are common; usually 20 to 30 in. Stems are somewhat buttressed or shallowly fluted.

KWATAKAMA

Sometimes to a height of 125 ft with trunk diameters to 6 ft, commonly to 3 ft, boles have narrow high buttresses and may be clear for 70 ft.

SALI

Varies with species but may reach a height of 100 ft with diameters up to 28 in. Boles with a few buttresses, of moderately good form, and clear for 30 to 40 ft.

WALLABA

Usually 80 to 90 ft high with trunk diameters 16 to 24 in. above the low buttresses. Boles straight, cylindrical, and clear to 40 to 60 ft. Heart rot common.

WANAKWARI

Varies with species, commonly 100 ft in height with diameters of 24 in.; however trees to a height of 190 ft and diameters up to 6 ft are reported. Boles are sometimes basally swollen or buttressed, cylindrical, and clear.

MAHOGANY AFRICAN

Reaches heights of 180 to 200 ft; boles are straight, cylindrical, and clear to 90 ft; trunk diameters are 3 to 6 ft, buttressed.

EBIARA

Reaches a height of 100 to 130 ft, boles often irregular, sometimes fluted with low buttresses; trunk diameters 3 to 5 ft.

PADAUK

Reaches a height of 100 to 130 ft, bole straight, cylindrical, and clear to 70 ft; trunk diameters 2 to 4 ft, sometimes to 5 ft.

TALI

Up to 100 to 140 ft in height; with a bole length of 30 to 50 ft, usually irregular often buttressed; trunk diameters 3 to 5 ft. Seed and bark are poisonous if ingested

BLACK KAKARALLI

Most species reach heights of 90 to 120 ft with trunk diameters of 16 to 24 in., sometimes up to 40 in. Boles are moderately well formed, 40 to 60 ft long; often somewhat fluted or slightly buttressed.

DARINA

A medium-sized to very large tree, sometimes 150 ft in height with diameters to 10 ft.

LIMONABALLI

The sapwood is light brown but not clearly distinct from the heartwood which is pale, yellowish brown to dark brown. The grain is straight to interlocked and texture fine. The bole is 16-24m in length with a diameter of 60-90cm.

MANNI

Frequently 100 ft in height with trunk diameters of 20 to 30 in.; exceptional specimens are 135 ft tall with diameters over 40 in. Stems develop stiltroots with numerous elbow buttresses.

MORA

Usually 100 to 120 ft high and 2 to 3 ft in diameter with clear boles 60 ft and more above very large buttresses that may extend 15 ft up the trunk. Trees of M. excelsa 160 to 200 ft high and 4 ft in diameter are reported.

MANNIBALLI

The wood is light yellow to yellow brown, slightly veined. It has clearly demarcated sapwood. The grain is straight and the texture is medium. The grain is sometimes wavy in the periphery of logs. Density at 12 % moisture content: 0.90 g/cm3.

MAPOROKON

Diameter: from 40 t o 70 cm , Colour: Pinkish brown, Sapwood: Not clearly demarcated, Texture: Coarse Durability in forest : Low (must be treated), Grain: Straight or interlocked

PACURI

Heartwood dark yellow brown, grayish-or pinkish-brown merging gradually into the sapwood; surfaces sometimes specked with resinous exudations. Luster medium to rather low; grain straight to irregular and roey; texture medium to coarse; odorless and tasteless.

ROSE OF THE MOUNTAIN

A very rare and exotic hardwood from the jungles of western Guyana. Highly figured, the color ranges from a soft creamy beige to pinkish brown, to mauve brown. Streaking and spots in various sizes of soft dark brown, to chocolate, float throughout the wood with lines and ribbons resembling exotic landscapes. Finishes to a hard, marble like surface.