Tiger wood
Tiger wood or Gonçalo alves , Muiracatiara , is the name for wood species from various tree species of the genus Astronium such as; Astronium graveolens , Astronium fraxinifolium , Astronium lecointei and Astronium balansae from northern South America.
The wood of Lovoa trichilioides (African walnut) from Africa is also known as tiger wood . Wood from Paramachaerium schomburgkii from northern Brazil is also called this, but it is of low value. Also Erythrina standleyana and Erythrina rubrinervia be described with Tiger wood.
The streaky grain of the wood is reminiscent of a tiger skin. Zebra wood is similar .
Web links
- Goncalo Alves, Tigerwood at The Wood Database.
- Goncalo Alves, Tigerwood on holzvomfach.de.
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Jahnel: Manual of Guitar Technology. (JC Harvey: The guitar and its construction. 7th German edition, Bochinsky), engl. Strummer, 1981, 2000, ISBN 0-933224-99-0 , p. 73.
- ↑ MM Grandtner, Julien Chevrette: Dictionary of Trees. Volume 2: South America , Academic Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-396954-5 , p. 480.
- ^ A. Ducke: Notes on the Genus Paramachaerium. In: Tropical Woods. No. 41, Yale University, School of Forestry, 1935, online (PDF), accessed May 15, 2019.
- ↑ Umberto Quattrocchi: CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants. CRC Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4822-5064-0 , pp. 1636 f.