SPANISH CEDAR, AUSTRALIAN RED CEDAR (Toona ciliata)
Nombre comercial
Spanish cedar, Australian red cedar
Nombre científico (con autor)
Cedrela toona Roxb. ex Rottler & Willd.
Familia
MELIACEAE
Nombres Comunes
Indian toon; Indian mahogany; Australian red cedar; Danupra (Philippines); Yom-hom (Thailand); Maiyom-horm (Laos); Thit kador (Myanmar); Burma toon; Tang-tama (Myanmar); Australian toon; Ranggoh (Sabah); Surian limpaga (Malaysia); Kukoru (Indonesia); Malapoga (Indonesia); Suren kapar (Indonesia); Taw thamgo (Myanmar); Toon (India); Surian (Indonesia); Thitkado (Myanmar); Calantas (Philippines); Chomcha (Cambodia); Red cedar (Papua New Guinea); Red cedar (Australia); Moulmen cedar (United Kingdom); Xoan-moc (Vietnam); Toon (Thailand); Yomham (Thailand); Moulmen cedar (United States of America); Surea-bawang (Malaysia); Burma cedar (United States of America); Limpagna (Indonesia); Burma cedar (United Kingdom)
Nombres científicos sinónimos (con autores)
Toona ternatensis (Miq.) Bahadur; Toona microcarpa (C.DC.) Harms; Toona ciliata M. Roem.; Toona australis Harms; Cedrela toona Roxb. ex Rottler & Willd.
DESCRIPCIÓN DEL ÁRBOL
Descripción botánica
It is a medium sized to fairly large tree, up to 35 to 50 meters tall. The bole is branchless for about 24 meters, with diameters of 70 to 150 cm. It can be buttressed up to 3.5 meters high.
Hábitat natural
Toona ciliata is found scattered in evergreen primary and secondary forests, along rivers, from coastal lowlands to about 1,500 m above the sea level.
Distribución natural
It is indigenous to Thailand, Myanmar, Pakistan and India.
Existencia de plantaciones?
This species is widely cultivated for timber or as an ornamental tree.
IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LA MADERA
Descripción anatómica de la madera
Wood semi-ring porous and/or ring porous. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 200 micras or more (large). Colored deposits in heartwood vessels. Vessels per mm2 5 to 20. Vessels per mm2 more than 20 (very abundant). Simple perforation plates. Vessel-ray pits s Axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Body ray cells procumbent with mostly 2 to 4 rows of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-II).
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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 a fragrant cedar scent and distinct acrid taste.
Color
The sapwood is yellowish red to brown, and is clearly demarcated from the dark reddish brown heartwood.
Indice de Color (1= Negro, violeta; 7= Amarillo claro, blanco)
4
Grano
The grain is straight.
Veta
The texture is coarse to medium.
Brillo
The wood is described as moderate in luster.
Durabilidad Natural
The wood is rated as durable and it is resistant to termites.
Indice de Durabilidad Natural (1=Muy alta, 7=Muy baja)
1
Internal growth stresses
Sometimes logs are liable to end splitting.
Dificultad para impregnar
The heartwood is very difficult to treat with preservatives, but the sapwood is moderately permeable to preservative treatment.
PROPIEDADES FÍSICAS DE LA MADERA
Densidad Básica (Peso anhidro/Vol. saturado) (g/cm³)
0.46
Densidad seca al aire (Peso y volúmen CH12%) (g/cm³)
0.50
Contracción Tangencial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
6.3
Contracción Radial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
3.8
Calendario de Secado
UK-J
Estabilidad Dimensional (Contracción Total Tangencial %/Contracción Total Radial %)
1.7
PROPIEDADES QUÍMICAS DE LA MADERA
PROPIEDADES MECÁNICAS DE LA MADERA
Resistencia a flexión (Módulo de ruptura) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
851
Rigidez (Módulo de elasticidad) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
96347
Resistencia a la compresión paralela a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
391
Resistencia a la compresión perpendicular a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
61
Cizallamiento radial CH12% (kgf/cm²)
92
Dureza Janka (lados) CH12% (kgf)
384
TRABAJABILIDAD
Aserrado
Sawing of this species is easy.
Corte de chapa rotativa
This timber is reported to be suitable for lamination.
Chapa tranchada
This timber is reported to be suitable for lamination.
Maquinado general
This species is easy to machine. Sometimes woolly surfaces are reported.
Cepillado
It is easy to plane.
Moldurado
It gives good results in molding.
Torneado
30
Taladrado
The response of this species to boring operations is fair to bad.
Escopleado, caja y espiga
Mortising operations are reported to be fair.
Clavado
Nailing properties are good.
Encolado
The timber is reported to glue well.
Lijado
The response of this species in sanding is fair.
Acabado
Filling is necessary.
Barnizado
It has a good staining.
Recubrimientos
Painting or varnishing of this wood is easy.
Sacar lustre
Polishing of this species is reportedly easy.
Especies sustitutas
It can substitute Spanish Cedar (Cedrela spp.)
Usos Reportados
USOS FINALES (RESUMEN)
HOUSING GENERAL, boards, flooring, frames, panelling, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, luxury furniture, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, faces, TURNING, BENDING, tennis rackets, SPORTS, table tennis, TOOLS, agricultural tools, CONTAINERS, truck bodies, truck flooring, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, boat oars, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts, pencil, cigar boxes, moldings
VIVIENDA GENERAL
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Tablas
- 13 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section III. Latin American (Mexico, Central, and South America) Woods–Conventional Temperatures
Pisos
- 14 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Marcos
- 16 - Woods of the World
Paneles
- 18 - W3TROPICOS Missouri Botanical Garden
MUEBLES Y GABINETES
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Muebles finos
- 22 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section IV-Asian and Oceanian Woods
TABLEROS Y CHAPAS
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Caras
- 26 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
Torneado
- 30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan
Curvado
- 35 - Embassy of Myanmar in Japan
Raquetas tenis
- 37 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
IMPLEMENTOS DEPORTIVOS
- 38 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
Pin-pong
- 41 - Embassy of the Philippines
HERRAMIENTAS
- 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
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
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.)
Lápiz
- 67 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VIII, Calophyllum brasilense, Couratari panamensis, Dendropanax arboreum y Bombacopsis sessilis
Caja para puros
- 68 - Contribucion al conocimiento de la resistencia mecanica de la madera de peumo
Molduras
- 79 - Padronização da Nomenclatura Comercial Brasileira das Madeiras Tropicais Amazônicas, Sugestão
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