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Protium paniculatum Engl.

Breu Branco

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Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

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

Breu Branco

Protium paniculatum , ©Precious Woods