Aspidosperma desmanthum
Piquia Marfim
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Araracanga | |
| Deutsch | Pequia marfim | |
| English | Piquia Marfim | |
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| Italiano | Pequia marfim | |
| Suomi | Pequia marfim | |
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| Čeština | Pequia marfim | |
| Español | Pequia marfim | |
| Svenska | Pequia marfim | |
| Polski | Pequia marfim | |
| Український | Pequia marfim | |
| Român | Pequia marfim | |
| Русский | Pequia marfim | |
| Български | Pequia marfim | |
| EESTI | Pequia marfim | |
| 日本語 | Pequia marfim | |
| Other names |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Central America; South America | |||
| States and Territories | Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz); ?Belize; Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; French Guiana; Guyana; Surinam; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Guainía, Magdalena, Putumayo, Valle); Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo); Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Tachira) | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Gentianales | |||
| Family | Apocynaceae | |||
| Genus | Aspidosperma | |||
| Species | desmanthum | |||
| Author citation | Benth. ex Müll. Arg. | |||
| Scientific name | Aspidosperma desmanthum Benth. ex Müll. Arg. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Macroscopic features
| Growth ring boundaries | clearly recognizable | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Mit Farbstreifen, sehr fein | |||
| Color heartwood | orange-braun hell rosarot | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 1 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | M | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | D | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 3 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 3 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | s-m | |||
Physical properties
| Shrinkage radial, mean | 6.40 | % | ||
| Shrinkage tangential, mean | 9.80 | % | ||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 800.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 950.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 1050.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Mechanical properties
| Flexural strength, mean | 153.00 | N/mm2 | ||
| Shear strength, mean | 20.00 | N/mm2 | ||
| Young's modulus, mean | 26140.00 | N/mm2 | ||
Machining of tropical woods
(Provided by: Precius Woods)
| Machine processing | Good | |||
| Predrilling | recommended | |||
| Gluing | not clear | |||
Janka hardness
| Traversal | 11095 | %/% | ||
| Parallel | 10071 | %/% | ||
Shrinkage rate fresh to 65% RH &phi (approx. 12% EMC)
| Radial | 2.5 | % | ||
| Tangential | 4.3 | % | ||
Areas of application
| Decking; Flooring; Street & Garden; Construction |
Appearances
Wood
Aspidosperma desmanthum , ©Dennis Wilson
Aspidosperma desmanthum , ©Precious Woods