MANWOOD (Minquartia guianensis)
Nombre comercial
Manwood
Nombre científico (con autor)
Minquartia guianensis Aubl.
Familia
OLACACEAE
Nombres Comunes
Urodibe; Platano; Pechiche; Minguar; Konthout; Huacapu; Guayacan pechiche; Guayacan pech; Guayacan; Arata minquar; Araciuba; Acaricuara; Acaricoara; Acaricaara; Guayacán Pechiche (Ecuador); Cari Cuara Negra (Bolivia); Guayacán Negro (Colombia); Minche (Colombia); Arekuma (Venezuela); Black Manu (Costa Rica); Wamania (Guyana); Manú (Nicaragua); Huacapú (Perú); Plátano; Acar-Huacapu; Acaiquara (Brazil); Bois Agouti; Konhout; Mincoa; Jewalidanni; Wanania (Guyana); Urari; Criollo; Manu (Nicaragua); Yandiroba; Yandira; Tomopio; Acariquara (Brazil); Punte Candado (Colombia); Pachiche; Mincouart; Makka; Incorruptible; Aratta; Acarioba (Brazil); Acapu (Brazil); Aralta; Black Manwood (Panama); Manwood
Nombres científicos sinónimos (con autores)
Minquartia macrophylla Ducke; Endusa punctata Radlk.; Eganthus poeppigii van Teighem
DESCRIPCIÓN DEL ÁRBOL
Descripción botánica
It is a dominant tree, it attains heights from 30 to 40 m, with a diameter at breast height between 60 to 80 cm over the buttresses. It is reported to present a fluted bole, with well developed buttresses up to 6 m tall.
Hábitat natural
Minquartia guianensis prefers low lands in the primary forests. It thrives in very humid habitats.
Distribución natural
It can be found from Nicaragua to Bolivia and Perú. It is also found in the Guyanas and Brazil.
IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LA MADERA
Descripción anatómica de la madera
Wood diffuse porous. Vessels solitary and in short radial multiples. Occasionally tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 micras or less. Tyloses common. Occasionally vessels per mm2 more than 20. Scalariform perforation plates with 5 to 15 bars. Multiple perf Apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Occasionally prismatic crystals in non-chambered axial parenchyma cells. Prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cells and/or in fibers. Over 9 cells per parenchyma strand. Rays more than 10 per mm (abundant). Rays commonly 2 seriate. Prismatic crystals in the ray cells. Heterogeneous rays and/or multiseriate heterogeneous rays. Body ray cells procumbent with over 4 rows of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-I). Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.
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Foto macroscópica de la madera, plano tangencial
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Foto microscópica sección transversal de la madera
Disponibilidad
Status de protección por CITES
Unrestricted
DESCRIPCIÓN GENERAL DE LA MADERA
Olor
Odor and taste are indistinct.
Color
The sapwood is demarcated from the heartwood. The heartwood is usually uniform light to dark olive brown, or streaked with black.
Grano
Grain is straight or slightly interlocked.
Veta
Texture is typically fine.
Brillo
Wood luster is reported to be rather low.
Durabilidad Natural
It is reportedly, one of the most durable timbers in contact with the ground.
Indice de Durabilidad Natural (1=Muy alta, 7=Muy baja)
1
PROPIEDADES FÍSICAS DE LA MADERA
Densidad Básica (Peso anhidro/Vol. saturado) (g/cm³)
0.85
Densidad seca al aire (Peso y volúmen CH12%) (g/cm³)
0.99
Contracción Tangencial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
9.0
Contracción Radial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
5.8
Defectos por secado
Ease of Drying: It is reported to air dry at a moderate slow rate. Drying Defects: Moderate surface and end checking, warping is reported to be slight to severe.
Calendario de Secado
JUNAC-C
Estabilidad Dimensional (Contracción Total Tangencial %/Contracción Total Radial %)
1.6
PROPIEDADES QUÍMICAS DE LA MADERA
PROPIEDADES MECÁNICAS DE LA MADERA
Resistencia a flexión (Módulo de ruptura) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
1860
Resistencia a la compresión paralela a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
848
Dureza Janka (lados) CH12% (kgf)
1060
Dureza Janka (extremos) CH12% (kgf)
1220
TRABAJABILIDAD
Acabado
It is reported to give a highly lustrous finish.
Usos Reportados
USOS FINALES (RESUMEN)
EXTERIOR GENERAL, bridges, poles, paling, stakes posts, rails, crossarms, crossties, piers, HOUSING GENERAL, beams, joists, boards, flooring, parquet, steps, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, CONTAINERS, truck bodies, truck flooring, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, port pillar, port storage, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, axle, yoke
EXTERIOR GENERAL
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Puentes
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Postes de transmisión
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Poste de palizada
- 4 - Estudo dendrologico e determinacao das caracteristicas fisicas e mecanicas da bicuiba
Postes cerca
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Barandilla
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Crucetas
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Durmientes
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Pilotes
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VIVIENDA GENERAL
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
vigas
- 11 - Prospect: The wood database
Viguetas
- 12 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part I-Tropical American Species
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
MUEBLES Y GABINETES
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Carrocería de camión
- 53 - Timbers of the New World
Pisos de vagones_contenedores
- 54 - Bulletin of the Government Forest Experiment Station N.157: Identification of Tropical Woods
CONSTRUCCIÓN NAVAL
- 55 - Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America
Puertos_pilares
- 61 - Manual de Diseño para Maderas del Grupo Andino
Puertos_estantería
- 62 - Estudio Tecnológico de Maderas del Perú (Zona Pucallpa) Vol I
Ejes
- 73 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Yokes
- 74 - World Timbers, Vol.2, North and South America
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