QUINA BLANCA (Lonchocarpus lilloi)
Trade Name
Quina blanca
Scientific Name
Lonchocarpus lilloi (Hassl.) Burkart
Family
LEGUMINOSAE
Common Names
Quina Blanca (Bolivia)
Scientific Name Synonyms
Lonchocarpus nitidus var. lilloi Hassl.
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
The tree is reported to develop a straight, cylindrical bole. It attains a height of about 25 m, with small buttresses.
Natural Habitat
Lonchocarpus lilloi is reported in the montane semideciduous subtropical forests of Bolivia, up to 1,000 m of altitude.
Non Timber Uses
L. lilloi is reported to have a high rotenone content (flavonoid) in the roots. Rotenone is unstable in light and heat and almost all toxicity can be lost after few days. It is very toxic to fish, and it has been used by native people over the centuries
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Axial parenchyma apparent with the naked eye. Axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Axial parenchyma in discontinuous tangential lines. Axial parenchyma storied. Prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cells and/or in fibers. Rays storied.
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Odor
Odor and taste are reported to be indistinct.
Color
The sapwood is yellowish white in color, it changes gradually into the heartwood which is yellow color.
Grain
The grain is reported to be straight or interlocked.
Texture
This wood has a somewhat medium texture.
Natural Durability
L. lilloi is prone to blue stain when green.
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
5
Resistance To Impregnation
It can be impregnated either with oil or water soluble preservative substances, with high retention values.
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)
0.75
Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
8.6
Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
4.4
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying: Reportedly, it is not difficult to dry. Moderate rates are recommended to avoid defects. Drying Defects: Surface and end checking when strong programs are used.
Recommended Dry Kiln Schedule
UK-G; US-T8-B3
Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)
2.0
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Workability
Sawing
Sawing of this species is reported to be rather easy.
Machining
This timber is easy to process.
Planing
Planing operations are rather easy.
Turning
30
Boring
It is easy to bore.
Finishing
It is easy to finish.
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
HOUSING GENERAL, beams, parquet, fittings, TURNING, CONTAINERS, truck bodies, truck flooring, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, toothpicks, moldings
General Housing
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Beams
- 11 - Prospect: The wood database
Parquet
- 15 - Empire Timbers
Fittings
- 19 - Silica in Timbers
Turning
- 30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan
Truck Body
- 53 - Timbers of the New World
Truck Flooring
- 54 - Bulletin of the Government Forest Experiment Station N.157: Identification of Tropical Woods
Tooth Picks
- 72 - Proprietes physiques et mecaniques des bois tropicaux, deuxieme supplement
Molding
- 79 - Padronização da Nomenclatura Comercial Brasileira das Madeiras Tropicais Amazônicas, Sugestão
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