ARAUCARIA (Araucaria hunsteinii)
Nom commercial
Araucaria
Nom scientifique (avec auteur)
Araucaria hunsteinii K. Schum.
Famille
ARAUCARIACEAE
Noms communs (pays)
Araucaria, Passu pai (Papua New Guinea); Klinki pine; Araucaria (Fiji); Araucaria (Australia); (Papua New Guinea); Araucaria (Malaysia); Araucaria (Indonesia)
Synonymes du nom scientifique (avec auteurs)
Araucaria schumanniana Warb.; Araucaria klinkii Lauterb.
DESCRIPTION DE L'ARBRE
Description botanique
It is a very large, symmetrical tree up to 90 m tall. The bole is straight, cylindrical and self-pruning up to 35 m or more and up to 300 cm in diameter.
Habitat naturel
Araucaria hunsteinii occurs on well-drained site on a variety of soil, often in sub-montane Fagaceae forest at 520-2100 m altitude. In Papua New Guinea natural stands are no longer being logged on a large scale.
Répartition naturelle
Araucaria hunsteinii is found in Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya (Indonesia). Then, it was introduced on an experimental scale in Australia, Fiji and Peninsular Malaysia.
Existence de plantations?
Extensive plantation have already been established and they produce large amounts of timber, especially in Australia, while small scale plantation has been planted in Fiji and Peninsular Malaysia.Small plantations of 8,000 ha exist in Papua New Guinea and it has been introduced to Australia, Fiji and Peninsular Malaysia on an experimental scale. Plantatations are also reported in Thailand, Philippines and South Africa
Usages non ligneux
The wood is lightweight and soft.
IDENTIFICATION DU BOIS
Description anatomique du bois
Rays exclusively uniseriate, 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium).
-
Vue macroscopique du bois (plan tangentiel)
-
Vue microscopique d'une section transversale du bois
Disponibilité
Statut CITES
Unrestricted
DESCRIPTION GÉNÉRALE DU BOIS
Odeur
-
Teinte
The heartwood is from pale brown to pinkish-brown colored and not sharply demarcated from the straw-colored sapwood. Compression wood may occur, showing up as a yellow or brown band along grain
Grain
This species is reported to have straight grain.
Texture
Texture fine, uniform. Figure not marked, but streaks of birds-eye pattern may show up on veneer.
Luster
The wood surface is described as moderate in luster.
Durabilité naturelle
Sapwood is liable to blue-stain and pinhole borer attacks. The timber can be damaged by termites and marine borers.
Index de durabilité naturelle (1 = Très élevée, 7 = Très faible)
6
Tensions internes de croissance
-
Résistance à l'imprégnation
The sapwood is permeable, but heartwood is moderately resistant to impregnation.
PROPRIÉTÉS PHYSIQUES DU BOIS
Défauts dus au séchage
Ease of Drying: Air drying is reported to be good. Drying Defects: Risk of end-splitting and some surface checking.
Calendrier de séchage en séchoir recommandé
UK-J; US-T10-D5S
PROPRIÉTÉS CHIMIQUES DU BOIS
PROPRIÉTÉS MÉCANIQUES DU BOIS
OUVRABILITÉ
Sciage
Low to moderate.
Coupe de placage de déroulage
Veneer qualities are excellent. This timber is also reported to be suitable for lamination.
Placage tranche
Veneer qualities are excellent. This timber is also reported to be suitable for lamination.
Effet d'émoussement
-
Usinage
Machining of this species is reported to be easy.
Rabotage
Easy.
Moulurage
Easy.
Tournage
30
Perçage
Easy
Mortaisage
-
Clouage
This species has good nailing properties.
Collage
Gluing of this species is easy.
Ponçage
Good
Finissage
It is easy to finish.
Teinture
It is easy to stain.
Applications d'un revêtement
It is easy to paint or varnish.
Polissage
Good
Cintrage à la vapeur
-
Compatibilité avec outils manuels
It is easy to work with hand tools.
UTILISATIONS
UTILISATIONS FINALES (RÉSUMÉ)
HOUSING GENERAL, boards, flooring, panelling, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, faces, Decorative veneer, TURNING, SPORTS, PACKING, CONTAINERS, truck bodies, truck flooring, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts, matches, moldings, paper
MEUBLES ET M. DE RANGEMENT
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Planches
- 13 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section III. Latin American (Mexico, Central, and South America) Woods–Conventional Temperatures
Planchers
- 14 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Panneaux
- 18 - W3TROPICOS Missouri Botanical Garden
MEUBLES ET M. DE RANGEMENT
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
PANNEAUX ET PLACAGE
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Faces (de placage)
- 26 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
Placage tranché
- 28 - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forest of Fiji
Tournage
- 30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan
SPORTS
- 38 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
EMBALLAGE
- 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
Carros_camion
- 53 - Timbers of the New World
Wagons
- 54 - Bulletin of the Government Forest Experiment Station N.157: Identification of Tropical Woods
CONSTRUCTION NAVALE
- 55 - Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America
Artisanat
- 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
Allumette
- 71 - Proprietes physiques et mecaniques des bois tropicaux, premier supplement
Moulures
- 79 - Padronização da Nomenclatura Comercial Brasileira das Madeiras Tropicais Amazônicas, Sugestão
Papier
- 82 - Compilation of Data on the Mechanical Properties of Foreign woods (Part 2) Central and South America.
Please Provide Information To View Producer Information