Lecythis poiteaui
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| Other names |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Amazon | |||
| States and Territories | French Guiana; Suriname; Brazil North | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Ericales | |||
| Family | Lecythidaceae | |||
| Genus | Lecythis | |||
| Species | poiteaui | |||
| Author citation | O.Berg | |||
| Scientific name | Lecythis poiteaui O.Berg | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Macroscopic features
| Growth ring boundaries | clearly recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | rotbraun | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 1 | |||
Physical properties
| Shrinkage radial, mean | 6.20 | % | ||
| Shrinkage tangential, mean | 8.30 | % | ||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 900.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 1200.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Mechanical properties
| Flexural strength, mean | 208.00 | N/mm2 | ||
| Shear strength, mean | 15.20 | N/mm2 | ||
| Young's modulus, mean | 18930.00 | N/mm2 | ||
Machining of tropical woods
(Provided by: Precius Woods)
| Machine processing | Good | |||
| Note on machine processing | Silicate insert blunts tools to a limited extent | |||
| Predrilling | recommended | |||
| Gluing | not clear | |||
Janka hardness
| Traversal | 9322 | %/% | ||
| Parallel | 9365 | %/% | ||
Areas of application
| Marine |
Appearances
Wood
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