Tree Fanatic

Tree Species

Caryodendron obovata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.

Taxonomy

Variable

Wood Density
17 rows
0.7530.7530air-dryWoods of the World
0.750.7500Fearnside, P.M. 1997. Wood density for estimating forest biomass in Brazilian. Forest Ecology and Management 90basic density (average: Carajas, Tapajos, Brazil)
0.70.90.8000Forestry Compendium, CAB International
0.580.790.6850Forestry Compendium, CAB International
0.790.7900Anonymous. 1979. La Amazonia Colombiana y sus recursos. Proyecto Radargrametrico de Amazonas. IGAC, Bogota. By H ter Steege.South America (tropical)
0.6550.6550Chudnoff, M. 1984. Tropical Timbers of the World. Washington, DC, USDA Forest Service.South America (tropical)
0.690.6900Detienne, P. and Jacquet, P. 1983. Atlas d'Identification des Bois de l'Amazonie et des Regions Voisines. Centre Technique Forestier Tropical, Nogent-sur-Marne, France.South America (tropical)
0.650.6500Gazel, 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 Unpublished report of the Office National des Forets.South America (tropical)
0.6890.6890Gérard, J., Miller, R.B. and ter Welle, B.J.H. 1996. Major timber trees of Guyana: timber characteristics and utilization. Tropenbos Series 15, Tropenbos Foundation, Wageningen, The Netherlands. South America (tropical)
0.660.6600Gutierrez Rojas, V.H. and Sandova, l. J.S. (sin fecha). Informacion Technica para el Procesamiento Industrial de 134 Especies Maderables de Bolivia. Serie Tecnica XII. Ministerio de Desarrollo Sostenible y Planificacion. Santa Cruz, La Paz, Bolivia. 352 pSouth America (tropical)
0.80.8000IBDF. 1983. Potencial madeireira do Grande Carajas, Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal, Brasilia, DF Brasil, 134 pp. In Fearnside, P.M. 1997. Wood density for estimating forest biomass in Brazilian Amazonia. Forest Ecology and Management 90South America (tropical)
0.680.6800Malavassi, I.M.C. 1992. Maderas de Costa Rica: 150 Especies forestales, Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica.Central America (tropical)
0.610.6100Proyectos 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)
0.660.6600Reyes, 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 summaSouth America (tropical)
0.5980.5980sgBCI measured by Helene Muller-Landau on BCI in 2000.Central America (tropical)
0.60.6000Worldagroforestry wood density databaseSouth America (tropical)
0.650.6500Baker, T.R., Phillips, O.L., Malhi, Y., Almeida, S., Arroyo, L., Di Fiore, A., Erwin, T., Killeen, T.J., Laurance, S.G., Laurance, W.F., Lewis, S.L., Lloyd, J., Monteagudo, A., Neill, D.A., Patiño, S., Pitman, N.C.A.,Silva, J.N.M. and Martínez, R.V. (200Americas
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Statistic Summary of Wood Density (g/cm³)

N
17
Mean
0.6894
Median
0.6800
Mode
0.6500, 0.6600, 0.8000
Stdv
0.0667
Variance
0.0044
Range
[0.598, 0.8]
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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