Partridge wood

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Boco wood
Xylobolus frustulatus infested "partridge wood"

Partridge wood or Boco (a) wood also Boko wood , is the name for the wood of various tree species such as Bocoa prouacensis from Suriname , French Guiana and Guyana or Heisteria coccinea from Venezuela , as well as Andira species; such as Andira inermis , Andira fraxinifolia , Andira coriacea , Andira surinamensis or Vataireopsis araroba (Syn .: Andira araroba ) from northern South and Central America . Even brown heart wood of Vouacapoua americana from the same region of origin has a similar grain . The wood of Senna siamea (Syn .: Cassia siamea ) from Southeast Asia also has similar optical properties.

It is also known as Partridge wood or Pheasant wood in English .

The wood is characterized by a beautiful, often feather-like striped and flamed grain , reminiscent of the plumage of a partridge .

"Partridge wood" is also known as oak wood , which is attacked by the mosaic layer fungus Xylobolus frustulatus (syn .: Stereum frustulosum and Thelephora perdix ) and forms a white rot .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pierer's Universal Lexicon. Volume 2, Altenburg 1857, p. 942 .: Bocoholz at Zeno.org .
  2. ^ Franz Kollmann: Veneers, ply wood and blockboard. Springer, 1962, ISBN 978-3-642-92835-2 (reprint), p. 42.
  3. ↑ J. Bärner: The timber of the world. Volume 2, Neumann, 1942, p. 210.
  4. ↑ Mosaic layer mushrooms - Xylobolus in Der Titling.
  5. ↑ Josef Grossmann: Commercial knowledge of woodworking. Volume 1: Wood as a raw material , Springer, 1922, ISBN 978-3-663-15395-5 (reprint), pp. 48, 124.

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