Ormosia nobilis

Ormosia nobilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Ormosia
Species: O. nobilis
Binomial name
Ormosia nobilis
Tul.

Ormosia nobilis (sometimes incorrectly: Ormosia novilis[1]) is a tree-forming plant species in the genus Ormosia.[2] It grows in tropical South America, primarily in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, and Venezuela.[1][2] The Ormosis nobilis tree is known as "sirari"[3] and it produces a commercial hardwood which is also known as sirari.[1]

Growth characteristics

The tree grows in the rain forests and reaches heights of up to 30 metres (98 ft), with very straight and cylindrical trunks.[3]

Uses

The wood is commercially cut for hardwood floors.[1][3] The seeds are used in native handicrafts.[4]

Names

The tree and the wood are known by a variety of names including:[1]

Varieties

Varieties include:

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sirari (Botanical: Ormosia novilis)". Woodworkers Source (World Timbers Inc.). Archived from the original on 9 January 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Ormosia nobilis Tul.". ILDIS Legumes of the World (version 6.0). Archived from the original on 30 November 2004.
  3. 1 2 3 "Sirari". (INPA).
  4. Frausin, Gina; Trujillo, Edwin; Correa, Marco A. and Gonzalez, Victor H. (2008). "Seeds Used in Handicrafts Manufactured by an Emberá-Katío Indigenous Population Displaced by Violence in Colombia". Caldasia (Bogotá) 30 (2).
  5. "Ormosia nobilis Tul. Var. bolivarensis Rudd". ILDIS Legumes of the World (version 6.0). Archived from the original on 30 November 2004.
  6. "Ormosia nobilis Tul. Var. nobilis". ILDIS Legumes of the World (version 10.38).
  7. "Ormosia nobilis Tul. Var. santaremnensis (Ducke)Rudd". ILDIS Legumes of the World (version 10.38).

Further reading

External links

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