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TAUARI (Couratari guianensis)
Nombre comercial
Tauari
Nombre científico (con autor)
Couratari guianensis Aubl.
Familia
LECYTHIDACEAE
Nombres Comunes
Tauari (Brazil); Wadara; Tauari; Tampipio; Tabari; Mahot Cigare; Mahot; Ingipipa (Brazil); Ingiepipa (Brazil); Imbirema (Brazil); Couatari; Congolo Garapelo (Brazil); Coco Cabuyo; Capa De Tabaco; Tauary (Brazil); Tatuary; Olemarie; Mari Mari; Inguipipa (Brazil); Guarataro; Coatari; Bounaro
Nombres científicos sinónimos (con autores)
Couratari pulchra Sandwith; Couratari panamensis Standl.; Couratari bragancae R. Knuth
DESCRIPCIÓN DEL ÁRBOL
Descripción botánica
The tree is reported to develop a somewhat fluted bole. It attains a height of about 20 to 30 m, commonly 80 in diameter. It presents well developed flat buttresses up to 4 to 8 m tall.
Distribución natural
It is reported northern South America, from the Guyanas down to Perú and Bolivia.
IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LA MADERA
Descripción anatómica de la madera
Wood diffuse porous. Vessels solitary and in short radial multiples. Occasionally tangential diameter of vessel lumina 200 micras or more. Tyloses common. Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Simple perforation plates. Vessel-ray pits similar to intervessel pits Axial parenchyma in continuous tangential lines (included in reticulate and scalariform). Prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cells and/or in fibers. 5 to 8 cells per parenchyma strand. Axial parenchyma in narrow bands on lines up to 3 cells wid 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays 1 to 4 seriate. Silica bodies in the ray cells. Homogeneous rays and/or sub-homogeneous rays (all ray cells procumbent). Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.
Disponibilidad
Status de protección por CITES
Unrestricted
DESCRIPCIÓN GENERAL DE LA MADERA
Olor
C. guianensis has a distinct and unpleasant odor.
Color
The sapwood is not clearly differentiated, the heartwood is pale yellow when dry.
Indice de Color (1= Negro, violeta; 7= Amarillo claro, blanco)
6
Grano
It has straight grain.
Veta
The wood is reported to be frequently medium textured.
Brillo
Timber of this species is moderate in luster.
Indice de Durabilidad Natural (1=Muy alta, 7=Muy baja)
4
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)
0.62
Contracción Tangencial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
6.6
Contracción Radial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
4.1
Estabilidad Dimensional (Contracción Total Tangencial %/Contracción Total Radial %)
1.6
PROPIEDADES QUÍMICAS DE LA MADERA
PROPIEDADES MECÁNICAS DE LA MADERA
Resistencia a flexión (Módulo de ruptura) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
1019
Rigidez (Módulo de elasticidad) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
118112
Resistencia a la compresión paralela a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
550
Resistencia a la compresión perpendicular a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
97
Cizallamiento radial CH12% (kgf/cm²)
104
Dureza Janka (lados) CH12% (kgf)
488
Dureza Janka (extremos) CH12% (kgf)
615
TRABAJABILIDAD
Aserrado
Sawing of this species is easy.
Cepillado
This species is easy to plane.
Usos Reportados
USOS FINALES (RESUMEN)
HOUSING GENERAL, beams, joists, flooring, steps, shutter boards, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, BENDING, SPORTS, table tennis, PACKING, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts, 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
Peldaños
- 17 - Tree Conservation Database
Persianas
- 20 - Prospect: The wood database
MUEBLES Y GABINETES
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
TABLEROS Y CHAPAS
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Curvado
- 35 - Embassy of Myanmar in Japan
IMPLEMENTOS DEPORTIVOS
- 38 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
Pin-pong
- 41 - Embassy of the Philippines
PALLETS_EMBALAJES
- 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
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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