MILO (Thespesia populnea)
Nombre comercial
Milo
Nombre científico (con autor)
Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa
Familia
MALVACEAE
Nombres Comunes
Umbrella tree; Tulip tree; Suriya portia; Seaside mahoe; Santa maria; Puvarasam; Puvarachu; Pursong; Purasia; Portia pursa; Poris; Poresh; Porassu; Poovarasu; Parsipu; Parash; Majagua de Florida; Kavarachu; Kabaoui; Hurvashi; Gangarava; Fref; Faux bois de rose; Emajaguilla; Eijan; Dumbla; Daleni; Cork tree; Clemon; Chilanthi; Cheelanthi; Catalpa; Bugari; Bois de rose; Bhendi; Bendi gangareni; Bebaru; Baru; Asha; Baru laut (Indonesia); Milo; Salimuli (Indonesia); Pacific rose-wood; Portia tree; Po kamat phrai (Thailand); Baru-baru (Malaysia); Banalo (Philippines)
Nombres científicos sinónimos (con autores)
Malvaviscus populneus (L.) Gaertn.; Hibiscus populneus L.; Hibiscus populifolius Salisb.; Hibiscus blumei Kuntze; Hibiscus bacciferus Blume; Bupariti populnea (L.) Rothm.
DESCRIPCIÓN DEL ÁRBOL
Descripción botánica
It is a small tree to 20 m tall, with rather dense crown. The bark is smooth, becoming rugged with deep fissures.
Hábitat natural
Thespesia populnea is found scattered or rarely gregariously on sandy and rocky coasts in beach forests.
Distribución natural
It is well distributed throughout the South East Asia, mainly occurring along sheltered seashores.
Existencia de plantaciones?
It is described as a pantropic species, occasionally planted as a shade tree.
Usos No-maderables
The bark is reported to have significant tannin contents. Extracts of this species have significant anti-malarial activity.
IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LA MADERA
Descripción anatómica de la madera
Wood diffuse porous. Vessels of two distinct diameter classes, wood not ring-porous. Occasionally vessel clusters common. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 micras or less (very small). Colored deposits in heartwood vessels. Vessels per mm2 5 to 20. Simpl Axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Axial parenchyma storied. Two cells per parenchyma strand. 3 to 4 cells per 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays storied. Larger rays more than 4 seriate. Sheath cells. Body ray cells procumbent with mostly 2 to 4 rows of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-II). Body ray cells procumbent with one row of upright and/or square mar Fibers very thin walled. Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.
Disponibilidad
Status de protección por CITES
Unrestricted
DESCRIPCIÓN GENERAL DE LA MADERA
Color
The sapwood is pale brown, occasionally with red marks. The heartwood is clearly demarcated, dark chocolate or reddish, darkening on exposure.
Grano
The grain is shallowly interlocked.
Veta
Texture is mostly fine to medium.
Durabilidad Natural
It is resistant to insect attack.
Indice de Durabilidad Natural (1=Muy alta, 7=Muy baja)
1
PROPIEDADES FÍSICAS DE LA MADERA
Densidad Básica (Peso anhidro/Vol. saturado) (g/cm³)
0.69
Densidad seca al aire (Peso y volúmen CH12%) (g/cm³)
0.77
Contracción Tangencial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
6.9
Contracción Radial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
3.8
Defectos por secado
Ease of Drying: Drying is rather slow and sometimes difficult to perform. Drying Defects: Risks of distortions.
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)
1202
Rigidez (Módulo de elasticidad) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
119019
Resistencia a la compresión paralela a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
581
TRABAJABILIDAD
Aserrado
Sawing of this species is easy.
Maquinado general
This species is easy to machine.
Torneado
30
Encolado
Gluing properties are rated as fair to poor.
Acabado
It is easy to finish.
Facilidad para herramientas manuales
It works well with hand tools despite the presence of interlocked grain.
Usos Reportados
USOS FINALES (RESUMEN)
HOUSING GENERAL, flooring, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, cabinets, TURNING, cutlery, SPORTS, golf polo clubs, CONTAINERS, truck bodies, truck flooring, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, boats, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts, moldings
VIVIENDA GENERAL
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Pisos
- 14 - Handbook of Hardwoods
MUEBLES Y GABINETES
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Gabinetes
- 24 - Empire Timbers
Torneado
- 30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan
mangos de cuchillos
- 33 - Embassy of Gabon in Japan
IMPLEMENTOS DEPORTIVOS
- 38 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
palos de golf
- 39 - Internet
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
- 56 - Manual de Identificación de Especies Forestales de la Subregión Andina.
OTROS E INSTRUMENTOS MUSICALES
- 63 - Madeiras do Brazil II
artesanía
- 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
Molduras
- 79 - Padronização da Nomenclatura Comercial Brasileira das Madeiras Tropicais Amazônicas, Sugestão
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