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Faveira
Parkia pendula (Willd.) Benth. ex Walp.
LEGUMINOSAE
Tangama (Ecuador); Guarango (Colombia); Visgueiro-Da-Terra-Firme (Brazil); Visgueiro (Brazil); Paricá (Brazil); Jacareúba (Brazil); Faveira-Rosa (Brazil); Faveira-Grande-Do-Igapó (Brazil); Faveira-Amargosa (Brazil); Faveira (Brazil); Esponja (Brazil); Araputanga (Brazil); Toco Paragua (Bolivia); Visqueiro (Brazil); Parica; Orelha De Macaco (Brazil); Muirarema (Brazil); Jupuúba (Brazil); Faveira Bolota (Brazil); Faveiro (Brazil); Kouatakama; Acacia Male; Cascarón
Mimosa pendula (Willd.) Poir.; Inga pendula Willd.
The commercial lengths are up to 16 m or more, with diameters from 75 to 100 cm. The logs are reported to be straight and cylindrical. Buttresses up to 4 m are also reported.
Parkia pendula is found in northern South America, growing on a wide variety of soils in primary and secondary forests.
It is found from the Guyanas down to Bolivia. In Brazil it is reported in the Amazonas, Para, Pernambuco, Bahia and Alagoas states.
Wood diffuse porous. Vessels solitary and in short radial multiples. Occasionally tangential diameter of vessel lumina 200 micras or more. Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Simple perforation plates. Vessel-ray pits similar to intervessel pits in size and sh Axial parenchyma lozenge-aliform. Axial parenchyma aliform. Occasionally axial parenchyma confluent. 3 to 4 cells per parenchyma strand. 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays 1 to 4 seriate. Homogeneous rays and/or sub-homogeneous rays (all ray cells procumbent). Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.
Unrestricted
Odor or taste are absent.
The heartwood and sapwood are distinct. The heartwood is light brown to brown and the sapwood is pale yellow
5
The grain is reported to be straight or interlocked.
The texture of the wood is frequently coarse.
The wood surface is described as moderate in luster.
It is reported to have a moderate resistance against fungi and low resistance to termites attack.
6
The sapwood is reported to be easy to preserve but the heartwood is untreatable.
0.48
0.53
6.8
3.4
Drying Defects: Risk of warping and checking. Risk of casehardening is also reported. Kiln Schedules: Careful drying is recommended.
BR-B
2.0
977
106000
447
75
81
482
490
Faveira is interesting for peeling interior plies.
Faveira is interesting for peeling interior plies.
Planing is rated as easy, but bad finishing is reported because of torn surfaces.
Boring is easy but fair finishing is reported.
Sanding is easy but fair finishing is reported because of fuzzy surfaces.
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