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Astronium fraxinifolium Schott

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

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

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
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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

Muiracatiara

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