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Diplotropis racemosa (Hoehne) Amshoff

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	Venezuela; Guyana; Brazil

Botany

Reich	Plantae
Tribe	Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm	Angiosperm
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae
Genus	Diplotropis
Species	racemosa
Author citation	(Hoehne) Amshoff
Scientific name	Diplotropis racemosa (Hoehne) Amshoff

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	braun dunkelbraun leicht glänzend

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field

DC 2to3

Physical properties

Shrinkage radial, mean	4.90			%
Shrinkage tangential, mean	7.00			%

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value

930.00

kg/m³

Mechanical properties

Flexural strength, mean	141.00	N/mm²
Shear strength, mean	13.50	N/mm²
Young's modulus, mean	22300.00	N/mm²

Machining of tropical woods
(Provided by: Precius Woods)

Machine processing	Good
Predrilling	recommended
Gluing	Yes

Janka hardness

Traversal	8950			%/%
Parallel	8750			%/%

Shrinkage rate fresh to 65% RH &phi (approx. 12% EMC)

Radial	1.5			%
Tangential	2.5			%

Areas of application

Furniture; Flooring