PECHICHE (Vitex cymosa)
Nombre comercial
Pechiche
Nombre científico (con autor)
Vitex cymosa Bert. ex Sprengel Vitex cymosa Bertero ex Spreng.
Familia
VERBENACEAE
Nombres Comunes
Pechiche (Ecuador); Aceituno (Venezuela); Aceituno (Colombia); Taruma (Bolivia); Chuto (Ecuador)
Nombres científicos sinónimos (con autores)
Vitex discolor Glaz.; Jatropha tomentosa Spreng.
DESCRIPCIÓN DEL ÁRBOL
Descripción botánica
The trees are reported to reach heights of 30 m, with trunk diameters of about 80 cm. The boles are straight and cylindrical, somewhat fluted in the base. Occasionally with small buttresses of less than 1 m tall.
Hábitat natural
Vitex cymosa is found in open areas, growing on fertile alluvial areas below 1,000 m of altitude.
Distribución natural
V. cymosa is reported to be distributed in the Amazonian forests of Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Perú and Bolivia.
IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LA MADERA
Descripción anatómica de la madera
Occasionally wood semi-ring porous and/or ring porous. Vessels solitary and in short tangential multiples. Vessels solitary and in short radial multiples. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 150 to 200 micras (medium). Occasionally tyloses common. Vessels per Axial parenchyma absent or extremely rare, non visible with magnifying glass (8x). Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. 5 to 8 cells per parenchyma strand. 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays 1 to 4 seriate. Larger rays more than 4 seriate. Occasionally prismatic crystals in the ray cells. Body ray cells procumbent with one row of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-III). Septate fibers present. Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.
Disponibilidad
Status de protección por CITES
Unrestricted
DESCRIPCIÓN GENERAL DE LA MADERA
Olor
It has a mild pleasant smell.
Color
The sapwood is clearly differentiated, it is pale brown, the heartwood is light yellowish brown when dry.
Grano
The direction of the fibers is straight, sometimes interlocked.
Veta
Texture is reported to be fine to medium.
Brillo
Luster is usually moderate.
Indice de Durabilidad Natural (1=Muy alta, 7=Muy baja)
3
PROPIEDADES FÍSICAS DE LA MADERA
Densidad Básica (Peso anhidro/Vol. saturado) (g/cm³)
0.58
Densidad seca al aire (Peso y volúmen CH12%) (g/cm³)
0.64
Contracción Tangencial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
6.4
Contracción Radial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
3.2
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)
1163
Rigidez (Módulo de elasticidad) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
142903
Dureza Janka (lados) CH12% (kgf)
516
TRABAJABILIDAD
Usos Reportados
USOS FINALES (RESUMEN)
HOUSING GENERAL, beams, joists, flooring, parquet, frames, steps, fittings, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, moldings
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
Parquet
- 15 - Empire Timbers
Marcos
- 16 - Woods of the World
Peldaños
- 17 - Tree Conservation Database
Accesorios de madera
- 19 - Silica in Timbers
MUEBLES Y GABINETES
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Molduras
- 79 - Padronização da Nomenclatura Comercial Brasileira das Madeiras Tropicais Amazônicas, Sugestão
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