Protium paniculatum Engl.
Breu Branco
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| Deutsch | Breu Branco | |
| English | Breu Branco | |
| Français | Breu Branco | |
| Italiano | Breu Branco | |
| Suomi | Breu Branco | |
| Norsk | Breu Branco | |
| Čeština | Breu Branco | |
| Español | Breu Branco | |
| Svenska | Breu Branco | |
| Polski | Breu Branco | |
| Український | Breu Branco | |
| Român | Breu Branco | |
| Русский | Breu Branco | |
| Български | Breu Branco | |
| EESTI | Breu Branco | |
| 日本語 | Breu Branco | |
| Other names |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Amazon | |||
| States and Territories | Peru; Venezuela (Amazonas); Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Guainía, Vichada); N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre) | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Sapindales | |||
| Family | Burseraceae | |||
| Genus | Protium | |||
| Species | paniculatum | |||
| Author citation | Engl. | |||
| Scientific name | Protium paniculatum Engl. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Macroscopic features
| Growth ring boundaries | difficult recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | weislich-grau | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 4 | |||
Physical properties
| Shrinkage radial, mean | 4.40 | % | ||
| Shrinkage tangential, mean | 8.20 | % | ||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 500.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 550.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Mechanical properties
| Flexural strength, mean | 94.00 | N/mm2 | ||
| Shear strength, mean | 8.10 | N/mm2 | ||
| Young's modulus, mean | 11600.00 | N/mm2 | ||
Machining of tropical woods
(Provided by: Precius Woods)
| Machine processing | Good | |||
| Note on machine processing | Silicate insert blunts tools | |||
| Predrilling | recommended | |||
| Gluing | Yes | |||
Janka hardness
| Traversal | 3160 | %/% | ||
| Parallel | 4700 | %/% | ||
Areas of application
| Furniture; Doors & Windowframes |
Appearances
Wood
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