Wood Specimen's Information:  

 
  Museum Floor  &  Size of Specimens :

First floor, Timber Section

  Specimen's Access Number :

CBRw007
  Binomial Name of Specimen :

Ochroma lagopus (New Name Ochroma pyramidale)
  Specimen's Collector Name :

 
  Specimen's Collection Area :

Pr by silviculturint Ooty
 

Specimen's Collection Date

 :

Ooty,Tamil Nadu
  Specimen's Collection Country :

India
  Specimen's Collection Continent :

Asia
  Number of Specimen Available :

2
  Whether it is available for mutual exchange :

yes
Scientific Classification of Wood Specimen:  

 
  Kingdom :

Plantae
  Division :

Magnoliophyta
 

Class

 :

Magnoliopsida
  Order :

Malvales
  Family :

Malvaceae
  Genus :

Ochroma
  Subgenus :

 
  Species :

Ochroma lagopus (Ochroma pyramidale)
 

Author of Species

 :

Olof Swartz (SW)
  Common/Trade Name :

Balsa, Bois Flot, Corkwood, Down-Tree, West Indian Balsa
  Vernacular Name :

English: Balsa, Bois Flot, Corkwood, Down-Tree, West Indian Balsa

French: Patte-De-Liθve

German: Balsabaum

Telugu: Bendakaya
  Distribution of Species :

tropical South America north and southern Mexico, Antigua • Aruba • Austria • Bahamas • Barbados • Belize • Bolivia • Brazil • British Virgin Islands • Cameroon • Cayman Islands • China • Colombia • Costa Rica • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • El Salvador • French Guiana • Grenada • Guadeloupe • Guatemala • Guyana • Haiti • Honduras • India • Indonesia • Jamaica • Martinique • Mexico • Mexico:Oaxaca • Mexico:Veracruz • Nicaragua • Niger • Nigeria • Panama • Papua New Guinea • Paraguay • Peru • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Suriname • Tanzania • Trinidad and Tobago • Turks and Caicos Islands • United States • Venezuela

 

Uses

 : Balsa wood is often used as a core material in composites, and as a result many wind turbines are made partially of balsa. It also remains a popular material for model aircraft, offering an excellent balance of strength and lightness.
  Normal Picture of Specimens :

 
  Anatomical Picture of Specimens :

 

 

 

 

 

References :

 

  

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