CACHIMBO (Cariniana domestica)
Trade Name
Cachimbo
Scientific Name
Cariniana domestica (Mart.) Miers
Family
LECYTHIDACEAE
Common Names
Papelillo Caspi (Peru); Cachimbo Caspi (Peru); Cachimbo Colorado (Peru); Cachimbo Blanco (Peru); Tahuary (Brazil); Bacú (Venezuela); Cachimbo (Peru)
Scientific Name Synonyms
Couratari domestica Mart.
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
It is often about 25 m in height, with a trunk diameter of about 50 to 70 cm. It has a commercial length of 17 m. The boles are straight and cylindrical boles, with small buttresses up to 1 m high.
Natural Habitat
Cariniana domestica is found in well drained, non-inundable areas of the Amazonian tropical rain forest.
Natural Distribution
This species is reported in Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia and Peru.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Wood diffuse porous. Vessels solitary and in short radial multiples. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 150 to 200 micras (medium). Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Helical thickenings in vessel elements present. Simple perforation plates. Vessel-ray pits Axial parenchyma in continuous tangential lines (included in reticulate and scalariform). Axial parenchyma storied. Prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cells and/or in fibers. Siliceous bodies in the axial parenchyma cells. Axial parenchyma in na 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays commonly 2 seriate. Body ray cells procumbent with one row of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-III). Crystals in fibers. Fibers with distinctly bordered pits. Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.
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Wood Micro Photo Of Transversal Section
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Odor
Odor and taste are reported to be indistinct.
Color
The sapwood is creamy pink, the heartwood is light brownish red color.
COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)
5
Grain
This timber usually has straight or interlocked grain.
Texture
This species is usually reported to have a medium texture.
Luster
The wood surfaces tend to be low to moderately lustrous
Natural Durability
It is moderately durable to durable against fungi. This species is very resistant against termites. It is not attacked by Lyctus.
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
4
Silica Content
Silica Content: C. domestica is reported to present a moderate content of silica, up to 0.52%. Silica Value: 0.52
Resistance To Impregnation
The heartwood is moderately resistant to preservative treatment.
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.56
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.62
Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
6.8
Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
4.4
Drying Defects
Drying Defects: Risk of warping and slight risk of checking. Kiln Schedules: Air seasoning is recommended before kiln drying.
Recommended Dry Kiln Schedule
JUNAC-A
Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)
1.6
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)
685
Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
117500
Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
335
Compression perpendicular to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
57
Shear strength radial 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
86
Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)
433
Janka hardness (end grain) 12%MC (kgf)
367
Workability
Sawing
This species is moderately easy to saw.
Rotary Veneer Cutting
This species is reported to have good characteristics for lamination.
Sliced Veneer
This species is reported to have good characteristics for lamination.
Blunting Effect
The wood has a moderate blunting effect.
Machining
It has a moderate blunting effect on the cutting tools. Reinforced cutting tips are recommended.
Planing
It is easy to plane.
Moulding
Molding is reported to be easy.
Boring
Boring operations are rather easy.
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
HOUSING GENERAL, beams, joists, boards, flooring, parquet, frames, steps, panelling, fittings, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, common furniture, TOOLS, tool handles, PACKING, heavy packing, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts, moldings
General Housing
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Beams
- 11 - Prospect: The wood database
Joists
- 12 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part I-Tropical American Species
Boards
- 13 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section III. Latin American (Mexico, Central, and South America) Woods–Conventional Temperatures
Flooring
- 14 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Parquet
- 15 - Empire Timbers
Frames
- 16 - Woods of the World
Steps
- 17 - Tree Conservation Database
Paneling
- 18 - W3TROPICOS Missouri Botanical Garden
Fittings
- 19 - Silica in Timbers
Furniture Cabinets
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Furniture, Common
- 23 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Tools
- 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
Tool Handles
- 43 - Maderas de Bolivia (Características y Usos de 55 Maderas Tropicales)
Packing
- 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
Heavy Packing
- 47 - Arvores Brasileiras
Handcraft
- 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
Molding
- 79 - Padronização da Nomenclatura Comercial Brasileira das Madeiras Tropicais Amazônicas, Sugestão
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