ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 659

  • Scientific Name: Mora excelsa Benth.
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Trade Name: Mora
  • Common Name: Morabukea (Guyana), Muru (Trinidad and Tobago), Nato (Colombia), Praccuba (Brazil), Mora (Venezuela)
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: മോറാ
  • Native: South America (Guyana, Surinam, Trinidad and Venezuela)
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  • Collected by: P. K. Thulasidas & K. M. Bhat
  • General Characteristics: Mora is a large tree that can grow 30 - 36 metres tall, with some specimens said to reach heights of 48 - 60 metres
  • Wood Anatomy: Diffuse-porous; large pores in no specific arrangement, few; solitary and radial multiples of 2-3; heartwood deposits present; narrow rays faintly visible without lens, normal spacing; parenchyma vasicentric,lozenge, winged, confluent, and marginal.
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