Astronium fraxinifolium
Muiracatiara
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Muiracatiara | |
| Deutsch | Tigerwood | |
| English | Muiracatiara | |
| Français | Tigerwood | |
| Italiano | Tigerwood | |
| Suomi | Tigerwood | |
| Norsk | Tigerwood | |
| Čeština | Tigerwood | |
| Español | Tigerwood | |
| Svenska | Tigerwood | |
| Polski | Tigerwood | |
| Український | Tigerwood | |
| Român | Tigerwood | |
| Русский | Tigerwood | |
| Български | Tigerwood | |
| EESTI | Tigerwood | |
| 日本語 | Tigerwood | |
| Other names | Gonçalo alvez |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Central America; South America | |||
| States and Territories | N-Brazil (Pará); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera); Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz) | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Sapindales | |||
| Family | Anacardiaceae | |||
| Genus | Astronium | |||
| Species | fraxinifolium | |||
| Author citation | Schott | |||
| Scientific name | Astronium fraxinifolium Schott | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/anaas-go.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | indistinct or not recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Mit Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | braun/rot | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 1 | |||
| Beetle | n/a | |||
| Termites | D | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | n/a | |||
Impregnability
(according to EN 350)
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 4 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | m-1 | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 650.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 800.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 950.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
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