Hymenaea

The pulpy center of the fruits are edible, and the fruit is sold in local markets in the Americas. The leaves may be used to make a tea. The trees produce a dense wood used for timber in making ships and furniture. The thick bark of some species is used by indigenous people of the Amazon to make canoes. The trees also make hard resins that are used to manufacture varnish, especially the resin from Hymenaea courbaril (jatobá) in Brazil. The resin that is produced in Brazil is known as South American copal, and Hymenaea verru ...

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A canoe is a relatively small boat, typically human-powered, but also commonly sailed. Canoes are pointed at both ends and usually open on top. In its human-powered form, the canoe is propelled by the use of paddles, with the number of paddlers depending on the size of canoe. Paddlers face in the direction of travel, either seated on supports in the hull, or kneeling directly upon the hull. In this way paddling a canoe can be contrasted with rowing, where the rowers face away from the direction of travel. Pa ...

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• Canoe - Ambiguity over the word Canoe
• Canoe - Design and construction
• Canoe - The parts of a canoe
• Canoe - Canoe materials
• Canoe - Rounded and flat bottoms
• Canoe - Keels
• Canoe - Types of canoes
• Canoe - Modern designs
• Canoe - Traditional designs
• Canoe - Other boats that are not canoes
• Canoe - Use
• Canoe - Steering
• Canoe - Paddle strokes
• Canoe - Setting poles

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Per 100 g, the dry fruit pulp is reported to contain 309 calories, 14.6 g H2O, 5.9 g protein, 2.2 g fat, 75.3 g total carbohydrate, 13.4 g fiber, 2.0 g ash, 28 mg Ca, 143 mg P, 3.2 mg Fe, trace of b-carotene equivalent, 0.23 mg thiamine, 0.14 mg riboflavin, 4.1 mg niacin, and 11 mg ascorbic acid. Langenheim (1981) compares the sesquiterpenes of Hymenaea the tongue-in-cheek "kerosene tree" and Copaifera, Calvin's "diesel tree". Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons Hymenaea copaifera Allo-arodendrene -- woodSee also:

Jatobá, Jatobá - Description, Jatobá - Distribution and Ecology, Jatobá - Cultivation, Jatobá - Uses, Jatobá - Woodworking, Jatobá - Folk medicine, Jatobá - Chemistry, Jatobá - Energy

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Canoe - The parts of a canoe. Bow Stern Hull Seat Thwart (a horizontal crossbeam near the top of the hull) Gunwale (pronounced gunnel; the top edge of the hull) Deck (a compartment containing a foam block which prevents the canoe from sinking if capsized) Some canoes, particularly those used for extended trips, are equiped with a yoke across the center of the boat. It is designed to allow one person to carry the canoe, a ...

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Canoe, Canoe - Ambiguity over the word Canoe, Canoe - Design and construction, Canoe - The parts of a canoe, Canoe - Canoe materials, Canoe - Rounded and flat bottoms, Canoe - Keels, Canoe - Types of canoes, Canoe - Modern designs, Canoe - Traditional designs, Canoe - Other boats that are not canoes, Canoe - Use, Canoe - Steering, Canoe - Paddle strokes, Canoe - Setting poles

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Confusingly, the sport of canoeing, organised at the international level by the International Canoe Federation, uses the word canoe to cover both canoes as defined here, and kayaks (see below for a brief description of the differences between a kayak and a canoe). In fact, the sport of canoe polo is exclusively played in kayaks. This confusing use of canoe to generically cover both canoes and kayaks is not so common in North American usage, but is common in Britain, Australia and presumably many parts of the world, both in spor ...

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Throughout West Indies from Cuba and Jamaica to Trinidad and Tobago. Also from central Mexico to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and French Guiana. Rarely planted in southern Florida (Little and Wadsworth, 1964). Reported from the South American (Amazonian) Center of Diversity, Jatobá (Hymenaea courbaril, or cvs thereof) is reported to tolerate shade and slope (Duke, 1978). (2n = 24) Ranging from Tropical Dry to Wet through Subtropical Dry to Wet Forest Life Zones (Duke, 1978). Coubaril is estimated to tolerate annual precipitation of ...

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Jatobá, Jatobá - Description, Jatobá - Distribution and Ecology, Jatobá - Cultivation, Jatobá - Uses, Jatobá - Woodworking, Jatobá - Folk medicine, Jatobá - Chemistry, Jatobá - Energy

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In the past, people around the world have built very different kinds of canoes, ranging from simple dugouts to large outrigger varieties. More recently, technologically advanced designs have emerged for particular sports. Canoe - Modern designs. Sprint canoes are purpose-built racing boats for use over short to intermediate distance races (200m to 6km). To reduce drag, they're built with a very long and with anarrow beam, which makes them very unstable. A 1-person sprint canoe will be roughly six metres long; a traveling canoe of a similar length would ...

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Canoe, Canoe - Ambiguity over the word Canoe, Canoe - Design and construction, Canoe - The parts of a canoe, Canoe - Canoe materials, Canoe - Rounded and flat bottoms, Canoe - Keels, Canoe - Types of canoes, Canoe - Modern designs, Canoe - Traditional designs, Canoe - Other boats that are not canoes, Canoe - Use, Canoe - Steering, Canoe - Paddle strokes, Canoe - Setting poles

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Jatobá has a nice dark red-brown color, and cost from $3.4 to $6 per BF. It is a heavy dense and hard to cut wood that creates an odorless but aggressive to the lungs dust. The wood is oily and finishes very well. Creates beautiful small boxes (usually used with contrasting woods or inlays) and is also a great flooring wood due to its density, strength and oiliness which gives great protection. ...

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Jatobá, Jatobá - Description, Jatobá - Distribution and Ecology, Jatobá - Cultivation, Jatobá - Uses, Jatobá - Woodworking, Jatobá - Folk medicine, Jatobá - Chemistry, Jatobá - Energy

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