Tamboril - Árvore de Origem Brasileira

English translation: Earpod Tree

17:19 Apr 16, 2008

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: Tamboril - Árvore de Origem Brasileira

Gostaria de saber a melhor tradução, do português para o inglês, para o termo "tamboril", que é uma árvore de origem brasileira.
Seguem alguns dados a seu respeito:

"O Tamboril (Enterolobium maximum Ducke) é uma árvore de origem brasileira, frondosa, sem cheiro, de cerne marrom-claro a cinza-rosado, típica das matas da região do Pará, Amazonas e Mato Grosso. Ao contrário das madeiras-de-lei, possui baixa durabilidade ao ataque de fungos, cupins e insetos de madeira seca. Apesar disso, é muito utilizada na fabricação de móveis e brinquedos, pois é de fácil manejo e acabamento. De crescimento rápido, pode chegar a mais de quatro metros em dois anos.
Outros nomes populares: Fava-bolacha, fava-orelha-de-negro, fava-tamboril,faveira-grande, monjobo,timbaúba, orelha-de-negro."
Desde já, muito obrigada por sua colaboração!!

Irene Berlin KudoZ activity Questions: 640 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (37 closed without grading) Answers: 1
Local time: 05:43

English translation:Earpod Tree

Explanation:
This is its most common name in English :)

Native to Brazil, this tree is planted as a landscape plant. The earpod tree is one of the largest growing trees in Highlands County and can reach heights ...
www.archbold-station.org/ABS/landmanage/ExoticsGrant03/Exot...

pictures:
http://www.archbold-station.org/ABS/landmanage/ExoticsGrant0...

The carandá or wax-palm tree is found extensively in areas in which floods dominate, ... the Genipapo tree, Chimbuva [Brazilian Earpod tree], Carvão branco, ...
www.caiman.com.br/ecossistema.aspx?id=4&pt=2

Some species, such as the garapa, or Brazilian ash, bay, curupay, cedar, peroba, ipês, pacara earpod tree and rosemary, for example, reach up to 30 meters ...
www.hoteltaroba.com.br/detalhe_atrativo_en.php?id=58

etc...

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Note added at 31 mins (2008-04-16 17:50:48 GMT)
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Selected response from:

R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 05:43

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Summary of answers provided

3 +1

Enterolobium maximum

Dolores Vázquez

tamboril tree

Clayton Causey

4 -1

Earpod Tree

R. Alex Jenkins

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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Enterolobium maximum

Explanation:
An option.

Reference: http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/wd/as...

Dolores Vázquez
Native speaker of:

Galician,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: The term is correct, but I'm looking for the popular name of this tree in English (if there is one...), since the text is about a Contemporary Art Gallery. Nonetheless, thank you for your contribution and willingness to help!! :-)))

Asker: Thank you for your most kind participation!!!!!!!!!!!

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

Earpod Tree

R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 05:43
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 52

Grading comment

Thanks!!

Notes to answerer

Asker: THANK YOU, ONCE AGAIN, RICHARD!!! :0))))))))))))))))))

Asker: Thank you very much for your interest and contribution!! :0))

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

disagree

Carlos Quandt: esta é outra espécie

2 hrs

-> The asker is not asking about the name of the species; please read the notes, but what this plant is most commonly called in English - do you have a better idea? // i.e. the common translation for 'tamboril' (TAMBOR=drum) not "Enterolobium maximum Ducke"

neutral

Clayton Causey: I believe you are thinking about "enterolobium contortisiliquum". This may share a common name with the one in question. I'll do some research and get back to everyone.

2 days 8 hrs

-> My personal logic states that if there is indeed no translation for the Latin or Portuguese orginals, then my suggestion of 'Earpod' is about as close to English as we're going to get :) - tambor = drum = eardrum = earpod - forgive me for not being aaspec

2 days 9 hrs confidence:

tamboril tree

Explanation:
According to zipcodezoo.com this tree has no common name.

http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/E/Enterolobium_maximum.asp

This may be the specie that has already been translated as "tamboril [in italics] tree" by Gregory Rabassa in his translation of Jose Sarney's "Master of the Sea"

http://books.google.com/books?id=j4oQEU95pQ8C&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9...

Clayton Causey
Native speaker of:

English

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