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LAPACHIN (Ferreirea spectabilis)
Trade Name
Lapachin
Scientific Name
Ferreirea spectabilis Allemao
Family
LEGUMINOSAE
Common Names
Yellow Sucupira; Lapachin; Sucupira Amarela (Brazil); Sucupira (Brazil); Chico Pires (Brazil); Chapada; Maracaiba (Brazil); Maracanaiba (Brazil); Marachyba (Brazil); Angelim Pedra (Brazil)
Scientific Name Synonyms
Sweetia fruticosa Spreng.; Sweetia fruticosa var. fruticosa; Acosmium lentiscifolium Vogel
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
The mature tree is small to medium, attaining heights of 10 to 18 m, and trunk diameters of about 40 to 60 cm.
Natural Habitat
Ferreirea spectabilis is reported in primary forests, growing in a wide range of soils. It is found in semideciduous and in the Atlantic rain forests of Brazil.
Natural Distribution
This species is found in Brazil in the Atlantic rain forest from Bahia to Sao Paulo. It grows also in the Parana basin, and it is found in the states of Minas Gerais, Goias, Sao Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul and Parana.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Axial parenchyma aliform. Axial parenchyma confluent. Rays storied.
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Odor
It has no distinct odor or taste.
Color
The sapwood is yellow color, different from the heartwood which is brown with dark streaks.
COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)
4
Grain
Irregular grain is reported in this species.
Texture
This species is usually reported to have a medium texture.
Natural Durability
This species is reported to be resistant against wood degrading organisms.
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
1
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.86
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.99
Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
7.0
Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
4.1
Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)
1.7
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)
1418
Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
879
Workability
Rotary Veneer Cutting
It can be used for sliced veneer.
Sliced Veneer
It can be used for sliced veneer.
Machining
The workability of this species is reported to be fair.
Turning
30
Nailing
Nailing is reported as difficult.
Finishing
Wood of this species is easy to finish.
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
EXTERIOR GENERAL, paling, stakes posts, crossarms, crossties, HOUSING GENERAL, fittings, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, cabinets, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, Decorative veneer, TURNING
Exterior General
- 1 - Tabela de resultados de ensaios fisicos e mecanicos
Paling Fence Pickets
- 4 - Estudo dendrologico e determinacao das caracteristicas fisicas e mecanicas da bicuiba
Stake Posts
- 5 - Propriedades fisicas e mecanicas da madeira e do contraplacado de Pinus elliottii
Crossheads Crossarms
- 7 - Maderas latinoamericanas. II, Quercus alata Q. costaricensis y Q. eugeniaefolia
Crossties
- 8 - Maderas latinoamericas. III, Podocarpus standleyi ,Podocarpus oleifolius, Drims granadensis, Magnolia poasana y Didymopanax pittieri
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.
Cabinet
- 24 - Empire Timbers
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
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