FAVEIRA (Parkia pendula)
Nombre comercial
Faveira
Nombre científico (con autor)
Parkia pendula (Willd.) Benth. ex Walp.
Familia
LEGUMINOSAE
Nombres Comunes
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
Nombres científicos sinónimos (con autores)
Mimosa pendula (Willd.) Poir.; Inga pendula Willd.
DESCRIPCIÓN DEL ÁRBOL
Descripción botánica
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.
Hábitat natural
Parkia pendula is found in northern South America, growing on a wide variety of soils in primary and secondary forests.
Distribución natural
It is found from the Guyanas down to Bolivia. In Brazil it is reported in the Amazonas, Para, Pernambuco, Bahia and Alagoas states.
IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LA MADERA
Descripción anatómica de la madera
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.
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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
Odor or taste are absent.
Color
The heartwood and sapwood are distinct. The heartwood is light brown to brown and the sapwood is pale yellow
Indice de Color (1= Negro, violeta; 7= Amarillo claro, blanco)
5
Grano
The grain is reported to be straight or interlocked.
Veta
The texture of the wood is frequently coarse.
Brillo
The wood surface is described as moderate in luster.
Durabilidad Natural
It is reported to have a moderate resistance against fungi and low resistance to termites attack.
Indice de Durabilidad Natural (1=Muy alta, 7=Muy baja)
6
Dificultad para impregnar
The sapwood is reported to be easy to preserve but the heartwood is untreatable.
PROPIEDADES FÍSICAS DE LA MADERA
Densidad Básica (Peso anhidro/Vol. saturado) (g/cm³)
0.48
Densidad seca al aire (Peso y volúmen CH12%) (g/cm³)
0.53
Contracción Tangencial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
6.8
Contracción Radial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
3.4
Defectos por secado
Drying Defects: Risk of warping and checking. Risk of casehardening is also reported. Kiln Schedules: Careful drying is recommended.
Calendario de Secado
BR-B
Estabilidad Dimensional (Contracción Total Tangencial %/Contracción Total Radial %)
2.0
PROPIEDADES QUÍMICAS DE LA MADERA
PROPIEDADES MECÁNICAS DE LA MADERA
Resistencia a flexión (Módulo de ruptura) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
977
Rigidez (Módulo de elasticidad) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
106000
Resistencia a la compresión paralela a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
447
Resistencia a la compresión perpendicular a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
75
Cizallamiento radial CH12% (kgf/cm²)
81
Dureza Janka (lados) CH12% (kgf)
482
Dureza Janka (extremos) CH12% (kgf)
490
TRABAJABILIDAD
Corte de chapa rotativa
Faveira is interesting for peeling interior plies.
Chapa tranchada
Faveira is interesting for peeling interior plies.
Cepillado
Planing is rated as easy, but bad finishing is reported because of torn surfaces.
Taladrado
Boring is easy but fair finishing is reported.
Lijado
Sanding is easy but fair finishing is reported because of fuzzy surfaces.
Usos Reportados
USOS FINALES (RESUMEN)
HOUSING GENERAL, panelling, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, TOOLS, tool handles, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, boats, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts
VIVIENDA GENERAL
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Paneles
- 18 - W3TROPICOS Missouri Botanical Garden
MUEBLES Y GABINETES
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
TABLEROS Y CHAPAS
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
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
Botes
- 56 - Manual de Identificación de Especies Forestales de la Subregión Andina.
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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