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Lecythis zabucajo Aubl.

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Other names

Further information

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Wikipedia
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Origin

Geographic Regions	Amazon
States and Territories	Trinidad and Tobago; French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela; Bolivia; Ecuador; Brazil North

Botany

Reich	Plantae
Tribe	Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm	Angiosperm
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Ericales
Family	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Lecythis
Species	zabucajo
Author citation	Aubl.
Scientific name	Lecythis zabucajo Aubl.

Habitus

Wood type	Hardwood
Growth habit	Baum

Macroscopic features

Growth ring boundaries	clearly recognizable
Heartwood	with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood	Mit Farbstreifen
Color heartwood	rotbraun

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field

DC 1

Physical properties

Shrinkage radial, mean	5.60			%
Shrinkage tangential, mean	8.60			%

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value

1000.00

kg/m³

Mechanical properties

Flexural strength, mean	157.00	N/mm²
Shear strength, mean	16.60	N/mm²
Young's modulus, mean	22235.00	N/mm²

Machining of tropical woods
(Provided by: Precius Woods)

Machine processing	Good
Predrilling	recommended
Gluing	Yes

Janka hardness

Traversal	14084			%/%
Parallel	13999			%/%

Areas of application

Decking; Marine