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CEDRôî (Tapirira guianensis)

Trade Name

Cedrôî

Scientific Name

Tapirira guianensis Aubl.

Family

ANACARDIACEAE

Common Names

Witte hoedoe; Wild mahogany; Warimia balli; Warimia; Vanamani; Vagamani; Tatpiririca; Tatapiririca; Tapaculo; Tamoene-nooitjano-atapi-riri; Southern wild mahogany; Saprieran; Redwood; Matawarie nengidjedoe; Matawarie nenge; Masse; Man krappa; Kressi pisie; Jobo liso; Jobillo; Isaparitsi; Guaruba; Gommier viands biche; Gommier viande biche; Dokka; Doka; Djedoe; Danlieba; Corazon colorado; Cedrohy; Cedro nogal; Cedrillo; Caoba de montana; Basa mope; Atapiriri; Ata-apiriri; Anoema latti; Ana-akara; Caoba De Montaña; Bagamani; Tapiriri; Tapirira; Pau Pombo (Brazil); Jobo; Fruta De Paloma; Fruta De Pomba (Brazil); Fresno; Duka; Dooka; Cedroi (Brazil); Ana Akara; Akara; Bois Tapire

Scientific Name Synonyms

Mauria multiflora C. Mart. ex Benth.; Joncquetia paniculata Willd.; Comocladia tapaculo Kunth

Description Of The Tree

Botanical Description

The trees are medium to large sized, reaching heights of up to 40 m, with trunk diameters of 80 cm. The boles are cylindrical and fairly straight. They present buttresses.

Natural Habitat

Tapirira guianensis is a pioneer species found in the primary and secondary forests of tropical America. It is found in varzea and terra firme forests. Despite it grows in dry areas, it is reported to thrive in varzeas and river banks in humid sites. In B

Natural Distribution

This species is reported to be common in the forests of tropical America.

Non Timber Uses

The wood presents oily spots

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Wood Identification

Anatomic Description Of Wood

Wood diffuse porous. Vessels solitary and in short radial multiples. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 to 150 micras (small). Tyloses common. Vessels per mm2 10 to 20 (abundant). Simple perforation plates. Vessel-ray pits coarse throughout the ray cell. V Axial parenchyma absent or extremely rare, non visible with magnifying glass (8x). Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays 1 to 4 seriate. Prismatic crystals in the ray cells. Heterogeneous rays and/or multiseriate heterogeneous rays. Body ray cells procumbent with one row of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-III). Septate fibers present. Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.

  • Wood Macro Photo Tangential Plane
  • Wood Micro Photo Of Transversal Section

Availability

Cites Status

Unrestricted

General Wood Description

Odor

Odor or taste are absent.

Color

The sapwood is not clearly differentiated, the heartwood is pink color.

Grain

Straight grain is reported in this species.

Texture

The texture is typically medium to coarse.

Luster

This wood is described as high in luster.

Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)

6

Wood Physical Properties

Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)

0.46

Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)

0.50

Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)

7.5

Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)

3.4

Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)

2.2

Wood Chemical Properties

Wood Mechanical Properties

Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)

726

Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

86500

Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

408

Shear strength radial 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

80

Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)

293

Janka hardness (end grain) 12%MC (kgf)

392

Workability

Sawing

Cutting behavior is reported to be fair.

Planing

Planing gives rough radial surfaces.

Turning

30

REFERENCED USES

End Uses Summary

HOUSING GENERAL, boards, frames, steps, panelling, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, common furniture, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, faces, common veneer, TURNING, turned furniture, lasts, BENDING, tennis rackets, SPORTS, table tennis, TOOLS, agricultural tools, PACKING, pallets, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts, matches, door core

General Housing
  • 10 - Silica in Timbers
Boards
  • 13 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section III. Latin American (Mexico, Central, and South America) Woods–Conventional Temperatures
Frames
  • 16 - Woods of the World
Steps
  • 17 - Tree Conservation Database
Paneling
  • 18 - W3TROPICOS Missouri Botanical Garden
Furniture Cabinets
  • 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Furniture, Common
  • 23 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Panels, Veneers
  • 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Faces
  • 26 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
Common Veneer
  • 29 - Embassy of Ecuador in Japan
Turning
  • 30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan
Turned Articles
  • 32 - Embassy of Cote d`Ivoire in Japan
Lasts
  • 34 - Embassy of Indonesia in Japan
Bending
  • 35 - Embassy of Myanmar in Japan
Tennis Rackets
  • 37 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
Sports
  • 38 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
  • 41 - Embassy of the Philippines
Tools
  • 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
Agricultural Tools
  • 44 - Atlas of Peruvian Woods
Packing
  • 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
Pallets
  • 48 - The strength properties of timbers
Shipbuilding
  • 55 - Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America
Handcraft
  • 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
Matches
  • 71 - Proprietes physiques et mecaniques des bois tropicaux, premier supplement
Door Cores
  • 76 - Descripción General y Anatómica de 105 Maderas del Grupo Andino.

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