Simarouba amara


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Noun1.Simarouba amara - tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attackSimarouba amara - tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack
bitterwood tree - any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
genus Simarouba, Simarouba - type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark
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Changes in the number of leaves were not observed in Hymenaea parvifolia (Silva et al., 2007) under up to 70% shade at 105 days after planting, Simarouba amara Aubl under up to 70% shade at 182 days after germination (Azevedo et al., 2010) or Caesalpinia echinata Lam under up to 80% shade analysed at 12, 18 and 24 months after germination (Aguiar et al., 2005).
Similar results were found in seedlings of Tabebuia chrysotricha grown under 70% shade at 130 days after planting (Endres et al., 2010), in Psidium cattleianum grown under 30% shade at 120 days after planting (Ortega et al., 2006), in Trema micrantha (L.) Blume grown under 48% shade at 120 days after germination (Fonseca et al., 2002) and in Simarouba amara Aubl.
A humidity of 60% and supplementation of Simarouba amara sawdust with PPIS in a 10:1 ratio was considered the most suitable combination.
KEYWORDS / Bactris gasipaes / Lentinus strigellus I Mushroom production / Panus strigellus / Simarouba amara / Substrates /