What is Coachwood?

Coachwood or Ceratopetalum Apetalum , as is well known, is a hardwood tree from the family cunoniaceae. The name coachwood comes from the fact that its excellent and smooth granular wood was once used to produce coaches; Wood was also used to produce rifle butts, aircraft frames, furniture, veneers, lining and woodcarving and is still very popular with wooden craftsmen. The botanical name of the tree is a combination of Greek words ceros atos , which means "antler" and petalon , which means "petal", reference to the arrangement of the tree flower. Other names for this tree are fragrant satin wood and tarwood. Trees can grow independently even in pure stands and usually occur in streams and drains. They grow in soils made of sedimentary, metamorphic, rhyolite or basal rocks. Ceratopetalum trees can range from medium size, about 50 feet (15.24 m), to very high, about 132 feet (40,2336 m) and sentencesShine of them is very long -term; Some existing trees have existed for several centuries.

Coachwood tree generally has a straight suitcase with a rough gray bark; The bark often shows the white spots of the lichen. The interior of the bark is a pinkish color with pale pink, dark pink or black vertical lines. The bark, when it breaks, emits a fragrant caramel aroma; This explains why the tree is known as fragrant satin wood. A compound known as kumarin can be extracted from the tree bark.

Tree leaves Ceratopetalum are large, dark green and hard textures. They are in the shape of Lanka and have serrated edges. A clear feature of Coachwood is a visible wound at its base.

Tree generally dies in November and flowers are produced in thick clusters on hairy stems. The flowers are white at the beginning, but in December they begin pink. A remarkable thing on the flowers of Coachwood is that they don't have anyno petals. Visible white parts, which gradually increase, are in fact the flower switch on.

Coachwood fruits that appear next time will start ripen between January and February. They have an oval shape and a diameter of about 0.119 inches (0.30 cm). New trees spread through the sowing of fruit as it is. The seeds may take about 18 days to germinate and produce seedlings.