Dinizia excelsa
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Angelim vermelho | |
| Other names | angelim pedra verdadeiro, faveira grande, angelim falso, faveira dura, faveira ferro (BR) |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Central America | |||
| States and Territories | Guyana; Costa Rica; Brazil | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Fabales | |||
| Family | Fabaceae | |||
| Genus | Dinizia | |||
| Species | excelsa | |||
| Author citation | Ducke | |||
| Scientific name | Dinizia excelsa Ducke | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/mimdiexc.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | indistinct or not recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | braun bis rot | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 1 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | D | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | M-D | |||
| Remarks | Riecht frisch gschlagen unangenehm, verflüchtigt sich | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | n/a | |||
| Width of the sapwood | m | |||
Physical properties
| Shrinkage radial, mean | 5.70 | % | ||
| Shrinkage tangential, mean | 9.50 | % | ||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 1000.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 1050.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 1150.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Mechanical properties
| Flexural strength, mean | 156.00 | N/mm2 | ||
| Shear strength, mean | 18.60 | N/mm2 | ||
| Young's modulus, mean | 16900.00 | N/mm2 | ||
Machining of tropical woods
(Provided by: Precius Woods)
| Machine processing | Good | |||
| Predrilling | recommended | |||
| Gluing | not clear | |||
Janka hardness
| Traversal | 14300 | %/% | ||
| Parallel | 13500 | %/% | ||
Shrinkage rate fresh to 65% RH &phi (approx. 12% EMC)
| Radial | 2.1 | % | ||
| Tangential | 4 | % | ||
Areas of application
| Marine; Construction |
Appearances
Wood
Dinizia excelsa , ©Precious Woods
Dinizia excelsa , ©Dennis Wilson