The integrated taxonomic information system itis provides authoritative taxonomic information on cordia alliodora, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of north america and the world. A glm test was used to determine the relationship between flowering and fruit set processes and rainfall. Recent phylogeographic structure in a widespread weedy. Vendramin5, anna buonamici5 and david boshier1 1department of plant sciences, university of oxford, oxford ox1 3rb, uk, 2hawkesbury institute for the environment, university of. Cordia alliodora is one of several cordia trees called bocote in spanish and its wood, which has very little figure, is usually called freijo or jennywood along with that of cordia goeldiana. Recent phylogeographic structure in a widespread weedy neotropical tree species, cordia alliodora boraginaceae. African studies american studies ancient near east and egypt art history asian studies book history and cartography biblical studies classical studies education. Beer department of renewable natural resources, ca tie, turrialba costa rica accepted 15 july 1986 abstract somarriba, e. The neotropical tree cordia alliodora hosts colonies of azteca pittieri ants. We performed measurements of floral traits to detect variations within the population and.
The plot was weeded during its first year, both manually and using herbicides. The wood is used for boat decking, furniture, cabinetry and guitarbass building luthiers and sometimes substitutes for mahogany or teak. The mechanical properties of this timber are similar to. Caution should be used when planting it offsite by s. Traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of the. Traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of the medicinal species of the genus cordia boraginaceae manisha j. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Growth data, taken annually for 58 years in twelve permanent agroforestry sample plots, together with annual ring counts of basal discs and stem volume measurements of. The fruit has been reported to be rich in polysaccharide. Allometric equations for cordia alliodora a dominant timber tree. Lowcost agricultural waste accelerates tropical forest.
Forest ecology and management, 18 1987 1126 1 elsevier science publishers b. Cordia alliodora is also found on most of the caribbean islands from cuba to trinidad but is probably not native to jamaica johnston 1950. Flowering and fruiting was measured for 256 plants. Cordia alliodora is used for reforestation programs and farm income in northern costa rica. Wood is good quality, easy to work, resistant to decay, frequently used in various kinds of construction. Kulkarnia ashobhaben pratapbhai patel school of pharmacy and technology management, svkms nmims, vile parle w, mumbai, india and bsvkms dr. Production and competitive effects of the shade trees cordia alliodora and. The trees produce domatia where ants nest at stem nodes and also at the node between the peduncle and the rachides of. Here, we examine the phylogeographic structure of a widespread and economically important tree, cordia alliodora, to. Usda, ars, germplasm resources information network. Laurel cordia alliodora is a tropical hardwood that grows from mexico to. Cordia alliodora commercially known as laurel or salmwood is an important plantation species. Total tree height h of laurel cordia alliodora in forestry and agroforestry. Pdf survival, growth, timber productivity and site index of cordia.
Described from a male and two females collected with scale, insects in hollow swellings at fork of twigs of cordia alliodora ruiz and pavon probably var. Botanica, ecologia, regeneracao artificial, semente, fenologia, coleta, muda, urua, producao, cordia alliodora, amazonia, brasil, botany, ecology, artificial. Dendroecological analysis of cordia alliodora, pseudobombax. A constitutively high hydraulic capacity coupled with plastic or genotypic adjustment in vulnerability to embolism and leaf water relations would contribute to the ability of c. Pdf plant defense, herbivory, and the growth of cordia.
Department of renewable natural resources, ca tie, turrialba costa rica. Flowering begins when the tree is only 23 year old and viable seed is produced from its 5th year. Freijo the wood database lumber identification hardwood. Fine roots grew rapidly in all treatments during the first 15 wk, at which time there were 75 gm 2 in the monoculture and 140g m 2 in the enriched and natural successions.
Widely distributed in tropical africa, found in closed forests and old secondary formations. In most papers on cocoa ecosystems, soil nutrient stocks were given in kg ha 1 and these stocks were calculated from soil chemical analysis. It has proved itself to be one of a small number of species that can be generally planted in the lowland tropics. Flowering and fruiting habit the flowers have a nectariferous disk and are pollinated by butterflies like the other species in this genus. It remained healthy under plantation conditions over 20 years alder and montenegro, 1999.
Freijo is known by an abundance of common names, such as laurel blanco, and is a relative of the more commonlyknown bocote and ziricote. It is grown in plantations in both central and south american, and. Erythrina poeppigiana or cordia alliodora was around 1 ton ha 1,buthigher values were found at the end of the rainy season munoz and beer, 2001. Return to the vascular plant image library entry page or search the library. A manual of permanent plot procedures for tropical rain forests. Pdf matching tree species to appropriate site conditions and stand management. Dendroecological analysis of cordia alliodora, pseudobombax septenatum and annona spraguei in central panama. Dimensions, volumes and growth of cordia alliodora in agroforestry. Stand development of cordia alliodora boraginaceae, a. Media in category cordia alliodora the following 26 files are in this category, out of 26 total. Bhanuben nanavati college of pharmacy, vile parle w, mumbai, india. Plant profile, phytochemistry and pharmacology of cordia.
Damage and yield change in cocoa crops due to harvesting. Cordia alliodora in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Cordia alliodora, drought, embolism, hydraulic conductivity. Aim although hundreds of tree species have broad geographic ranges in the neotropics, little is known about how such widespread species attained disjunct distributions around mountain, ocean and xer. Its appearance has been compared to teak or mahogany, though it bears no direct botanical relation to either. Cordia alliodora y cedro cedrela odorata y cedrela montana. No insecticide had been applied, and routine maintenance consisted of occasional light pruning of the cordia. Top of page the modern classification of the pantropical genus cordia is based on the treatment originally devised by johnston 1930 and more recently revised by miller 1985. Cordia alliodora is a species of flowering tree in the borage family, boraginaceae, that is native. Special issue recent phylogeographic structure in a widespread weedy neotropical tree species, cordia alliodora boraginaceae paul d. We characterized variations in cordia boissieri flowers and established if these variations occur between plants or between flowering events. Manejo silvicultural en laurel blanco cordia alliodora.
Pdf recent phylogeographic structure in a widespread. Ipni nomenclature info for cordia alliodora nomenclatural information about cordia alliodora is provided by the international plant names index. Flower, fruit phenology and flower traits in cordia. Predictive models were developed for cordia alliodora branch and theobroma cacao branch or leaf biomass,based on branch basal areas r2. Grows to a height of 60 to 100 ft, bole cylindrical, but rarely straight, 30 to 40 ft. The agroforestry systems of cacao theobroma cacao under laurel cordia alliodora and cacao under poro erythrina poeppigiana were studied at catie. The mechanical properties of this timber are similar to those of coaba mahogany, swietenia macropylla. Cordia alliodora is widely used for internal and external construction, general carpentry, furniture, railroads, bridge structures, veneers, boats, and beveled board, and it is very good for pulp paper production. Laurel is the most widely distributed species of cordia, a genus including some. Recent phylogeographic structure in a issue widespread. Dimensions, volumes and growth of cordia alliodora in. Pdf available to download at also published in spanish find, read and cite all. Modelling agroforestry systems of cacao theobroma cacao with.
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