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1952 
IiBUIA, K.'EUIA, OR "BRAZILIAN WALNUT" 
ihoobe porosa (llees and .art.) Med 
dly: Lauiv.ce ue 
By 
ELOIJ" Rj TffYf Forost Products Technologist 
[vision of Cilvicultural Relations 
There are about 85 species of the genus l 3 hoebe < worae occur in the East 
Indies, China, and Malaya, but most of then are found in tropical America 
from the V/est Indies and southern Mexico southward through Central 
America end the ..ndes to Vrgentina and Brazil. 
The most important species is Phoebe porose (formerly known as Nectandra 
■p, and as Oreodarhnc oo rosa Jees) of southern Brazil (I, 11).- it 
grows in the Arancaria forests of Parana and Canta Catharina, mostly at 
altitudes of 2,500 to 1»,000 feet, and may form about 20 percent of the 
stand (12) . The wood of P hoebe porosa is 'mown commercially as imbuia, 
embuia, or "Brazilian walnut." 
The Tree 
Trees of the species P hoebe porosa grow to 150 feet in height and up to 
6 feet or more in diameter. 
1 
"Maintained at Madison, Wis., in cooperation with the University of 
Wisconsin. 
2 
"Underlined numbers in parentheses refer to the list of numbered 
references at the end of the article. 
Report No. Rl£2l+ ;riculture -kadis on 
