Everything about Chlorocardium totally explained
Chlorocardium rodiei (
Greenheart) is a member of the family
Lauraceae. It is the sole species of the genus
Chlorocardium, formerly classified in either of the genera
Nectandra or
Ocotea, as
Nectandra rodiei or
Ocotea rodiei. Other local names include
sipiri,
beeberu and
bibiru. It is native to northern
South America, chiefly in
Guyana (formerly
British Guiana).
It is an
evergreen tree growing to 15-30 m tall with a trunk diameter of 35-60 cm. The
leaves are opposite, simple, with an entire margin. The
fruit is a
drupe containing a single
seed.
Uses
The wood is extremely hard and strong, so hard that it can't be worked with standard tools. Being extremely durable in marine conditions, Greenheart is used extensively in the building of docks and in similar applications and was an early choice for
fly fishing rods.
Greenheart is listed on the
IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable. Between 15 and 28% of the original population has been harvested to date. Harvesting as a commercial timber began in the late 1700s, but most of the harvesting has only taken place since the introduction of
chainsaws in 1967.
The
Fram and the
Endurance, the two strongest wooden ships ever constructed and made famous in the polar expeditions of
Amundsen and
Shackleton, were sheathed in greenheart to prevent the ships from being crushed by ice.
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