Description
Uses
boxes and crates; cheap furniture; carpentry; interior joinery; interior trim; flooring
Wood Description
| Sapwood | clearly distinct, yellowish to light beige, (2·9cm) |
|---|---|
| Heartwood | light to dark olive brown often with lighter or darker streaks |
| Grain | slightly to very highly interlocked |
| Texture | fine |
| Remark | pores usually contain a green yellow powder (lapachol) |
Technological Characteristics
| Physical properties | |
|---|---|
| Green density (g/cm³) | – |
| Air-dry density at 12% (g/cm³) | – |
| Basic specific gravity | – |
| Total tangential shrinkage (%) | – |
| Total radial shrinkage (%)3.5 | – |
| Total volumetric shrinkage (%) | – |
Processing
| Sawing | stock springs badly when green, but saws easily in the dry condition (internal stresses) |
|---|---|
| Blunting effect | – |
| Drying | easy in the dry condition |
| Machining | easy; the necessity to keep sharp cutting edges to avoid woolly surfaces |
| Gluing | – |
| Nailing | – |
| Finishing | good |
| Veneering | – |
