DISTRIBUTION AREA

Humid temperate forests in Departments of Cochabamba, Tarija,
Chuquisaca and Santa Cruz

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TREE DESCRIPTION

Tree Top

Wide and leafy, intense green foliage

Trunk

Straight and cylindrical, with commercial heights up to 25 m

Bark

Dark grayish color to brown grayish color. Aromatic.

Very corrugated

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Sapwood Color

White yellowish

Odor
Peculiar

Luster
-

Striped

Tenuous

Hearthwood Color
Dark brown, with mulberry tint

Taste

Peculiar

Grain
Straight to Interlocked

Texture
-

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PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Basic Density
0,52 g/cm3

Density
(12% MOISTURE CONTENT) 0,59 g/cm3

Radisal Shrinkage
4,3 %

Tangential Shrinkage
9,5 %

Volumetric Shrinkage
14,3 %

Rate T/R
T/R 2,2

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MECHANICAL RESISTANCE
Modulus of Elasticity
85 1000 Kg/cm2

Modulus of Rupture
865 Kg/cm2

Compression Parallel tp Grain
505 Kg/cm2

Quartered Sawed
64,2 Kg/cm2

Lateral Hardness
602 Kg

Impact Bending
- Kg-m

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TECHNICAL CONDITIONS FOR PROCESSING
Machining
Easy machining . Good finishing.

Preservation
Rather permeable

Natural Durability
Durable, when not in soil contact

Drying
Difficult drying, water vaporizing is recommended

End Users
Flooring