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MENTIGI (Pemphis acidula)
Nombre comercial
Mentigi
Nombre científico (con autor)
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst.
Familia
LYTHRACEAE
Nombres Comunes
Ligad (Philippines); Kabantigi (Philippines); Sentigi (Indonesia); Mentigi (Indonesia); Mentigi (Malaysia); Bantigi (Philippines); Thian le (Thailand); Cantigi (Indonesia)
Nombres científicos sinónimos (con autores)
Pemphis setosa Blanco; Pemphis angustifolia Roxb.; Millania rupestre Zipp.; Melanium fruticosum Spreng.; Mangium porcellanicum Rumph.; Lythrum pemphis L.
DESCRIPCIÓN DEL ÁRBOL
Descripción botánica
It is an evergreen large branching shrub to small tree to 10 m tall, up to 30 cm in diameter. The stem is usually short and stocky.
Hábitat natural
Pemphis acidula is found on sandy and rocky shores, and in exposed mangrove vegetation.
Existencia de plantaciones?
This species is occasionally planted as an ornamental tree.
IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LA MADERA
Descripción anatómica de la madera
Wood diffuse porous. Occasionally wood semi-ring porous and/or ring porous. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 micras or less (very small). Colored deposits in heartwood vessels. Tyloses common. Vestured pits. Vessels per mm2 more than 20 (very abundant). Occasionally apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Axial parenchyma aliform. Occasionally axial parenchyma confluent. Occasionally two cells per parenchyma strand. 3 to 4 cel 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays more than 10 per mm (abundant). Sheath cells. Body ray cells procumbent with over 4 rows of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-I). Body ray cells procumbent with mostly 2 to 4 rows of upright and/or square marginal Fibers very thick walled. Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.
Disponibilidad
Status de protección por CITES
Unrestricted
DESCRIPCIÓN GENERAL DE LA MADERA
Color
The heartwood is reddish-brown to dark reddish-brown, turning dark brown with age, clearly differentiated from the pale sapwood.
Grano
The grain is frequently interlocked.
Veta
Fine texture is reported in this species.
Brillo
Timber of this species is lustrous.
Durabilidad Natural
The wood is very durable when exposed to the weather or in contact with the ground. The heartwood is very resistant to dry-wood termites.
Indice de Durabilidad Natural (1=Muy alta, 7=Muy baja)
1
PROPIEDADES FÍSICAS DE LA MADERA
Densidad Básica (Peso anhidro/Vol. saturado) (g/cm³)
0.98
Densidad seca al aire (Peso y volúmen CH12%) (g/cm³)
1.16
Contracción Tangencial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
8.5
Contracción Radial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
5.4
Defectos por secado
Kiln Schedules: Kiln drying from green condition to 12% moisture content takes 9 to10 days. Checking of this species wood may be severe during kiln drying.
Estabilidad Dimensional (Contracción Total Tangencial %/Contracción Total Radial %)
1.6
PROPIEDADES QUÍMICAS DE LA MADERA
PROPIEDADES MECÁNICAS DE LA MADERA
TRABAJABILIDAD
Maquinado general
Machining operations are rather difficult.
Torneado
30
Acabado
With care it is reported to take a high finish.
Usos Reportados
USOS FINALES (RESUMEN)
EXTERIOR GENERAL, stakes posts, HOUSING GENERAL, TURNING, cutlery, TOOLS, tool handles, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts
EXTERIOR GENERAL
- 1 - Tabela de resultados de ensaios fisicos e mecanicos
Postes cerca
- 5 - Propriedades fisicas e mecanicas da madeira e do contraplacado de Pinus elliottii
VIVIENDA GENERAL
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Torneado
- 30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan
mangos de cuchillos
- 33 - Embassy of Gabon in Japan
HERRAMIENTAS
- 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
Mangos herramientas
- 43 - Maderas de Bolivia (Características y Usos de 55 Maderas Tropicales)
CONSTRUCCIÓN NAVAL
- 55 - Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America
artesanía
- 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
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