Tabebuia serratifolia
Cogwood; Greenheart; Yellow lapacho, Yellow poui, Yellow ipe,
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Ipê | |
| English | Cogwood; Greenheart; Yellow lapacho, Yellow poui, Yellow ipe, | |
| Français | Ébénier de Guyane; ébène verte, ébène soufré | |
| Español | Lapacho negro | |
| Other names | Poui; Yellow Poui (Trinidad & Tobago); Guinaati, Guinaati kiabici, Betha-bara (nenge tongo), tayɨ (Wayãpi), kwik (Palikur), arawone (Kali'na) Guyane, Groenhart (Suriname), Hakia, Iron wood (Guyana), Guayacan, Canaguate, Polvillo, Acapro, Tahuari negro, Puy, Pau d'arco amarelo7. |
Further information
| COL | ||
| Wikipedia | ||
| FSC | ||
| Xylotheque |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Amazon | |||
| States and Territories | Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia); Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santander, Vichada); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná); Ecuador; Peru; Jamaica [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); Cuba [I]; Trinidad; Tobago; Fiji [I]; India [I] | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Lamiales | |||
| Family | Bignoniaceae | |||
| Genus | Tabebuia | |||
| Species | serratifolia | |||
| Author citation | (M. Vahl) Nicholson | |||
| Scientific name | Tabebuia serratifolia (M. Vahl) Nicholson | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | clearly recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Mit Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | grünlich-braun | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 1 | |||
| Remarks | Sägemehl kann allergische Reaktion verursachen; Feine Farbstreifen; Maserung gerade bis unregelmässig; Struktur fein, teils wechseldrehwüchsig | |||
Physical properties
| Shrinkage radial, mean | 6.10 | % | ||
| Shrinkage tangential, mean | 8.00 | % | ||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 1050.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Mechanical properties
| Flexural strength, mean | 166.00 | N/mm2 | ||
| Shear strength, mean | 17.50 | N/mm2 | ||
| Young's modulus, mean | 22760.00 | N/mm2 | ||
Machining of tropical woods
(Provided by: Precius Woods)
| Machine processing | Good | |||
| Predrilling | recommended | |||
| Gluing | yes, difficult because of the density | |||
Janka hardness
| Traversal | 14400 | %/% | ||
| Parallel | 16700 | %/% | ||
Shrinkage rate fresh to 65% RH &phi (approx. 12% EMC)
| Radial | 2.4 | % | ||
| Tangential | 3.2 | % | ||
Areas of application
| Decking |
Appearances
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