AGOHO (Casuarina equisetifolia)
Nombre comercial
Agoho
Nombre científico (con autor)
Casuarina equisetifolia Forst.
Familia
CASUARINACEAE
Nombres Comunes
Pink-tinyu (Myanmar); She oak (Australia); Ru laut (Sarawak); Aro (Philippines); Aru (Indonesia); Pek nam (Laos); Son tha le (Laos); Son thale (Thailand); Ku (Thailand); Agoso (Philippines); Ru (Malaysia); Aru (Malaysia); Ai samara (Indonesia); Cemara laut (Indonesia); Filao (France); Whistling pine; Caay Phi lao (Vietnam); Agoho (Philippines); Coast she-oak
Nombres científicos sinónimos (con autores)
Casuarina muricata Roxb; Casuarina litorea L.
DESCRIPCIÓN DEL ÁRBOL
Descripción botánica
It is a monoecious tree up to 40 m tall and 100 cm in diameter. The bole is straight, cylindrical, usually fluted towards the base.
Distribución natural
It is distributed in Malay Peninsula, Myanmar, Australia, Philippines, and islands of the Pacific.
Existencia de plantaciones?
It is widely cultivated throughout the tropics. It is particularly favored along seashores.
IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LA MADERA
Descripción anatómica de la madera
Wood diffuse porous. Vessels in diagonal and/or radial pattern. Vessels exclusively solitary (over 90%). Occasionally tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 micras or less. Colored deposits in heartwood vessels. Occasionally vessels per mm2 less than 6. Occas Apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Occasionally prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cells and/or in fibers. 5 to 8 cells per parenchyma strand. Over 9 cells per parenchyma strand. Axial parenchyma in narrow bands o 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays more than 10 per mm (abundant). Rays of two distinct sizes. Ray height more than 1 mm. Occasionally larger rays more than 4 seriate. Larger rays more than 4 seriate. Occasionally aggregated rays. Prismatic crystals in radial al Fibers very thick walled. Fibers with distinctly bordered pits.
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Foto macroscópica de la madera, plano tangencial
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Foto microscópica sección transversal de la madera
Disponibilidad
Status de protección por CITES
Unrestricted
DESCRIPCIÓN GENERAL DE LA MADERA
Olor
It has no taste or odor.
Color
The sapwood is slightly paler than heartwood, which ranges in color from pinkish-brown to chocolate brown.
Indice de Color (1= Negro, violeta; 7= Amarillo claro, blanco)
5
Grano
The grain is straight or shallowly interlocked.
Veta
The wood is reported to be frequently medium textured.
Durabilidad Natural
It is durable when exposed to weather, but must be treated for use in contact with ground.
Indice de Durabilidad Natural (1=Muy alta, 7=Muy baja)
3
Contenido de sílice
Silica Content: Non-siliceous. Silica Value: 0
Dificultad para impregnar
The sapwood treats readily. The heartwood is extremely resistant to impregnation.
PROPIEDADES FÍSICAS DE LA MADERA
Densidad Básica (Peso anhidro/Vol. saturado) (g/cm³)
0.88
Densidad seca al aire (Peso y volúmen CH12%) (g/cm³)
1.02
Contracción Tangencial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
11.7
Contracción Radial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
6.4
Defectos por secado
Ease of Drying: The timber is expected to dry slowly but with only slight seasoning defects.
Calendario de Secado
UK-A; US-T2-C2
Estabilidad Dimensional (Contracción Total Tangencial %/Contracción Total Radial %)
1.8
PROPIEDADES QUÍMICAS DE LA MADERA
PROPIEDADES MECÁNICAS DE LA MADERA
Resistencia a flexión (Módulo de ruptura) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
1783
Rigidez (Módulo de elasticidad) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
209405
Resistencia a la compresión paralela a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
846
Resistencia a la compresión perpendicular a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
224
Cizallamiento radial CH12% (kgf/cm²)
194
Dureza Janka (lados) CH12% (kgf)
1591
Dureza Janka (extremos) CH12% (kgf)
1499
TRABAJABILIDAD
Corte de chapa rotativa
Stock is reported to be too hard for plywood production.
Chapa tranchada
Stock is reported to be too hard for plywood production.
Maquinado general
When dry it is difficult to work with machine tools because of its high density and hardness.
Cepillado
Some chipping may occur in quarter sawn faces.
Moldurado
This species is difficult to mold.
Taladrado
This species is easy to bore.
Escopleado, caja y espiga
This species is easy to mortise.
Acabado
Wood of this species gives a smooth finish.
Facilidad para herramientas manuales
When dry it is difficult to work with hand tools because of its high density and hardness.
Usos Reportados
USOS FINALES (RESUMEN)
EXTERIOR GENERAL, poles, stakes posts, crossties, HOUSING GENERAL, beams, joists, flooring, SPORTS, TOOLS, tool handles, agricultural tools, CONTAINERS, truck bodies, truck flooring, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, boat oars, port pillar, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, shingle
EXTERIOR GENERAL
- 1 - Tabela de resultados de ensaios fisicos e mecanicos
Postes de transmisión
- 3 - Estudo dendrologico e determinacao das caracteristicas fisicas e mecanicas do genipapo (Genipa americana)
Postes cerca
- 5 - Propriedades fisicas e mecanicas da madeira e do contraplacado de Pinus elliottii
Durmientes
- 8 - Maderas latinoamericas. III, Podocarpus standleyi ,Podocarpus oleifolius, Drims granadensis, Magnolia poasana y Didymopanax pittieri
VIVIENDA GENERAL
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
vigas
- 11 - Prospect: The wood database
Viguetas
- 12 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part I-Tropical American Species
Pisos
- 14 - Handbook of Hardwoods
IMPLEMENTOS DEPORTIVOS
- 38 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
HERRAMIENTAS
- 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
Mangos herramientas
- 43 - Maderas de Bolivia (Características y Usos de 55 Maderas Tropicales)
Mangos agrícolas
- 44 - Atlas of Peruvian Woods
Carrocería de camión
- 53 - Timbers of the New World
Pisos de vagones_contenedores
- 54 - Bulletin of the Government Forest Experiment Station N.157: Identification of Tropical Woods
CONSTRUCCIÓN NAVAL
- 55 - Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America
Botes_remos
- 60 - Amazonian Timbers, Characteristics and Utilization Volume II; Curuá-Una Experimental Forest Station
Puertos_pilares
- 61 - Manual de Diseño para Maderas del Grupo Andino
Shingles
- 77 - Amazonian Timbers, Characteristics and Utilization Volume I; Tapajós National Forest
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