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QUINA BLANCA (Lonchocarpus lilloi)
Nombre comercial
Quina blanca
Nombre científico (con autor)
Lonchocarpus lilloi (Hassl.) Burkart
Familia
LEGUMINOSAE
Nombres Comunes
Quina Blanca (Bolivia)
Nombres científicos sinónimos (con autores)
Lonchocarpus nitidus var. lilloi Hassl.
DESCRIPCIÓN DEL ÁRBOL
Descripción botánica
The tree is reported to develop a straight, cylindrical bole. It attains a height of about 25 m, with small buttresses.
Hábitat natural
Lonchocarpus lilloi is reported in the montane semideciduous subtropical forests of Bolivia, up to 1,000 m of altitude.
Usos No-maderables
L. lilloi is reported to have a high rotenone content (flavonoid) in the roots. Rotenone is unstable in light and heat and almost all toxicity can be lost after few days. It is very toxic to fish, and it has been used by native people over the centuries
IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LA MADERA
Descripción anatómica de la madera
Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Axial parenchyma apparent with the naked eye. Axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Axial parenchyma in discontinuous tangential lines. Axial parenchyma storied. Prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cells and/or in fibers. Rays storied.
Disponibilidad
Status de protección por CITES
Unrestricted
DESCRIPCIÓN GENERAL DE LA MADERA
Olor
Odor and taste are reported to be indistinct.
Color
The sapwood is yellowish white in color, it changes gradually into the heartwood which is yellow color.
Grano
The grain is reported to be straight or interlocked.
Veta
This wood has a somewhat medium texture.
Durabilidad Natural
L. lilloi is prone to blue stain when green.
Indice de Durabilidad Natural (1=Muy alta, 7=Muy baja)
5
Dificultad para impregnar
It can be impregnated either with oil or water soluble preservative substances, with high retention values.
PROPIEDADES FÍSICAS DE LA MADERA
Densidad Básica (Peso anhidro/Vol. saturado) (g/cm³)
0.67
Densidad seca al aire (Peso y volúmen CH12%) (g/cm³)
0.75
Contracción Tangencial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
8.6
Contracción Radial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
4.4
Defectos por secado
Ease of Drying: Reportedly, it is not difficult to dry. Moderate rates are recommended to avoid defects. Drying Defects: Surface and end checking when strong programs are used.
Calendario de Secado
UK-G; US-T8-B3
Estabilidad Dimensional (Contracción Total Tangencial %/Contracción Total Radial %)
2.0
PROPIEDADES QUÍMICAS DE LA MADERA
PROPIEDADES MECÁNICAS DE LA MADERA
TRABAJABILIDAD
Aserrado
Sawing of this species is reported to be rather easy.
Maquinado general
This timber is easy to process.
Cepillado
Planing operations are rather easy.
Torneado
30
Taladrado
It is easy to bore.
Acabado
It is easy to finish.
Usos Reportados
USOS FINALES (RESUMEN)
HOUSING GENERAL, beams, parquet, fittings, TURNING, CONTAINERS, truck bodies, truck flooring, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, toothpicks, moldings
VIVIENDA GENERAL
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
vigas
- 11 - Prospect: The wood database
Parquet
- 15 - Empire Timbers
Accesorios de madera
- 19 - Silica in Timbers
Torneado
- 30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan
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
Mondadientes
- 72 - Proprietes physiques et mecaniques des bois tropicaux, deuxieme supplement
Molduras
- 79 - Padronização da Nomenclatura Comercial Brasileira das Madeiras Tropicais Amazônicas, Sugestão
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