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Clicking any heading in the main data area (at right) will scroll the page back to this top position. Use the following links to jump to the associated section in the main data. Blunting Effect Boring Carving Comments Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Distribution Overview Drying Defects Ease of Drying Environmental Profile Family Name Gluing Grain Heartwood Color Kiln Drying Rate Kiln Schedules Light-Induced Color Change Luster Mortising Moulding Movement in Service Nailing Natural Durability Numerical Data Odor Planing Polishing Product Sources References Regions of Distribution Resistance to Impregnation Resistance to Splitting Response to Hand Tools Routing & Recessing Sanding Sapwood Color Scientific Name Screwing Staining Steam Bending Strength Properties Synonyms Texture Trade Name Tree Identification Tree Size Turning Veneering Qualities |
Synonyms Tabebuia pentaphylla, Tecoma pentaphylla
Common Names Afina, Amapa, Amapa rosa, Amape, Apamate, Apamate ocobo, Cambora, Caoba del brasil, Cortes, Cortez, Guayacan, Macuelizo, Macuil, Macuilis, Macuiliz, Maculez, Maculigua, Maculis, Maculiz, Maculiz prieto, Maculizo, Mano de leon, Maqueliz, Maquilgua, Maquiliqua, Maquiliz, Maria blanco, Matilisquate, Mayflower, Ocobo, Orum, Otovo, Palo blanco, Palo de rosa, Palo yugo, Pink poui, Pink trumpet tree, Poirier, Poirier du pays, Poirier rouge, Roble, Roble blanc, Roble blanco, Roble colorado, Roble de guyana, Roble de la america central, Roble de rio, Roble de savana, Roble de yugo, Roble flor morado, Roble morado, Rosa morada, Rosa morado, Taipoca, Warakuri, Weisse roble, West Indian boxwood, White cedar, Witte roble Regions of Distribution Central America, Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia Countries of Distribution [VIEW MAP] Belize, Bolivia, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guadelope [France], Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela Common Uses Agricultural implements, Balusters, Beams, Bedroom suites, Boat building (general), Boat building, Boat building: decking, Boat building: framing, Boxes and crates, Bridge construction, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Ceiling, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Concrete formwork, Construction, Cooperages, Decks, Decorative veneer, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Door, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Factory construction, Figured veneer, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Flooring, Form work, Foundation posts, Framing, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Furniture, Handles: general, Hatracks, Heavy construction, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joinery, Joists, Kitchen cabinets, Lifeboats, Light construction, Marine construction, Millwork, Moldings, Musical instruments, Oars, Paneling , Paneling, Particleboard, Piling, Plywood, Poles, Railroad ties, Shingles, Sporting Goods, Tool handles, Vehicle parts, Veneer: decorative Environmental Profile
This species is officially classified as Vulnerable within its natural habitat in Panama. Its status in the wild in Cuba, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela is listed as unknown because of insufficient information Distribution Overview Widely distributed in tropical America, and occurs from Mexico to northern South America and Ecuador. It occurs in a variety of habitats, but especially in somewhat swampy forests, from sea level to an altitude of about 3940 feet (1200 m). also widely cultivated. Heartwood Color
Sapwood Color
Grain
Texture
Luster
Natural Durability
Odor
Light-Induced Color Change
Kiln Schedules
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying
Kiln Drying Rate
Tree Identification
Tree Size
Product Sources It is one of the most widely distributed and abundant species in Central America. Comments General finishing qualities are rated as good Roble wood is suggested as a subsitute for Ash (Fraxinus spp.) and Oak (Quercus sapp.) Widely cultivated for ornamental trees Blunting Effect
Boring
Carving
Cutting Resistance
Gluing
Mortising
Moulding
Movement in Service
Nailing
Planing
Resistance to Impregnation
Penetration in the sapwood is total, but irregular, while it is partial, peripheral, and irregular in the heartwood. Resistance to Splitting
Response to Hand Tools
Routing & Recessing
Sanding
Screwing
Turning
Veneering Qualities
Steam Bending
Polishing
Staining
Strength Properties
Bending strength in the air-dry condition (about 12 percent moisture content) is high - comparable to Teak. Strength in compression parallel to grain is in the high range. Other species in this range include Teak, White oak, and Hard maple Numerical Data
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