FORMIGUEIRO (Triplaris guayaquilensis)
Nombre comercial
Formigueiro
Nombre científico (con autor)
Triplaris guayaquilensis Wedd.
Familia
POLYGONACEAE
Nombres Comunes
Palo santo (Colombia); Uvero (Colombia); Roblon (Ecuador); Azucena (Ecuador); Palo santo (Mexico); Chupón (Venezuela); Chupon (Venezuela); Mishuquiro (Perú); Palo diablo (Bolivia); Palo santo (Bolivia); Tangarana (Perú); Vara Santa (Mexico); Vara Santa (Panama); Formigueiro (Brazil); Palo María (Venezuela); Fernansánchez (Perú); Fernansánchez (Colombia); Vara Santa (Colombia); Muchin (Ecuador); Muchina (Ecuador); Fernansánchez (Ecuador)
Nombres científicos sinónimos (con autores)
Triplaris cumingiana Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Me; Triplaris auriculata Meisn.; Triplaris arnottiana Meisn.
DESCRIPCIÓN DEL ÁRBOL
Descripción botánica
Trees up to 25 to 30 m, usually with trunk diameters about 50 cm. This species has straight, cylindrical boles which are often clear of branches up to two thirds of the total length of the tree. Sometimes small, round buttresses are reported. Triplaris t
Hábitat natural
Triplaris guayaquilensis is found in disturbed areas of primary and secondary tropical rain forests. It prefers riversides and seasonally inundated areas, even swampy soils.
Distribución natural
This species is distributed all over tropical America.
IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LA MADERA
Descripción anatómica de la madera
Wood diffuse porous. Vessels solitary and in short radial multiples. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 to 150 micras (small). Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Simple perforation plates. Vessel-ray pits similar to intervessel pits in size and shape. In Axial parenchyma absent or extremely rare, non visible with magnifying glass (8x). Occasionally paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cells and/or in fibers. 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays commonly 2 seriate. Homogeneous rays and/or sub-homogeneous rays (all ray cells procumbent). Septate fibers present. Crystals in fibers. Fibers storied.
Disponibilidad
Status de protección por CITES
Unrestricted
DESCRIPCIÓN GENERAL DE LA MADERA
Olor
Odor or taste are absent.
Color
The color of the wood is commonly pinkish white with typical brownish stripes.
Grano
The grain is typically straight or shallowly interlocked.
Veta
The texture is typically fine to medium
Brillo
The surface of the wood is naturally moderate in luster.
Durabilidad Natural
Triplaris has a low natural durability against insects and wood decaying organisms.
Indice de Durabilidad Natural (1=Muy alta, 7=Muy baja)
5
Dificultad para impregnar
This wood can be easily treated with preservatives.
PROPIEDADES FÍSICAS DE LA MADERA
Densidad Básica (Peso anhidro/Vol. saturado) (g/cm³)
0.57
Densidad seca al aire (Peso y volúmen CH12%) (g/cm³)
0.63
Contracción Tangencial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
7.3
Contracción Radial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
4.1
Calendario de Secado
UK-E; US-T6-D2; JUNAC-A
Estabilidad Dimensional (Contracción Total Tangencial %/Contracción Total Radial %)
1.8
PROPIEDADES QUÍMICAS DE LA MADERA
PROPIEDADES MECÁNICAS DE LA MADERA
Resistencia a flexión (Módulo de ruptura) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
815
Rigidez (Módulo de elasticidad) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
127783
Resistencia a la compresión paralela a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
510
TRABAJABILIDAD
Aserrado
Sawing of this species is easy.
Corte de chapa rotativa
T. guayaquilensis is interesting for peeling.
Chapa tranchada
T. guayaquilensis is interesting for peeling.
Pérdida de filo_romado
It has a slight blunting effect on the cutting tools.
Clavado
tend to split pre-boring recommended
Encolado
The timber is reported to glue well.
Sacar lustre
Wood of this species is easy to polish.
Usos Reportados
USOS FINALES (RESUMEN)
HOUSING GENERAL, boards, flooring, parquet, steps, shutter boards, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, Decorative veneer, PACKING
VIVIENDA GENERAL
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Tablas
- 13 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section III. Latin American (Mexico, Central, and South America) Woods–Conventional Temperatures
Pisos
- 14 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Parquet
- 15 - Empire Timbers
Peldaños
- 17 - Tree Conservation Database
Persianas
- 20 - Prospect: The wood database
MUEBLES Y GABINETES
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
TABLEROS Y CHAPAS
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
chapa decorativa
- 28 - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forest of Fiji
PALLETS_EMBALAJES
- 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
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