sucupira-açu

English translation: Tiete Chestnut

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Portuguese term or phrase:sucupira-açu
English translation:Tiete Chestnut
Entered by: R. Alex Jenkins

01:37 Apr 9, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / nome de árvore
Portuguese term or phrase: sucupira-açu
nome de árvore
Igor Seemann
Local time: 14:59
Tiete Chestnut
Explanation:
"açu" simplesmente significa 'grande'

É conhecido como o 'Tiete Chestnut' ou mesmo o 'Brazilian Chestnut'.

Veja os links abaixo:

Solid 3/4" Tiete Chesnut (Sucupira / Brazilian Chestnut /Bowdichia ...
Main Tiete Chesnut (Sucupira / Brazilian Chestnut /Bowdichia Nitida) flooring page by Brazilian Direct, manufacturer of fine Brazilian Cherry Hardwood ...
www.brazilianhardwood.com/.../tietechestnut/ - United States

Tiete Chestnut (Sucupira) - Hardwood Flooring - Products - Sabra ...
Tiete Chestnut (Sucupira). Description: Sucupira has a chocolate to reddish brown color with low luster and irregular grain. Radial shrinkage 5%, tangential ...
www.sabrainternational.com/products/.../tiete-chestnut.html

Sucupira Hardwood Flooring - Prefinished Engineered Sucupira ...
Description: Sucupira, also known as Tiete Chestnut, is a great combination of the exotic and the practical, as it is a stunning wood that can easily stand ...
www.novausawood.com/sucupira-hardwood-flooring.html

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4 +2Tiete Chestnut
R. Alex Jenkins
5Bowdichia virgiloides - sucupiraçu
Christina Paiva


  

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Tiete Chestnut


Explanation:
"açu" simplesmente significa 'grande'

É conhecido como o 'Tiete Chestnut' ou mesmo o 'Brazilian Chestnut'.

Veja os links abaixo:

Solid 3/4" Tiete Chesnut (Sucupira / Brazilian Chestnut /Bowdichia ...
Main Tiete Chesnut (Sucupira / Brazilian Chestnut /Bowdichia Nitida) flooring page by Brazilian Direct, manufacturer of fine Brazilian Cherry Hardwood ...
www.brazilianhardwood.com/.../tietechestnut/ - United States

Tiete Chestnut (Sucupira) - Hardwood Flooring - Products - Sabra ...
Tiete Chestnut (Sucupira). Description: Sucupira has a chocolate to reddish brown color with low luster and irregular grain. Radial shrinkage 5%, tangential ...
www.sabrainternational.com/products/.../tiete-chestnut.html

Sucupira Hardwood Flooring - Prefinished Engineered Sucupira ...
Description: Sucupira, also known as Tiete Chestnut, is a great combination of the exotic and the practical, as it is a stunning wood that can easily stand ...
www.novausawood.com/sucupira-hardwood-flooring.html

etc...


R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 14:59
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agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Or sucupira in English
2 hrs
  -> Thanks a lot, Muriel. Have a great Friday and weekend :)

agree  Verginia Ophof
13 hrs
  -> Cheers, Verginia. Have a nice weekend :)
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Bowdichia virgiloides - sucupiraçu


Explanation:
Sugestão

Utilize o nome científico e, se achar apropriado, o nome comum em PT. No caso da sucupiraçu, de acordo com a lista de biodiversidade de 2006, não existe tradução para o inglês

1. Definição no Houaiss:

Sucupiraçu
árvore grande ou regular (Bowdichia virgilioides), da fam. das leguminosas, subfam. papilionoídea, nativa do Brasil (PA, MG, SP, C.-O.), com tubérculos e casca depurativos, madeira branco-amarelada, fibrosa, dura e incorruptível, us. em assoalhos e portas, flores roxas ou brancas, grandes, em panículas, vagens avermelhadas e sementes de que se extrai óleo com uso interno como antirreumático; coração-de-negro, cutiúba, cutiubeira, paricarana, sapupira-do-campo, sebipira, secupira, sicupira-amarela, sicupira-branca, sicupira-do-cerrado, sucupira-amarela, sucupira-branca, sucupira-do-cerrado

2. Prepare to be floored: hard, heavy, durable sucupira is an ideal wood for flooring

South American hardwood sucupira's fan base is far from universal. People who like the wood praise it for its great strength and outstanding durability. Sucupira's across-the-board strength properties puts it near the top in ratings, almost as strong as greenheart. The wood loses points though for being hard to dry and difficult to work. It will cup and check during the kiln process unless extreme care is taken, along with a slow drying schedule. Interlocked grain makes for problems when cutting or planning the wood.

In the looks department, the reviews are equally mixed. Sucupira has been described as a "boring, muddy-brown wood" by some, while others describe it as a "lustrous chocolate brown with interesting golden striping."
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3156/is_11_112/ai_n25...

3. Brazilian Forest - Herbs - Bowdichia virgilioides -
Botanical Name. Bowdichia virgilioides. Common Name. Sucupira. Part Used. Bark and Seed. Application. Possible benefit. Active Compounds. Suggested Usage ...
www.brazilianforest.com.br/herbs/bowdichia.htm

Medicinal Plants used by Ponta Porã community

http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/articl...

Last but not least:
Grupo Interministerial de Propriedade Intelectual – GIP
Lista Não-Exaustiva de Nomes Associados à Biodiversidade de Uso
Costumeiro no Brasil
Brasil, Maio de 2006


http://www2.mre.gov.br/dipi/ListaBiodivBrasilVer1.pdf

HTH!


Christina Paiva
Brazil
Local time: 14:59
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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