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Aspidosperma desmanthum Benth. ex Müll. Arg.

Piquia Marfim

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Further information

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Wikipedia
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Origin

Geographic Regions Central America; South America
States and Territories Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz); ?Belize; Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; French Guiana; Guyana; Surinam; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Guainía, Magdalena, Putumayo, Valle); Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo); Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Tachira)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Gentianales
Family Apocynaceae
Genus Aspidosperma
Species desmanthum
Author citation Benth. ex Müll. Arg.
Scientific name Aspidosperma desmanthum Benth. ex Müll. Arg.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Macroscopic features

Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Strip in the heartwood Mit Farbstreifen, sehr fein
Color heartwood orange-braun hell rosarot

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 1
Beetle D
Termites M
Lithophagous molluscs D

Impregnability according to EN 350

Impregnability of heartwood 3
Impregnability of the sapwood 3
Width of the sapwood s-m

Physical properties

Shrinkage radial, mean 6.40 %
Shrinkage tangential, mean 9.80 %

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 800.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 950.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 1050.00 kg/m3

Mechanical properties

Flexural strength, mean 153.00 N/mm2
Shear strength, mean 20.00 N/mm2
Young's modulus, mean 26140.00 N/mm2

Machining of tropical woods
(Provided by: Precius Woods)

Machine processing Good
Predrilling recommended
Gluing not clear

Janka hardness

Traversal 11095 %/%
Parallel 10071 %/%

Shrinkage rate fresh to 65% RH &phi (approx. 12% EMC)

Radial 2.5 %
Tangential 4.3 %

Areas of application

Decking; Flooring; Street & Garden; Construction

Appearances

Wood

Piquia Marfim

Aspidosperma desmanthum , ©Dennis Wilson

Piquia Marfim

Aspidosperma desmanthum , ©Precious Woods