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COPACHí (Tetrorchidium ochroleucum)

Trade Name

Copachí

Scientific Name

Tetrorchidium ochroleucum Cuatrec.

Family

EUPHORBIACEAE

Common Names

Copachí (Colombia); Arenillo (Colombia)

Description Of The Tree

Botanical Description

The size of the mature tree is reported to be small to medium, attaining heights over 10 m, and trunk diameters over 20 cm, without buttresses.

Natural Habitat

Tetrorchidium ochroleucum is found in the tropical forests of Colombia, between 800 to 1,500 m of altitude.

Wood Identification

Anatomic Description Of Wood

Occasionally vessels in diagonal and/or radial pattern. Vessels exclusively solitary (over 90%). Axial parenchyma absent or extremely rare, non visible with magnifying glass (8x). Apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Rays exclusively uniseriate.

Availability

Cites Status

Unrestricted

General Wood Description

Odor

This wood has a pleasant smell.

Color

The sapwood is not clearly differentiated, heartwood is pale yellow.

Grain

The grain is mostly straight

Texture

The texture varies from medium to coarse.

Luster

The wood surfaces tend to be moderately to highly lustrous

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

2

Wood Physical Properties

Drying Defects

Ease of Drying: Air seasoning is reported to be fairly rapid. Drying Defects: Risk of bowing and twisting is reported.

Wood Chemical Properties

Wood Mechanical Properties

Workability

REFERENCED USES

End Uses Summary

HOUSING GENERAL, fittings, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, luxury furniture, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, decorative

General Housing
  • 10 - Silica in Timbers
Fittings
  • 19 - Silica in Timbers
Furniture Cabinets
  • 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Furniture, Luxury
  • 22 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section IV-Asian and Oceanian Woods
Panels, Veneers
  • 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Decorative veneer
  • 28 - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forest of Fiji

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