My favorite tree

Guayacan is a shrub or small tree endemic of Chile is distributed between the IV and VI region of our country, it is very adapted to dry and arid places, growing in the Andean foothills and the Rocky slopes of the hills the wood is very hard and beautiful grain (black and yellow) which is used for cutting decorative instruments. Formerly used it is even to make machine parts, given its extreme resistance.

Porlieria chilensis is currently with conservation problems, due to their indiscriminate logging and also affected by an envelope grazing goats causing a decrease in the number of individuals in their populations, this has been classified in the category of vulnerable species.

Guayacan possesses different properties, is used as stimulant, depurative, diaphoretic and diuretic also, is used as a treatment in colds, flu, asthma, bronchitis, chronic colds, i.e. in disorders of respiratory tract already mentioned, in rheumatism, gout, escrofulosis, conditions the skin, syphilis, and amenorrhea.

Wood is used to make handicrafts, with her floors and stairs of luxury was performed, it is possible to manufacture knives, axes, swords, are also manufactured structures such as propellers, boats, roller conveyors etc.

INFOR

The Forestry Institute (INFOR) is a technological Institute of research of the State of Chile, attached to the Ministry of agriculture, its mission is to create and transfer scientific and technological knowledge of excellence for sustainable use of resources and forest ecosystems, the development of products and derivatives services, as well as generate information relevant to the forest sector, in the areas economic social and environmental.

The INFOR keeps his lines of research around plantations, forests, forest products, information and other areas, but is strongly focused its actions towards the small landowners and forestry pyme, according to Government and ministerial priorities, through lines and delivery of information in your web site that are mostly focused on the sustainable management of the different types of forests throughout the country to the integration of family farming and the pyme to forestry development, to the permanent monitoring of forest resources, the study of the forest as a source of energy biomass and the issues related to climate change, incorporating strong programmes of technical transfer and diffusion to the aforementioned segment

On your web site we can find information about the history of the Institute, its campuses, magazines related to forest area in addition to information about inventory and monitoring of forest ecosystems, forestry and management of native and exotic forest ecosystems and technology and wood products.