{"id":69,"date":"2021-10-21T18:43:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T16:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/?p=69"},"modified":"2025-09-19T22:17:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:17:36","slug":"gommier-blanc","status":"publish","type":"post_flore","link":"https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/flore-caribeenne\/gommier-blanc\/","title":{"rendered":"White gum tree\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"description\"> Description<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Used in shipbuilding since Native American times, the white gum tree (Dacryodes excelsa), a large tree that can reach 35 meters in height and a diameter of 1.5 meters, has a straight, slender trunk. It secretes a flammable white resin with a turpentine odor, called gum or incense, at the slightest injury. This resin is often visible on the trunk or roots exposed to the ground. Although sensitive to termites and humidity, its wood can be used in furniture, cabinetmaking, carpentry, cladding, and crate making. But it is above all its trunk, hollowed out by fire, which Native Americans used to make canoes. Its gum is traditionally used to light fires because it burns slowly, regardless of the ambient humidity. It then gives off a strong incense odor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"habitat\">Habitat<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Dense humid forest of the Caribbean islands (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Haiti, Puerto Rico, etc.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"facteur-de-menace\">Threat factor : <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The exploitation of raw materials (resin, wood) for industrial purposes is leading to its gradual extinction. And the traditional exploitation of this wood by cabinetmakers is also an aggravating factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"70\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1.-GOMMIER-BLANC-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gommier blanc 1\" class=\"wp-image-70\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">White gum resin called gum or incense<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"71\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1.-GOMMIER-BLANC-2.jpg\" alt=\"Gommier blanc 2\" class=\"wp-image-71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1.-GOMMIER-BLANC-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1.-GOMMIER-BLANC-2-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">White gum leaves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"72\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1.-GOMMIER-BLANC-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Gommier blanc 3\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1.-GOMMIER-BLANC-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1.-GOMMIER-BLANC-3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1.-GOMMIER-BLANC-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1.-GOMMIER-BLANC-3.jpg 1306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source : twitter.com, Photo : Jerry Bauer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utilis\u00e9 dans la construction navale depuis l&#8217;\u00e9poque am\u00e9rindienne, le gommier blanc (Dacryodes excelsa), grand arbre qui peut atteindre 35 m\u00e8tres de haut pour un diam\u00e8tre de 1,5 m\u00e8tre. Le tronc est droit, \u00e9lanc\u00e9. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":72,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categorie_flore":[75],"class_list":["post-69","post_flore","type-post_flore","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie_flore-foret-dense-humide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_flore\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_flore"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post_flore"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categorie_flore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karibiodiv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorie_flore?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}