Manilkara bidentata
Logging, Balatabaum ( Manilkara bidentata )
The Balatabaum ( Manilkara bidentata ) is a plant from the family of Sapotengewächse ( Sapotaceae ). It is widely distributed in the Caribbean and tropical Central and South America.
Description
The Balatabaum is a slow- growing evergreen tree that can reach heights of growth of more than 30 meters and a trunk diameter of 1.3 meters at best locations. Full-grown trees form a dense crown with horizontal branches. Mature trees have wide buttress roots. The parts of the plant contain a white milky sap. The change-constant leaves are dark green and with a length of about 15 centimeters elliptical with faint parallel leaf veins.
The flowering time is at the beginning of the rainy season. The hermaphrodite, radial symmetry flowers are greenish- yellow to white. The spherical with a diameter of about 2.5 cm berries have an edible sweet flesh surrounding the usually only one shiny, black seeds, and sometimes two seeds are included.
Use
The wood of the Balata is traded under the names massaranduba, balata rouge, beef or horsemeat wood - wood. If the origin of the Peru trade name is Quinilla. It is a tropical hardwood species, similar bangkirai.
The color of the wood is a very dark red to reddish brown. With a weight of 1100 to 1300 kg / m³ not float this timber. It is used for carpentry, joinery, railway sleepers, hydraulic engineering, bridge construction, shipbuilding, furniture, veneer, musical instruments, tools and sports equipment. Due to its pronounced shrinkage behavior, it is not suitable for dimensionally stable components. In Europe, particularly products for outdoor use from massaranduba on the market due to its weather resistance. Classification of the natural durability according to DIN EN 350-2 Class 1 (very durable ). A negative feature of this wood is the increased swelling and shrinking behavior.
The milk of the Balatabaumes, the Balata is guttaperchaartig and is used for the manufacture of drive and conveyor belts. Also from this kind can be " chicle ", a chewing gum mass gain.
Other trade names: Maçaranduba (BR), Baiata (SR, CO), nisperillo (CO), quinilla (PE), purguo morado (VE), bullet wood Beefwood, ( GB)
Because of its origin and the associated, usually difficult to control " production " is the use of this tropical timber not without controversy. Because of its slow growth is questionable whether a sustainable and ecological forestry use is possible.
System
This species was in 1844 under the name Mimusops bidentata by Alphonse de Candolle Pyrame in Prodromus systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, 8, pp. 204-205 firstdescribed. Auguste Jean Baptiste Chevalier published 1932 today valid name Manilkara bidentata in Revue de Botanique et d'Agriculture Tropicale Appliquée 12 (128 ), pp. 270 Other synonyms for Manilkara bidentata ( A.DC. ) A.Chev. are: . Achras Aubl balata, balata Manilkara ( Aubl. ) Dubard, Manilkara balata var cruegeri (Pierre) Dubard, Manilkara balata gutta var (Pierre) Dubard, Manilkara balata var hartii (Pierre) Dubard, Manilkara balata var melinonis (Pierre) Dubard, Manilkara balata var schomburgkii (Pierre) Dubard, Manilkara balata var sieberi ( A.DC. ) Dubard, Manilkara bidentata var cruegeri (Pierre) Chev. , Manilkara darienensis ( Pittier ) Standlschmaus. , Mimusops balata ( Aubl. ) CFGaertn. , Mimusops balata var cruegeri Pierre, Mimusops balata gutta Pierre var, var hartii Pierre Mimusops balata, balata Mimusops var melinonis Pierre, Mimusops balata var schomburgkii Pierre, Mimusops balata var sieberi (A. DC. ) Pierre, Mimusops darienensis Pittier, Mimusops surinamensis Miq. , sapota mulleri flower ex Bleekrod.
Swell
- P. L. Weaver: Manilkara bidentata (A. DC. ) Chev. - Ausubo, balata in Silvics of North America, Volume 2 - Hard Woods. (Section Description, distribution and use )