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TERMINALIA (Terminalia catappa)
Nombre comercial
Terminalia
Nombre científico (con autor)
Terminalia catappa L.
Familia
COMBRETACEAE
Nombres Comunes
Vedam; Vathakottai; Thalli thenga; Tercat; Taree; Talisi; Talihai; Taisai; Savidug; Sanideng; Salisai; Salaisai; Saket; Patti badam; Natvodam; Natto-vudumay; Natavadom; Nat vadom; Nat badam; Magtalisai; Logo; Kottamba; Kotamba; Jangli badam; Indian almond wood; Hindi badam; Deshi badam; Dao; Dalisai; Catappa; Castana; Bulao; Bengali badam; Bengal almond; Bastard almond; Bangla badam; Badami; Badambo; Badam; Amendoeira; Amandier; Amanda; Almond tree; Almond; Almendro; Alita; Al-calessi; Adamarram; Talisai (Philippines); Indian almond (India); Talisai (Sabah); Bang (Vietnam); Badamier (France); Ketapang (Indonesia); Jelawai ketapang (Malaysia); Dalinsi (Philippines); Hukwang (Thailand); Badan (Myanmar); Hou kouang (Laos); Somz moox dong (Laos); Hu kwang (Laos); Pareang prang (Cambodia); Telisai (Brunei Darussalam); Chambak barang (Cambodia); Almendras (Philippines); Reddish-brown terminalia (Papua New Guinea); Telisai (Sarawak); Telisai (Sabah); Kapang (Cambodia)
Nombres científicos sinónimos (con autores)
Terminalia rubrigemnis Tul; Terminalia badamia sensu Tul; Catappa domestica Rumph.
DESCRIPCIÓN DEL ÁRBOL
Descripción botánica
It is a medium-sized evergreen or briefly deciduous tree up to 25 m tall. The bole is up to 150 cm in diameter, often with buttresses up to 3 m high. The kernels of the nut are edible.
Hábitat natural
Terminalia catappa is reported along sandy or rocky beaches, or on tidal river banks.
Distribución natural
It spread in the Indo-Malayan region, extending to northern Australia, common in coastal areas.
Existencia de plantaciones?
It is widely planted as an ornamental throughout the tropics, often becoming naturalized.
Usos No-maderables
The high tannin content causes the wood to stain when in contact with iron elements.
IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LA MADERA
Descripción anatómica de la madera
Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 200 micras or more (large). Occasionally tyloses common. Vestured pits. Simple perforation plates. Vessel-ray pits similar to intervessel pits in size and shape. Intervessel pits medium, 7 to 10 micras. Axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Axial parenchyma bands more than 3 cells wide. 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays of two distinct sizes. Ray height more than 1 mm. Body ray cells procumbent with mostly 2 to 4 rows of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-II). Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.
Disponibilidad
Status de protección por CITES
Unrestricted
DESCRIPCIÓN GENERAL DE LA MADERA
Olor
It has no taste or odor.
Color
The sapwood is usually poorly defined, lighter than heartwood, which is brown to red-brown, darkening on exposure.
Indice de Color (1= Negro, violeta; 7= Amarillo claro, blanco)
4
Grano
The grain is crossed and deeply interlocked.
Veta
This species is reported to have a medium to coarse texture.
Brillo
The wood surface is described as moderate in luster.
Durabilidad Natural
It is liable to attack by termites and marine borers.
Indice de Durabilidad Natural (1=Muy alta, 7=Muy baja)
5
Contenido de sílice
Silica Content: It is non-siliceous. Silica Value: 0
Dificultad para impregnar
The heartwood is reported to be moderately resistant to impregnation but the sapwood is treatable.
PROPIEDADES FÍSICAS DE LA MADERA
Densidad Básica (Peso anhidro/Vol. saturado) (g/cm³)
0.54
Densidad seca al aire (Peso y volúmen CH12%) (g/cm³)
0.59
Contracción Tangencial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
5.7
Contracción Radial Total (Saturado hasta anhidro) (%)
4.5
Defectos por secado
Ease of Drying: Drying is moderately difficult to difficult; special care is systematically needed. Drying Defects: Risks of casehardening and checks Kiln Schedules: Schedule proposed as a reference by comparison with well known species taking into account to the general technological behavior of this species.
Calendario de Secado
JP-12
Estabilidad Dimensional (Contracción Total Tangencial %/Contracción Total Radial %)
1.3
PROPIEDADES QUÍMICAS DE LA MADERA
PROPIEDADES MECÁNICAS DE LA MADERA
Resistencia a flexión (Módulo de ruptura) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
764
Rigidez (Módulo de elasticidad) CH12% (kgf/cm²)
109542
Resistencia a la compresión paralela a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
428
Resistencia a la compresión perpendicular a la fibra CH12% (kgf/cm²)
56
Cizallamiento radial CH12% (kgf/cm²)
102
TRABAJABILIDAD
Aserrado
It is relatively easy to saw.
Corte de chapa rotativa
This species is reported to have good characteristics for lamination.
Chapa tranchada
This species is reported to have good characteristics for lamination.
Maquinado general
It is easy to machine, but interlocked grain may difficult processing.
Cepillado
It is easy to plane, but interlocked grain tends to pick up.
Torneado
30
Clavado
Pre-boring is often necessary.
Encolado
Gluing of this species is easy.
Lijado
Sanding of this species is reportedly easy.
Acabado
Wood of this species gives a good finish, but it needs filler.
Sacar lustre
It is easy to polish.
Doblar al vapor
This species is difficult to bend.
Facilidad para herramientas manuales
Response to hand tools is reported to be good.
Usos Reportados
USOS FINALES (RESUMEN)
HOUSING GENERAL, beams, joists, flooring, frames, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, cabinets, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, TURNING, TOOLS, tool handles, agricultural tools, PACKING, CONTAINERS, truck bodies, truck flooring, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts, matches
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
Marcos
- 16 - Woods of the World
MUEBLES Y GABINETES
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Gabinetes
- 24 - Empire Timbers
TABLEROS Y CHAPAS
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
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)
Mangos agrícolas
- 44 - Atlas of Peruvian Woods
PALLETS_EMBALAJES
- 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
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
artesanía
- 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
Cerillas
- 71 - Proprietes physiques et mecaniques des bois tropicaux, premier supplement
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