See also: Guatambu and guatambu

Spanish edit

 
guatambú (Balfourodendron riedelianum)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Guaraní yvá (fruit) + tambú (edible larva of Coleoptera sp.)[1]

Noun edit

guatambú m (uncountable)

  1. Balfourodendron riedelianum; its wood susceptible to borers.[2]
    • 2015 October 2, “Los ‘sin tierra’ argentinos, contra la industria forestal”, in El País[2]:
      Pero no son todos bosques nativos, de árboles y arbustos pindó, yuquerí, bambú, alecrín, ambay y guatambú, con las lianas típicas de la selva misionera.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References edit

  1. ^ Spichiger, R., Stutz de Ortega, L. (1987) “Rutaceae”, in G.F. Bocquet (†) and M.R. Crosby, editors, Flora del Paraguay[1] (in Spanish), volume [8], Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève & Missouri Botanical Garden, Geneva & St. Louis, page 8
  2. ^ Walker, Aidan, editor (2005), The Encyclopedia of Wood, Quarto

Further reading edit