ALGARROBILLO (Uribea tamarindoides)
Trade Name
Algarrobillo
Scientific Name
Uribea tamarindoides Dugand & Romero
Family
LEGUMINOSAE
Common Names
Algarrobillo (Colombia); Tamarindo De Monte (Colombia)
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
The trees are reported to be large, reaching heights of up to 40 m, with trunk diameters of 100 cm. The boles are straight and cylindrical. It presents medium sized buttresses.
Natural Habitat
Uribea tamarindoides is found in the lowlands of the tropical rain forest. It prefers humid to perhumid sites.
Natural Distribution
It is distributed from Costa Rica to the northwest Colombian forests.
Non Timber Uses
This species has edible fruits
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 micras or less (very small). Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Axial parenchyma aliform. Axial parenchyma confluent. Rays storied.
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Odor
Odor and taste are indistinct.
Color
The sapwood is clearly differentiated, it is pale brown, the heartwood is yellowish brown when dry.
Grain
The grain is reported to be straight or interlocked.
Texture
The wood is typically fine in texture.
Luster
Timber of this species is moderate in luster.
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
2
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.75
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.85
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying: Air seasoning is reported to be rapid. Drying Defects: Risk of warping and checking.
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Workability
Turning
30
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
EXTERIOR GENERAL, poles, HOUSING GENERAL, boards, flooring, steps, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, Decorative veneer, TURNING, TOOLS, tool handles
Exterior General
- 1 - Tabela de resultados de ensaios fisicos e mecanicos
Poles
- 3 - Estudo dendrologico e determinacao das caracteristicas fisicas e mecanicas do genipapo (Genipa americana)
General Housing
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Boards
- 13 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section III. Latin American (Mexico, Central, and South America) Woods–Conventional Temperatures
Flooring
- 14 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Steps
- 17 - Tree Conservation Database
Panels, Veneers
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Decorative veneer
- 28 - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forest of Fiji
Turning
- 30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan
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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