yvyra ñeti
Guaraní
Etymology
yvyrá (“tree”) + ñetĩ (“fly, gnat”), reference to susceptibility to such borers once this tree falls down.[1]
Noun
yvyra ñeti
- guatambu (Balfourodendron riedelianum); its wood susceptible to borers.[2]
References
- Spichiger, R.; Stutz de Ortega, L. (1987), “Rutaceae”, in G.F. Bocquet (†) and M.R. Crosby, editors, Flora del Paraguay (in Spanish), volume [8], Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève & Missouri Botanical Garden, Geneva & St. Louis, page 8
- Walker, Aidan, editor (2005) The Encyclopedia of Wood, Quarto