JíBARO (Pithecellobium latifolium)
Trade Name
Jíbaro
Scientific Name
Pithecellobium latifolium (L.) Benth.
Family
LEGUMINOSAE
Common Names
Bucshilla (Peru); Guamo Macho (Peru); Ingarana (Colombia); Uña De Tigre (Colombia); Jíbaro (Ecuador)
Scientific Name Synonyms
Zygia latifolia (L.) Fawc. & Rendle; Zygia arborescens J. St. Hilaire; Pithecellobium chagrense Pittier; Mimosa latifolia L.; Inga latifolia (L.) Willd.; Feuilleea latifolia (L.) Kuntze; Calliandra latifolia (L.) Griseb.
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
The trees are reported to be large, reaching heights of up to 35 m, with trunk diameters of 70 cm. The boles are straight and cylindrical, with commercial lengths up to 30 m.
Natural Distribution
This species is reported in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Wood diffuse porous. Vessels solitary and in short radial multiples. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 150 to 200 micras (medium). Occasionally vessels with colored deposits. Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Simple perforation plates. Vessel-ray pits simi Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Occasionally axial parenchyma aliform. Axial parenchyma confluent. Rays less than 4 per mm (rare). Rays 1 to 2 seriate. Rays exclusively uniseriate. Silica bodies in the ray cells. Homogeneous rays and/or sub-homogeneous rays (all ray cells procumbent). Fibers very thin walled. Non-septate fibers. Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits. Fibers storied.
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Odor
Odor or taste are absent.
Color
The sapwood is creamy pink, the heartwood is pale brown color.
Grain
This species is reported to have typically straight or interlocked grain.
Texture
The wood is mostly medium in texture.
Luster
The wood surface is described as moderate in luster.
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.36
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.38
Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
7.2
Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
4.1
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying: It is reported to air season and kiln dry rapidly. Drying Defects: When wet streaks or "brown heart" are present collapse and irregular drying rates are reported. In Colombia risk of twisting and cupping is reported.
Recommended Dry Kiln Schedule
JUNAC-A
Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)
1.8
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Workability
Sawing
Sawing of this species is reported to be rather difficult.
Finishing
Wood of this species is easy to finish.
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
HOUSING GENERAL, shutter boards, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, PACKING
General Housing
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Shutter Boards
- 20 - Prospect: The wood database
Panels, Veneers
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Packing
- 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
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