Tree Species

Carapa guineensis Sweet ex A. Juss.

Taxonomy

Species:: Carapa guineensis Sweet ex A. Juss.
Genus:: Carapa
Family:: Meliaceae

Synonym(s)

Common Names

african crabwood (Indonesia)

Variable

Wood Density

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0.56		0.67	0.6150		Forestry Compendium, CAB International
	0.577		0.5770		CELOS (Center for Agricultural Research in Suriname) reports compiled By H ter Steege for ter Steege, H. and Hammond, D.S. 2001. Character convergence, diversity, and disturbance in tropical rain forest in Guyana. Ecology 82: 3197-3212.	South America (tropical)
	0.58		0.5800		Chichignoud, M., Deon, G., Detienne, P., Parant, B. and P. Vantomme. 1990. Atlas des Bois Tropicaux d'Amerique Latine. CIRAD-Foret, Nogent-Sur-Marne France, and Organisation internationale des Bois Tropicaux, Yokohama, Japan.	South America (tropical)
	0.59		0.5900		Do Nascimento, C.C., 1993. Variabilidade da densidade basica e de propriedades mecanicas de madeiras da Amazonia. Masters thesis in Forestry Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura 'Luiz de Queiroz', Piracicaba, SP Brazil, 129.	South America (tropical)
	0.55		0.5500		Gazel, M. 1983. Croissance des arbres et productivite des peuplements en foret dense equatoriale de Guyane. Unpublished report of the Office National des Forets.	South America (tropical)
	0.59		0.5900		Howard, L.A. 1951. A manual of the timbers of the world: their characteristics and uses. London, MacMillan. 751 pp. This data is in Reyes et al 1992. USDA report.	Africa (tropical)
	0.43		0.4300		INPA 1991. Catalogo de madeiras da Amazônia. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coodenação de Pesquisas em Produtos Forestais, Manaus, AM Brasil, 163 pp. In Fearnside, P.M. 1997. Wood density for estimating forest biomass in Brazilian Amazonia.	South America (tropical)
	0.74		0.7400		Kryn, J.M., and Fobes, E.W. 1959. The Woods of Liberia. Forest Products Laboratory Document No. 2159, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.	Africa (tropical)
	0.53		0.5300		Kukachka, B.F. 1970. Properties of imported tropical woods. Forest Products Laboratory Research Paper 125,Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture.	Africa (tropical)
	0.73		0.7300		Lorenzi, H. 1992. Arboles brasileiras: Manual de identificação e cultivo de plantas arbóreas nativas do Brasil. Nova Odessa, SP, Brazil, Instituto Plantarum de Estudos da Flora Ltda. ISBN 85-86714-11-9 www.plantarum.com.br.	South America (tropical)
	0.47		0.4700		Malavassi, I.M.C. 1992. Maderas de Costa Rica: 150 Especies forestales, Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica.	Central America (tropical)
	0.49		0.4900		Proyectos Andinos de Desarrollo Technologico en el area de los recursos forestales tropicales. 1981. Tablas de propiedades fisicas y mecanicas de la madera de 20 especies del Peru. PADT-REFORT, Lima. By T Baker.	South America (tropical)
	0.56		0.5600		Reyes, G., Brown, S., Chapman, J. and Lugo, A.E. 1992. Wood densities of tropical tree species. General Technical Report SO-88, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. Brown's 1997 FAO Primer is a summa	South America (tropical)
	0.41		0.4100		sg4FLS measured by Helene Muller-Landau at La Selva in 2001.	Central America (tropical)
	0.621		0.6210		Tree Talk. 2005. Woods of the World Pro CD. Springer-Verlag.	Africa (tropical)
	0.613		0.6130		Values compiled from various sources by the BDFFP project	South America (tropical)
	0.54		0.5400		Wangaard, F.F. and Muschler, A.F. 1952. Tropical Woods 98: 1-190.	Africa (tropical)
	0.59		0.5900		Reyes, G., Brown, S., Chapman, J. and Lugo, A.E. (1992). Wood densities of tropical tree species. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, New Orleans, LA.	Africa

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Statistic Summary of Wood Density (g/cm³)

N: 18
Mean: 0.5681
Median: 0.5785
Mode: 0.5900
Stdv: 0.0864
Variance: 0.0075
Range: [0.41, 0.74]

Cumulative Distribution Plot

If the Moisture Content column is undefined, you may assume the value of 15%
The statistic summary is based on data availability in the database, thus it may change upon the data collection updates

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