GUABIJú (Eugenia mato)
Trade Name
Guabijú
Scientific Name
Eugenia mato Griseb.
Family
MYRTACEAE
Common Names
Guabijú (Brazil); Bois Goyave; Wattle; Ironwood; Guayabo (Bolivia)
Scientific Name Synonyms
Myrcianthes mato (Griseb.) McVaugh; Acreugenia mato (Griseb.) Kausel
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
It is reported to be a small tree up to 15 m in height. The fruits of many Eugenia trees are edible.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Occasionally vessels in diagonal and/or radial pattern. Vessels exclusively solitary (over 90%). Vessels of two distinct diameter classes, wood not ring-porous. Vascular/vasicentric tracheides present. Axial parenchyma absent or extremely rare, non visible with magnifying glass (8x). Apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Rays more than 10 per mm (abundant). Heterogeneous rays and/or multiseriate heterogeneous rays.
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Color
The heartwood and sapwood are differentiated. The sapwood is light brown to pink color, the heartwood turns abruptly into dark brown color with black stripes.
Grain
The grain is mostly straight
Texture
This wood has a somewhat fine texture.
Natural Durability
E. mato is reported to be susceptible to biological attack.
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
3
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.79
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.90
Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
12.2
Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
6.3
Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)
1.9
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)
581
Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
305
Workability
Sawing
Sawmilling of this species is reportedly easy.
Response To Hand Tools
The wood is hard, but it can be used for carvings.
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
HOUSING GENERAL, fittings, shutter boards, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, SPORTS, table tennis, PACKING, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts, matches, moldings, particleboard
General Housing
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Fittings
- 19 - Silica in Timbers
Shutter Boards
- 20 - Prospect: The wood database
Panels, Veneers
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Sports
- 38 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
- 41 - Embassy of the Philippines
Packing
- 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
Handcraft
- 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
Matches
- 71 - Proprietes physiques et mecaniques des bois tropicaux, premier supplement
Molding
- 79 - Padronização da Nomenclatura Comercial Brasileira das Madeiras Tropicais Amazônicas, Sugestão
Particleboard
- 80 - Estudio Integral de la Madera para Construcción
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