Astronium lecointei
Muiracatiara
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Muiracatiara | |
| Deutsch | Tigerwood | |
| English | Muiracatiara | |
| Français | Tigerwood | |
| Italiano | Tigerwood | |
| Suomi | Tigerwood | |
| Norsk | Tigerwood | |
| Čeština | Tigerwood | |
| Español | Tigerwood | |
| Svenska | Tigerwood | |
| Polski | Tigerwood | |
| Український | Tigerwood | |
| Român | Tigerwood | |
| Русский | Tigerwood | |
| Български | Tigerwood | |
| EESTI | Tigerwood | |
| 日本語 | Tigerwood | |
| Other names | Gonçalo alvez |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Central America; South America | |||
| States and Territories | SE-Peru; N-Brazil (Amapa, Pará, Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Maranhao); N-Bolivia (La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); Surinam; Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro); Colombia | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Sapindales | |||
| Family | Anacardiaceae | |||
| Genus | Astronium | |||
| Species | lecointei | |||
| Author citation | Ducke | |||
| Scientific name | Astronium lecointei Ducke | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Macroscopic features
| Growth ring boundaries | clearly recognizable | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Mit Farbstreifen, unregelmässige schwarze Streifen | |||
| Color heartwood | orange-braun | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 1 | |||
| Beetle | n/a | |||
| Termites | D | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | n/a | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 4 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | m-1 | |||
Physical properties
| Shrinkage radial, mean | 4.10 | % | ||
| Shrinkage tangential, mean | 8.10 | % | ||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 650.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 800.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 950.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Mechanical properties
| Flexural strength, mean | 133.00 | N/mm2 | ||
| Shear strength, mean | 14.80 | N/mm2 | ||
| Young's modulus, mean | 17100.00 | N/mm2 | ||
Machining of tropical woods
(Provided by: Precius Woods)
| Machine processing | Good | |||
| Predrilling | recommended | |||
| Gluing | Yes | |||
Janka hardness
| Traversal | 8752 | %/% | ||
| Parallel | 9490 | %/% | ||
Shrinkage rate fresh to 65% RH &phi (approx. 12% EMC)
| Radial | 1.3 | % | ||
| Tangential | 2.6 | % | ||
Areas of application
| Decking; Furniture; Flooring; Street & Garden |
Appearances
Wood
AVXX , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere
AVXX , wood ,
AVXX , wood, label ,
Astronium lecointei , ©Dennis Wilson
Astronium lecointei , ©Precious Woods