PODOCARP TROPICAL AMERICA (Podocarpus oleifolius)
Trade Name
Podocarp Tropical America
Scientific Name
Podocarpus oleifolius D. Don ex Lamb.
Family
PODOCARPACEAE
Common Names
Pino De Monte (Bolivia); Romerillo Blanco (Ecuador); Pinabete (Venezuela); Pino Laso (Venezuela); Ulcumano (Peru); Romerón (Colombia); Pino Chaquiro (Colombia); Pino De Pacho (Colombia); Romerillo Azuceno (Ecuador); Ciprosill Blanco
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
The trees reach heights of up to 45 m, with trunk diameters of 70 to 150 cm. The boles are straight but somewhat conical, with commercial lengths of about 20 m or more.
Natural Habitat
Podocarpus oleifolius grows in fairly homogeneous stands in tropical montane forests. It is found in well drained areas between 1,400 to 3,150 m of altitude.
Natural Distribution
P. oleifolius is an American tropical conifer reported from Mexico and Honduras, south to Peru and Bolivia.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Axical parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Colored deposits. Unseriate, homogenous ray. (4)-6-(9)/mm (1)-7-(25) cells high. Crossfield pitting: piceoid cupressoid 1/crossfield. Tracheids : (18)-36-(71) micra in tangential diameter. Intertracheid pits : 1-2 rows with crassulae.
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Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Odor
Odor and taste are reported to be indistinct.
Color
The sapwood is pinkish cream, the heartwood gradually changes into pale brown color.
COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)
5
Grain
Straight grain is reported in this species.
Texture
Fine texture is reported in this species.
Luster
The surface of the wood is naturally moderate in luster.
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.49
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.53
Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
6.8
Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
3.4
Drying Defects
Drying Defects: Risk of checking and warping is reported. Slight risk of collapse is also reported. Kiln Schedules: Slow drying is recommended.
Recommended Dry Kiln Schedule
US-T10-D4S; JUNAC-A
Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)
2.0
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)
913
Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
127000
Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
600
Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)
433
Janka hardness (end grain) 12%MC (kgf)
648
Workability
Sawing
Sawing of this species is reported to be rather easy.
Planing
This species is easy to plane.
Moulding
The response of this species to molding operations is fair.
Boring
Boring of this species is reported to be easy.
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
HOUSING GENERAL, boards, panelling, shutter boards, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, PACKING, light packing
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
Paneling
- 18 - W3TROPICOS Missouri Botanical Garden
Shutter Boards
- 20 - Prospect: The wood database
Furniture Cabinets
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Panels, Veneers
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Packing
- 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
Light Packing
- 46 - ECUADOR, Inventario y Aprovechamiento de los Bosques del Sur Ecuatoriano
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