Wood lexicon Types of wood

basralocus

Botanical name: Dicorynia guianensis and Dicorynia paraensis; Trade name: Angélique (French Guyana), Basralocus (Suriname), Angelico do Para (Brazil, Amazon)

Basralocus is a trade name for a South American wood species of the second resistance class. In Germany, the wood is better known under the botanically misleading name "Guyana Teak". For more information read our encyclopedia article Guyana teak.