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PALISSANDRE PARA (Dalbergia spruceana)
Trade Name
Palissandre para
Scientific Name
Dalbergia spruceana (Benth.) Benth.
Family
LEGUMINOSAE
Common Names
Saboarana (Brazil); Jacarandá-Pedra (Brazil); Jacarandá-Da-Caatinga (Brazil); Jacamin (Brazil)
Scientific Name Synonyms
Miscolobium spruceanum Benth.; Amerimnon spruceanum (Benth.) Kuntze
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
D. spruceana is described as a small to medium size tree.
Natural Habitat
Dalbergia spruceana is found in lowlands, on well drained soils in secondary forests. It is a gregarious species.
Natural Distribution
In Brazil this species is reported in the Amazonas and Para states, and also in Amapa and Rondonia.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Wood diffuse porous. Vessels solitary and in short radial multiples. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 150 to 200 micras (medium). Colored deposits in heartwood vessels. Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Simple perforation plates. Vessel-ray pits similar t Axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Occasionally axial parenchyma aliform. Axial parenchyma storied. Occasionally prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cell Rays more than 10 per mm (abundant). Rays storied. Rays commonly 2 seriate. Homogeneous rays and/or sub-homogeneous rays (all ray cells procumbent). Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Odor
It has a mild smell when green, but no distinct taste.
Color
The sapwood is white to yellowish in color, different from the heartwood which is dark brown, with dark or almost black longitudinal stripes
COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)
2
Grain
The grain is mostly irregular
Texture
This species is usually reported to have a medium texture.
Luster
This wood is frequently moderate in luster.
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
1
Silica Content
Silica Content: Silica contents up to 0.14% in weight have been reported for Dacryodes species. Silica Value: 0.14
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.77
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.87
Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
6.4
Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
3.6
Drying Defects
Drying Defects: This species is reported to check and warp severely.
Recommended Dry Kiln Schedule
UK-C; US-T3-C2
Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)
1.8
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)
1192
Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
131451
Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
591
Shear strength radial 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
194
Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)
1257
Workability
Machining
This species is easy to machine.
Planing
Planing operations are rather easy.
Moulding
Molding is reported to be easy.
Boring
Boring of this species is reported to be easy.
Sanding
Sanding of this species is reportedly easy.
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
FURNITURE AND CABINETS, luxury furniture, cabinets, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, Decorative veneer, TOOLS, tool handles
Furniture Cabinets
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Furniture, Luxury
- 22 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section IV-Asian and Oceanian Woods
Cabinet
- 24 - Empire Timbers
Panels, Veneers
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Decorative veneer
- 28 - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forest of Fiji
Tools
- 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
Tool Handles
- 43 - Maderas de Bolivia (Características y Usos de 55 Maderas Tropicales)
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