Balsa wood is a very lightweight material with many uses. Given their densities, it is reasonable to assume that all domestic u. Pdf can a fastgrowing earlysuccessional tree ochroma. In second growth forest in lowland costa rica, ants forage at the foliar nectaries of juvenile ochroma pyramidale. Ex lam, is native to the neotropical forests and frequently grows on fallow and degraded land. Rearrange individual pages or entire files in the desired order. Improving the smallholder balsa value chain in east new. Request pdf mechanics of balsa ochroma pyramidale wood balsa wood is one of the preferred core materials in structural sandwich. Mechanics of balsa ochroma pyramidale wood core reader. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. Malvales of north america update, database version 2011 acquired. Pdf ochroma pyramidale balsa is a fastgrowing tree, grown as a plantation crop by both companies and smallholders in east new britain province.
If your computer is not already set up to read these files, you can download the free adobe acrobat reader. Media in category ochroma pyramidale the following 83 files are in this category, out of 83 total. Balsa trees are native to mexico, central america and south america. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Some documents posted on the hear website are in adobe acrobat pdf format. Ochroma is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, malvaceae, containing the sole. These documents reflect the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily represent. Twelve hampea appendiculata, six heliocarpus appendiculatus, and twelve ochroma pyramidale trees from tropical wet forest in costa rica were sampled. In the nursery seeds are sown in lines 3 4cm apart under slight shade and in sterilized soil to prevent dampingoff.
Thus, balsa ochroma pyramidale lumber density of 160 kgm3 may have a fsi in excess of 200. A mediumtall, thin tree, balsa grows extremely fast. Procyonidae as a potential pouinator of ochroma pyramidale bombacaceae download download pdf. Bibliography on ochroma pyramidale, balsa maya ethnobotany. Ochroma pyramidale is a fastgrowing evergreen tree that may. Under natural conditions forest clearance exposes the soil to the sun and this triggers germination of ochroma seeds. Foliar nectar production and ant activity on a neotropical tree. Balsa production ochroma pyramidale is an important economic activity on. Borrega, marc, ahvenainen, patrik, serimaa, ritva and lorna gibson. Combine pdfs in the order you want with the easiest pdf merger available. List of articles, pdfs, web sites on ochroma pyramidale, balsa.
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