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COPACHí (Tetrorchidium ochroleucum)
Trade Name
Copachí
Scientific Name
Tetrorchidium ochroleucum Cuatrec.
Family
EUPHORBIACEAE
Common Names
Copachí (Colombia); Arenillo (Colombia)
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
The size of the mature tree is reported to be small to medium, attaining heights over 10 m, and trunk diameters over 20 cm, without buttresses.
Natural Habitat
Tetrorchidium ochroleucum is found in the tropical forests of Colombia, between 800 to 1,500 m of altitude.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Occasionally vessels in diagonal and/or radial pattern. Vessels exclusively solitary (over 90%). Axial parenchyma absent or extremely rare, non visible with magnifying glass (8x). Apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Rays exclusively uniseriate.
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Odor
This wood has a pleasant smell.
Color
The sapwood is not clearly differentiated, heartwood is pale yellow.
Grain
The grain is mostly straight
Texture
The texture varies from medium to coarse.
Luster
The wood surfaces tend to be moderately to highly lustrous
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
2
Wood Physical Properties
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying: Air seasoning is reported to be fairly rapid. Drying Defects: Risk of bowing and twisting is reported.
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Workability
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
HOUSING GENERAL, fittings, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, luxury furniture, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, decorative
General Housing
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Fittings
- 19 - Silica in Timbers
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
Panels, Veneers
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Decorative veneer
- 28 - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forest of Fiji
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