| Scientific Name | Ocotea rodiaei (Schomb) Mez. |
| Trade Name | Greenheart |
| Local Name | Greenheart |
| Family | Lauraceae |
| Tree Size | Large to very large |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 21 - 40 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 100 |
| Tree Distribution | Guyana and parts of Surinam |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Pale yellow or greenish, clearly distinguishable from light to dark olive green |
| Heartwood Colour | Light to dark olive green |
| Hardness | Hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.8 |
| Weight | Heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | |
| Texture | Fine to medium coarse texture. |
| Grain | Straight to interlocked grained |
| Growth Rings | Distinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Vessels solitary, medium-sized |
| Vessel Arrangement | Vessels solitary |
| Vessel Diameter | 140 - 250 200 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 300 - 900 900 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Polygonal |
| Pit Size | Small to medium (5 to 8 µm),non-vestured. |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Alternate and pit outline polygonal |
| Ray Nature | Fine, medium-sized and closely spaced. |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | One to four seriate, heterogeneous type-II. Uniseriate rays composed of square cells, multiseriate rays with tails composed of two to four square cells. |
| Ray Number | 2 - 4 |
| Ray Height | 700 - 1200 880 |
| Fibre Walls | Thick walled, non-septate with simple to minutely bordered pits on the radial walls. |
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| Uses | A very heavy, hard timber outstanding in its performance of resistance against marine borers. As sawn timber, it is used for making piles decking, hand rails, factory floorings and in engineering industry as bearers for engines. Also used in chemical plants for vats and filler press plates and frames, wharf & jetty decking & other docks, joinery & interior fittings. |
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