JEQUITIBA (Cariniana estrellensis)
Trade Name
Jequitiba
Scientific Name
Cariniana estrellensis (Raddi) Kuntze
Family
LECYTHIDACEAE
Common Names
Jequitiba (Brazil); Chupa (Brazil); Papelillo Caspi (Peru); Cachimbo (Peru); Cachimbo Caspi (Peru); Abarco (Colombia); Yesquero (Bolivia); Jequitibá (Brazil); Pau-Estopeiro (Brazil); Jeguitibá-Branca (Brazil)
Scientific Name Synonyms
Couratari glaziovii Taub. ex Glaz.; Couratari estrellensis Raddi ; Cariniana excelsa Casar.
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
The trees are reported to reach heights of up to 40 or 45 m, with trunk diameters of up to 150 cm. The boles are straight and cylindrical, with commercial lengths of about 21 m.
Natural Habitat
Cariniana estrellensis is reportedly on of the biggest trees in tropical America. It is found in primary forests, on humid, deep soils, it is rarely found in the cerrados.Not enough information available to apply the criterion.(CITES,?,1997)
Natural Distribution
It is commonly found in the forests of tropical America. The species is reported to be distributed northern South America southward to Peru and Bolivia.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Wood diffuse porous. Vessels solitary and in short radial multiples. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 to 150 micras (small). Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 micras or less (very small). Tyloses common. Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Simple Axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Axial parenchyma reticulate. Prismatic crystals in non-chambered axial parenchyma cells. Rays less than 4 per mm (rare). Rays non-storied. Rays 1 to 4 seriate. Silica bodies in the ray cells. Prismatic crystals in the ray cells. Body ray cells procumbent with mostly 2 to 4 rows of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-II). Non-septate fibers. Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.
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Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Odor
This species is reported to have a vanilla scent.
Color
The sapwood is light pink, the heartwood gradually changes into reddish yellow.
COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)
4
Grain
This timber usually has straight or interlocked grain.
Texture
The wood is typically medium in texture.
Luster
Luster is reported to be moderate.
Natural Durability
This timber is reported to be durable, especially when the elements are not in contact with the ground.
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
1
Resistance To Impregnation
It is difficult to preserve with poor absorption of oil based preservatives. High absorption is reported for pressure treatment with CCA salts.
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.67
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.76
Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
9.1
Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
4.4
Recommended Dry Kiln Schedule
US-T3-D2; UK-D
Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)
2.1
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)
1198
Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
535
Workability
Sawing
Cutting resistance is generally low.
Machining
C. estrellensis is easy to process with power tools.
Planing
It is easy to plane.
Turning
30
Boring
Boring operations are rather easy.
Finishing
This species is reported to have a good finishing.
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
HOUSING GENERAL, boards, steps, panelling, fittings, shutter boards, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, common furniture, cabinets, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, faces, common veneer, TURNING, lasts, BENDING, chairs, tennis rackets, SPORTS, table tennis, TOOLS, agricultural tools, PACKING, light packing, pallets, CONTAINERS, cooperage, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, boats, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, guitar, handicrafts, pencil, matches, door core
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
Steps
- 17 - Tree Conservation Database
Paneling
- 18 - W3TROPICOS Missouri Botanical Garden
Fittings
- 19 - Silica in Timbers
Shutter Boards
- 20 - Prospect: The wood database
Furniture Cabinets
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Furniture, Common
- 23 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Cabinet
- 24 - Empire Timbers
Panels, Veneers
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Faces
- 26 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
Common Veneer
- 29 - Embassy of Ecuador in Japan
Turning
- 30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan
Lasts
- 34 - Embassy of Indonesia in Japan
Bending
- 35 - Embassy of Myanmar in Japan
Chairs
- 36 - Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente, Panama
Tennis Rackets
- 37 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
Sports
- 38 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
- 41 - Embassy of the Philippines
Tools
- 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
Agricultural Tools
- 44 - Atlas of Peruvian Woods
Packing
- 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
Light Packing
- 46 - ECUADOR, Inventario y Aprovechamiento de los Bosques del Sur Ecuatoriano
Pallets
- 48 - The strength properties of timbers
Containers
- 50 - Properties of imported tropical woods
Cooperage
- 51 - Recopilacion de propiedades mecanicas de maderas creciendo en Chile
Shipbuilding
- 55 - Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America
Boats
- 56 - Manual de Identificación de Especies Forestales de la Subregión Andina.
Other & Musical Instruments
- 63 - Madeiras do Brazil II
Guitar
- 65 - Maderas latinoamericanas VI. Bursera simaruba. Poulsenia armata, Pterocarpus officinalis y Ficus werckleana
Handcraft
- 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
Pencils
- 67 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VIII, Calophyllum brasilense, Couratari panamensis, Dendropanax arboreum y Bombacopsis sessilis
Matches
- 71 - Proprietes physiques et mecaniques des bois tropicaux, premier supplement
Door Cores
- 76 - Descripción General y Anatómica de 105 Maderas del Grupo Andino.
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