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P.N.G. FIG (Ficus callosa)
Nombre comercial
P.N.G. fig
Nombre científico (con autor)
Ficus callosa Willd.
Familia
MORACEAE
Nombres Comunes
Kalukoi (Philippines); Ilat-ilatan (Indonesia); Maduea kwang (Thailand); Nong noua1 (Laos); Mi pa1 (Laos); Kalayokai (Philippines); Lasi (Indonesia); Hard fig; Pangsar (Indonesia)
Nombres científicos sinónimos (con autores)
Ficus porteana Regel; Ficus malunuensis Warb.; Ficus longespathulata Sata; Ficus basidentula Miq.
DESCRIPCIÓN DEL ÁRBOL
Descripción botánica
It is an evergreen, very big tree, up to 40 m in height and 100 cm in diameter. The bole is straight and cylindrical with large buttresses at the base.
Hábitat natural
Ficus species are generally found below 1,500 m of altitude in a wide range of habitats but mangrove forests.
IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LA MADERA
Descripción anatómica de la madera
Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Tyloses common. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 to 200 micras. Vessel-ray pits reticulate and/or foraminate. Simple perforation plates. Intervessel pits medium, 7 to 10 micras. Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Prismatic crystals in non-chambered axial parenchyma cells. Axial parenchyma bands more than 3 cells wide. Larger rays more than 4 seriate. Prismatic crystals in upright and/or square ray cells. Body ray cells procumbent with mostly 2 to 4 rows of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-II). Sheath cells. Fibers with distinctly bordered pits.
Disponibilidad
Status de protección por CITES
Unrestricted
DESCRIPCIÓN GENERAL DE LA MADERA
Color
The heartwood is pale yellow-brown or various shades from yellow to pink-gray, not clearly differentiated from the sapwood.
Grano
The grain is straight, interlocked to deeply interlocked.
Veta
The texture varies from moderately coarse to coarse.
Durabilidad Natural
The wood is non-durable and not resistant to termite and fungal attack.
Indice de Durabilidad Natural (1=Muy alta, 7=Muy baja)
5
Dificultad para impregnar
It is reported to be easy to treat with preservatives.
PROPIEDADES FÍSICAS DE LA MADERA
Densidad Básica (Peso anhidro/Vol. saturado) (g/cm³)
0.35
Densidad seca al aire (Peso y volúmen CH12%) (g/cm³)
0.37
Contracción Tangencial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
5.6
Contracción Radial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
2.5
Defectos por secado
Ease of Drying: Shrinkage of the wood during seasoning is moderate to high.
Estabilidad Dimensional (Contracción Total Tangencial %/Contracción Total Radial %)
2.2
PROPIEDADES QUÍMICAS DE LA MADERA
PROPIEDADES MECÁNICAS DE LA MADERA
Resistencia a flexión (Módulo de ruptura) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
438
Rigidez (Módulo de elasticidad) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
71024
Resistencia a la compresión paralela a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
255
Resistencia a la compresión perpendicular a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
31
Cizallamiento radial CH12% (kgf/cm²)
306
Dureza Janka (lados) CH12% (kgf)
172
TRABAJABILIDAD
Aserrado
Sawing of this species is reportedly easy.
Maquinado general
The wood is very easy to work, although the surfaces are a little woolly.
Acabado
It gives a fairly good finish.
Usos Reportados
USOS FINALES (RESUMEN)
HOUSING GENERAL, shutter boards, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, PACKING, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, moldings
VIVIENDA GENERAL
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Persianas
- 20 - Prospect: The wood database
TABLEROS Y CHAPAS
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
PALLETS_EMBALAJES
- 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
Molduras
- 79 - Padronização da Nomenclatura Comercial Brasileira das Madeiras Tropicais Amazônicas, Sugestão
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