TANIMBUCA (Terminalia oblonga)
Nombre comercial
Tanimbuca
Nombre científico (con autor)
Terminalia oblonga (Ruiz & Pav.) Steud.
Familia
COMBRETACEAE
Nombres Comunes
Guayabón (Venezuela); Rifari (Perú); Chamisa (Perú); Verdolago Amarillo (Bolivia); Yuyún (Ecuador); Guayabillo (Ecuador); Yacushapana (Perú); Azúcar Huayo (Perú); Guayabón (Ecuador)
Nombres científicos sinónimos (con autores)
Terminalia chiriquensis Pittier; Gimbernatea oblonga Ruiz & Pav.; Chuncoa oblonga (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
DESCRIPCIÓN DEL ÁRBOL
Descripción botánica
It is often about 25 to 35 m in height, with a trunk diameter up to 100 cm. The boles are straight, 15 to 20 m long. It presents small to medium sized steep buttresses.
Hábitat natural
Terminalia oblonga is a fast growing, pioneer species. It prefers alluvial soils. This species occurs in the lowlands below 600 m of altitude.
Distribución natural
From Guatemala south to Brazil, Bolivia and Perú.
IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LA MADERA
Descripción anatómica de la madera
Wood diffuse porous. Vessels solitary and in short radial multiples. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 150 to 200 micras (medium). Occasionally tyloses common. Vessels per mm2 10 to 20 (abundant). Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Simple perforation plates Occasionally axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Axial parenchyma confluent. Occasionally axial parenchyma oblique and/or sinuous. Prismatic crystals in non-chambered axial pare Occasionally rays more than 10 per mm (abundant). Rays more than 10 per mm (abundant). Rays exclusively uniseriate. Occasionally prismatic crystals in the ray cells. 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
It has no characteristic odor or taste.
Color
The sapwood is not clearly differentiated, the heartwood is yellowish brown.
Indice de Color (1= Negro, violeta; 7= Amarillo claro, blanco)
3
Grano
The grain is reported to be straight or irregular.
Veta
Texture is reported to be medium to coarse.
Brillo
This species has moderate to high luster.
Indice de Durabilidad Natural (1=Muy alta, 7=Muy baja)
6
PROPIEDADES FÍSICAS DE LA MADERA
Densidad Básica (Peso anhidro/Vol. saturado) (g/cm³)
0.56
Densidad seca al aire (Peso y volúmen CH12%) (g/cm³)
0.61
Defectos por secado
Ease of Drying: Air drying is reported to vary from fairly easy to moderately difficult depending on the species. Drying Defects: Risk of warping and checking is reported to be high. Some risk of casehardening. Kiln Schedules: Careful drying is recommended.
PROPIEDADES QUÍMICAS DE LA MADERA
PROPIEDADES MECÁNICAS DE LA MADERA
Resistencia a flexión (Módulo de ruptura) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
854
Rigidez (Módulo de elasticidad) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
98000
Resistencia a la compresión paralela a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
395
Cizallamiento radial CH12% (kgf/cm²)
93
Dureza Janka (lados) CH12% (kgf)
479
TRABAJABILIDAD
Aserrado
Sawing of this wood is reported to be fair to difficult.
Cepillado
This species is easy to plane.
Moldurado
It is easy to mold.
Torneado
30
Taladrado
Boring operations are reported to be fair.
Usos Reportados
USOS FINALES (RESUMEN)
HOUSING GENERAL, beams, joists, flooring, steps, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, Decorative veneer, TURNING, TOOLS, tool handles, CONTAINERS, truck bodies
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
Peldaños
- 17 - Tree Conservation Database
TABLEROS Y CHAPAS
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
chapa decorativa
- 28 - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forest of Fiji
Torneado
- 30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan
HERRAMIENTAS
- 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
Mangos herramientas
- 43 - Maderas de Bolivia (Características y Usos de 55 Maderas Tropicales)
Carrocería de camión
- 53 - Timbers of the New World
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